If you are a composer and/or songwriter, please leave your comments and experiences with this company. We want to hear the good as well as the bad! Please rate, from 1 to 10, by clicking on one of the stars. Below is some general information but we make no guarantee of accuracy. Check with the company for all details. Please contact us for any corrections. |
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| URL: | http://www.royaltyfreekings.com/ | |
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| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/ryltyfreekings | |
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| Accepting Submissions: | No | |
| Submit Online: | No | |
| Submit By Mail: | No | |
| Submissions Reviewed: | Yes | |
| Types Accepted: | Instrumentals | |
| Charge For Submissions: | No | |
| Up Front Money: | Variable | |
| Royalty Free: (non-broadcast use) |
Yes | |
| Exclusivity: (Exclusive, Non, Semi) (Semi = Free to place on own but not with another library) |
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| Re-Title: | See Notes | |
| Set Own Price: | No | |
| Contract Length: | 3 Years | |
| Payment Schedule: | Quarterly | |
| License Fee Split: (writer/library) |
50/50 | |
| PRO Split Based on 100%: (writer/library writer/library/publisher or writer) |
50/50 | |
| Requires Licensee To File Cue Sheet: | Yes | |
| Pays On Blanket License: | ||
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| Active Site: | No | |
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| Notes: | Please send links (not attachments) to: info [at] royaltyfreekings.com Instrumental for now, have plans for SFX later this year. We specifically need guitar based music, across all genres. We are moving away from a non-exclusive model and are willing to pay for music upfront. This is in addition to the 50% share of sales and licenses composers will get, before any sales we put on the music. We're different from most royalty free libraries in that we hand pick each track. We want to make sure the catalog is full of only great music, which will be good for our composers and customers. Composer link: http://www.royaltyfreekings.com/composer-inquiry/ |
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Can anyone speak to their experience here? Sales? I have tremendous respect for Mark and am considering contacting them/him.
Hey Vlad, Mark here. The site as it exists today is pretty much a long lived ‘beta’ version of what I wanted it to be. Sales were great, then not, but I think I learned a ton from the experience and am now in the process of spending considerable time and money re-booting the whole enterprise from the ground up.
Hopefully by the fall I’ll have a brand new site that, amongst other cool features, pays the composers the moment a track is sold. So around then I’ll be looking for new music – probably just exclusively (involving a token upfront fee and a 50/50 split).
Hi Mark,
Thanks so much for the reply. And the honesty. I will indeed be contacting you closer to the fall with some tracks prepared. And I do have more questions regarding content you might want, but will contact you at your site over the summer. Thanks again!
Hi Mark:
I see you’re looking for Guitar tracks. Just sent you a link via your web-site.
Hope you’re enjoying the holidays.
Eric
http://www.watersmusicdesign.com
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Anyone have success stories to share regarding Royalty Free Kings?
Hi Alan, Mark here – owner of RoyaltyFreeKings.com. The site is so new that I am only just sending out the first payments to the composers. This payment is for March and Q2, and about half of our composers are getting over $100 each, one is getting over $500. It’s not a lot, but the sales are definitely picking up, as is the traffic.
Regards,
Mark
Thanks Mark
Hey Mark,
Emailed you about 2 weeks ago but haven’t got a reply yet – presume you guys are really busy at the moment?
Sorry Emmett – over the past couple of weeks I’ve been insanely busy! I just wrote back to your email. Thanks, Mark
Cheers Mark got it now thanks 🙂
Just a bit confused. It says they’re moving away from non-exclusive but the description says exclusive/non exclusive.
Can I submit it for non exclusive or no? Not looking for exclusive deals right now.Anybody?
Thanks
My understanding is that they will take non-exclusive but are moving away from it.
Thanks Art. I went ahead and sent a link
Hi Pat! I really want to move to an exclusive model, but if there are tracks that a composer submits to me, and I don’t have anything else like them, then I’d definitely consider taking them non-exclusively.
As we’ll be paying upfront for tracks to be exclusive, we’re going to be a little picky about quality.. we’re aiming to be known as the premium quality royalty free library.
Regards,
Mark
Thanks Mark for the response. I went ahead and sent a link anyway. Hopefully, if you get a chance to listen, you’ll find something you might want to take on. If not, no problem and good luck to you.
Pat