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| URL: | http://www.beatorchard.com | |
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| Accepting Submissions: | Yes | |
| Submit Online: | Yes | |
| Submit By Mail: | Yes | |
| Submissions Reviewed: | Yes | |
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| Charge For Submissions: | No | |
| Up Front Money: | No | |
| 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: | No | |
| Set Own Price: | Unknown | |
| Contract Length: | 1 Year | |
| Payment Schedule: | Monthly | |
| License Fee Split: (writer/library) |
50/50 | |
| PRO Split Based on 100%: (writer/library writer/library/publisher or writer) |
100/0 | |
| Requires Licensee To File Cue Sheet: | No | |
| Pays On Blanket License: | ||
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| Active Site: | No | |
| Offers Subscriptions To Clients: | ||
| Notes: | Formally Zukkio, now Beat Orchard. |
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Beat Orchard was formally known as Zukkio.
Cool site, but I noticed that there are no watermarks on the cues. Anyone have an issue with that?
I dont like that, at all. I noticed the same thing on YouLicense. I might pull out of the libraries that don’t watermark the cues. I really hope that Beat Orchard fixes that very soon.
After what happened last summer, I’d be really uncomfortable having unwatermarked cues out there.
Art, I hope that you included that concern in your email to Mike.
Hi Guys,
We firstly really appreciate your interest in the site. Secondly, we also appreciate your concerns on the watermark issue. There is a long story behind this which I won’t wore you all with. However, we did originally have a watermark but have removed it for technical reasons when we switched to a html5 based music player. Without asking the composers to create a watermarked preview in the way that other sites do such as AudioJungle, it is tricky to create a watermarked preview on the fly using a HTML5 based audio player. If you look at other sites such as AudioNetwork, SoundCloud, NeoSounds you will notice there is no watermark. These sites all use HTML5. So at present we made the business decision to leave off the watermark for now. We actually thought that for the user it could become very annoying. Ultimately, we are trying to attract the kind of user that is happy to pay $40 for quality music rather than the ones who try to rip it illegally. That said, we are researching an elegant way to incorporate some kind of watermarking on the fly, so watch this space.
Thanks for your response Mike. The main issues isn’t low end users ripping an unwatermarked track, it is other composers ripping cues and then marketing them as their own.
There was a long thread about this last summer, which involved a composer who took others’ cues, edited them and/or put a few instruments on top, and then resold them.
I wouldn’t want to make it easier for someone like that to steal others’ music.
Here’s the link. https://musiclibraryreport.com/forums/topic/music-library-music-ripoff/
Wow, that’s awful! The dishonesty of some people is shocking.
Ultimately is someone wants to do that then there isn’t much composers can do. If he really liked your track and thought he could make money, then he would pay for it and download it and have the high res file.
If we all work together to try and keep an eye on these people then hopefully we can stop it happening again. It seems like he was a one off though as we have never heard of anything like that before.
Actually Mike it’s more than a one off. You can read about it here.
https://musiclibraryreport.com/forums/forum/music-theft-reports/
I had some cues on a RF site that were digital fingerprinted down loaded from the site and used on youtube under what they called “creative commons license” So they can get stolen anyway they are presented. Best thing is to have the samples as shortened unusable versions.
I’m sorry but is it too blunt to ask how business is going? I believe you guys are fairly new. Any updates, etc….hassle free site, I’m in already and looking forward to uploading new cues.
Hi Giomasino,
Certainly not dead at all. We have been working really hard on a new composer upload tool, our SEO efforts and also a complete re-brand! So we have been busy with that and had little time to approve tracks. Don’t worry though, we will be continuing to review tracks in due course and always welcome your great music. Our re-brand will include a name change so watch this space.
Will any of his translate into more business?
We obviously hope so!
Mike, that’s great to hear, cause I really, really like the Zukkio approach. Look forward for what’s coming!
Is Zukkio dead? I see on their main page that a track of mine is listed as “new”, but it was approved over two weeks ago … so, it seems like they are not reviewing tracks anymore? Everything seems to be frozen. Anybody?
I just signed on with them the other day, and have started uploading tracks to their site. Very quick and easy upload process, and quick approval time to get the tracks on the site.
Hey Gary, Can you give us an update on how you’ve done with this library so far? Much appreciated.
I have over 100 tracks with them (all full-length) but no sales as of yet. Been with them about 6 months.
Looking forward to hearing them Chuck, and thanks for submitting your music and being part of our offering.
I had the same issue about a week ago trying to submit to these guys. Could fill out the form but couldn’t submit. Will try it out again now.
Hi Chuck, It seems like you have 8 or so tracks live so it seems to be working now for you. Just make sure all the forms are filled and you are uploading 320kkbps. Thanks
O.K. thanks, that’s great news. Look forward to submitting more.
Hi Guys. Hope you got the uploads sorted ok? The upload form should be working smoothly now. Just make sure you follow the upload requirements and you should be good to go.
I believe they have recently started so these must be teething problems. I have submitted tracks hoping to be there early and hopefully get a leg up. I dont expect anything very soon but hopefully it will pay off. 🙂
Is anyone loading tracks here ? either the website is a little funky or it is a Browser issue as I can fill out the info for the track but I can’t seem to load the actual track.