You mostly just need the WAV/MP3 when submitting but if they pick your song the music supervisor or whoever may contact you to request the stems, and frankly they often leave it until last minute so need those stems to be sent urgently. It’s also necessary to have quick access to the individual stems at short notice. Unmixed or low quality audio will not work well for sync projects. Again check your licence as sometimes it will say synchronisation ok providing producer details are given - which means you don’t own the masters or full copyright BUT you do have the rights to pitch this music (and if selected for a project you would have to provide your info and the producers info so you would both get paid).Īs well as needing to make sure you actually have the rights to pitch the music, you will need to ensure the song itself is mixed and mastered to a professional level. The MP3 and Wav licences you can buy (the cheaper ones) almost certainly will not allow you to pitch the music at all without a separate licence.Įxample 3 You purchased an exclusive beat, so the beat in effect is yours meaning that no other artist can record a song to it and it is now marked as sold on the producers website. CHECK your licence you got when you purchased the beat as 9.5 times out of 10 it will say a separate synchronisation licence needs to be purchased, which means you cannot pitch this music as you don’t own or control the masters or full copyright. You need to own both your master and copyright rights to the music - or at least control them if you don’t own all of them.Įxample 1 You made the beat, wrote the track and recorded any vocals (where applicable) yourself and you’re not signed to any label or publisher - you own everything so this would be fine.Įxample 2 You purchased an unlimited beat licence off say Beatstars which gives you the right to get unlimited downloads, streams, the right to perform it publicly etc. There’s a few important things you need to know to know if this would even be possible for you which are: In terms of actually securing the placement, it’s just as competitive as the artist world, but when you’re a new artist that 1 yes in 10 no’s can be a substantial amount of money that you can then reinvest or whatever back into your music. There’s always an endless need for music in the various means mentioned above so work is always there. Most commonly it’s within the £5,000-£15,000 range. The sync fee itself can be anywhere from £100 to anything over £100,00 it just depends on what the project is. Often you also earn royalties on the backend of the music as well as the sync fee. Sync/licensing for any that aren’t sure what I mean is when you are paid an upfront fee to give a person/company the rights to use your music in their tv shows, films, games, digital advertising, commercials and so on. However when I was pulling my hair out for hours on end learning the business of music, and various ways to market it as a new artist, not one thing I ever, read, watched or listened to ever made mention to sync work. I work as a writer/producer solely now, no 9-5, and I also no longer want to be the artist myself as I found I prefer the behind the scenes side more. I’ve just been chatting to a user in this sub about this topic, and have mentioned it probably over 10 times in the past month. Note - This is a long post but will hopefully contain some helpful info for new artists who may not have come across this before.
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