Members grace_slick Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 Has anyone had any success with this? This isn't my main aim or goal with regard to my music, but some (most) of my music at their unfinished stages right now sound to me like they would be better suited to these types of mediums as opposed to stand alone songs. Anyone know how to go about doing this?
Members CLOCK13 Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 You could have your music placed in a music library. www.audiosparx.com www.partnersinrhyme.com www.musicloops.com. www.musicloops.com is interesting because you get paid no royalties. I believe you agree to be paid ounce each time someone want's your music. It makes things easier but you make less money.
Members soundwave106 Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 Has anyone had any success with this? This barely counts, but several years back, I composed some Christmasy-piano music ditty for a television ad. (Local ad, local Christmas store. Quick job.) This is mainly because I know the owner. Anyone know how to go about doing this? Connections. Failing that, I guess TAXI or music libraries.
Members scarecrowbob Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 I've had some work in low-budget local stuff, but nothing steady... I think I only made about 1500$ last year that way. Mostly, it involves doing some free work to get your chops good-- take a listen to local ad's jingles to see what you're up against. One thing that I have done is to take a music bed (which usually costs around $3-500), and record a custom vocal melody/jingle over that, and mark it up accordingly. IT is cheap to test market things like that, as you can usually download music beds and then work up a spec project without investing anything other than time. Call up the people who are making local TV ads, and see if they have any work. If you work on spec (as in speculative pay, or more accurately "I 'spec not ta get paid"), then you might get some of your music placed and meet folks. The problem with working that cheap is that the contacts you develop will expect you to always work that cheap. The same strategy can goes with the local film market: if you want to do film scores, then find people who need the music but who don't have the budget for an established pro. I have found film composition difficult to do well, but then I don't have an extensive formal composition education, so as with all that YMMV.
Members Johnny-Boy Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 Music Film Libraries is a good place to start (especially for background music). TAXI also has listings for film & TV. Some companies will split the licensing fees with you - add that to your performance royalties through ASCAP, BMI, etc, it could become profitable - that's if you get enough placements. Primetime TV pays well. Best, John:cool:
Members CLOCK13 Posted December 17, 2008 Members Posted December 17, 2008 Music Film Libraries is a good place to start (especially for background music). TAXI also has listings for film & TV. Some companies will split the licensing fees with you - add that to your performance royalties through ASCAP, BMI, etc, it could become profitable - that's if you get enough placements. Primetime TV pays well.Best, John:cool: Also, prepare to spend time reading about music licensing.
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