RAMBLINGS OF A WANNABE MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Reblogged from dmsdotfmblog
Great podcast on licensing music for TV, Film, Youtube and beyond!! (via CD Baby)
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Where Ghosts Sleep is dedicated to maximizing exposure for artists, musicians, photographers, songwriters, lyricists and filmmakers by providing a well-marketed outlet for quality collaborative projects. We do this for the love of quality musical projects and the lack of outlet for exposure in…
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Recently, Aaron Sorkin got a note from HBO entertainment president Sue Naegle about a passage he’d written in a script for his new series, The Newsroom (…) The comment, which was not approving, got his attention. It concerned a moment at the end of Episode Four. As Sorkin explained the scene…
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The Help is a complicated film; In moments it has you laughing, in others it had me sobbing. The main themes of the movie are those of victory and the harshness of reality and that definitely comes through in the technical aspects of the music artfully crafted by Thomas Newman.
In general,…
Reblogged from soundlounge-blog
Apple, Nike, Gap…so many commercials have helped launch musical careers. While most emerging songwriters would kill to be featured in an ad, bigger bands like Sigur Ros can afford to take a higher moral stance and more often than not just say “No”. The band has licensed their music to just a handful of brands, including Sky Sports, Disney, and Oxfam. Jonsi may end up taking a different stance; his solo song “Go Do” has already been used in a Dulux advert:
The cold hard truth is that most ad agencies will still be turned down by Jonsi and Sigur Ros. So what do ad agencies do when they’re rejected by an artist who’s tough to license? More often than you’d think, they commission soundalikes - similar songs that just manage to skirt copyright infringement. Sigur Ros have been victims of this growing trend. A post from their fan blog points out a number of commercials with Sigur Ros soundalikes.
As similar as these might sound to the original song, none of them are close enough for Sigur Rós to pursue legal action:
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Ever wanted to get your music on TV or film but don’t know how to go about it?
A two part article posted on music industry blog Hypebot asked leading music supervisors how they go about finding indie music for their projects.
Sync deals can provide revenue for an act when there is no other money coming in while increasing an acts fan base.
Reblogged from musicdish
NEW YORK, USA – Juxtaposed Music, LLC., today announced the launch of their ground-breaking online music licensing platform at www.juxmusic.com. The JuxMusic Licensing Agency provides top music supervisors and directors with the music of highly-acclaimed established and leading-edge…
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After posting about indie music in advertising, I was asked about the process of bringing one’s music to the attention of music supervisors and others who can get your music on tv, in films and in commercials. I had already been gathering a series of interviews with music supervisors so it…
Reblogged from ourlivesthesequel
link below + my rant. (apologies in advance)
good advice for getting your music onto TV and Film
i tried to avoid going down the music industry advice route with this blog…and i really don’t want to come across as rude…
so, just last night I received THREE mp3 files without warning in one…
