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With YouLicense you have the same chance of getting your song “picked” as winning the lottery.
But the lottery ticket is only ONE dollar, , , and it pays MUCH more.
Save your time and money.
Never pay to submit songs.
One of the more interesting concepts we stumbled upon on the web. saves a middleman and gets your music to many music supervisors and industry people. Our catalog of Anova Music is represented there and we’re very pleased by them.
I’ve been doing a bit of stuff with Youlicense for a few months now and recently upgraded to the starter package after a few deals. One thing that I do like about them is that their commission is so low (0% when you upgrade, 9% before that) so even if the prices are low, you still get a similar amount to a 50/50 deal with higher prices.
I think that most libraries with potentially hundreds of thousands of tracks are very difficult to get regular sales with, as unless you’ve got an enormous catalog, your tracks are pretty much a needle in a haystack. I put youlicense in this category therefore anything I make from them is a bonus, rather than something that I expect or rely on.
Dov,
Thanks for the interesting report about your recent experience with YouLicense!
I’m curious which of their Plans you are subscribing to? The have the “Starter” plan for about $30/month, the Business plan for $50/month and the Professional plan for $80/month. If you only want to showcase up to 50 tracks, you may have started with the “Starter” plan.
So my question is “how much control do you have over the licensing types and pricing”?
I know their standard (cheaper) site plans let you select from a few licensing “package” options, but don’t give you full control over each unique license type and pricing, but maybe this is what the branded Starter plan offers? Please confirm, or maybe send me an email through the contact form on my website.
Thanks!
Michael
I setup an account recently as well,we’ll see how it goes.
I’ve uploaded 10 songs with them (if you have the “free” account, this is the max). I submitted a song to one of the opportunities they have on the site. Been working with them for a few weeks now, so I must be patient. But so far, no issues.
Yeah, they’re pretty cool. I’ve made one contact since I’ve been with them.
On a side note, I got some pretty nasty emails from one of their “clients” after I applied to one of the opportunities. We were going back and forth about their terms and I had some questions and he got very defensive at one point and told me to forget it, that he didn’t want someone who was in it for the short term and that any advice he had “given” me I should have to pay for because I’m an idiot. I couldn’t believe it!
But I emailed YouLicense and the “client’s” ad was promptly removed. They seem very legit.
I emailed them recently to ask a few questions, and it all adds up to a pretty good venture. Check the site out, as its very easy to navigate and there’s no hidden gremlins in terms of non disclosed stuff.
They have recently released a new product the ‘Private Label’ which is actually geared more towards musicians who have a small to medium sized catalogue of music they would like to sell. This is potentially a viable channel for composers. You have a website tailor made to your specifications, your own prices( if adition to their standard licenses and rate cards) and powered by the youlicense engine.
If you have a youlicense profile already, your private Label content will show up there too. It certainly is a good way to direct clients to without them being distracted by the thousands of others on the youlicense website.
I set this up recently and have had more interest than from my standard youlicense profile to date.
check it out
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It’s an interesting concept and they do offer some convenient tools for artists & bands to promote their music, now covering both retail downloads and commercial music licensing.
This is their 2nd summer since they started in 2007, and they’ve added a few features and monthly plans which lets the publishers keep 100% of their sales. I haven’t found a way to set my own license pricing, but they do offer a some options like: “Indie artist”, web-geared projects and a standard Media Industry licensing rate card approach.
They also host a licensing marketplace which lets music buyers post their submission oppotunities and requirements, but the ratio of buyers to artists must be about 1 to 100 (or higher), so it’s quite a “numbers game” to get anything placed even if you’re able to submitt your music for projects in a timely manor.
Artist members get 1 free submission, but may have to pay to submit to more opportunities. This reminds me of how SonicBids is set up. There’s Pros and Cons to all these different business models, so you should budget your money for the things that will work best for you in the long run.