As a musician getting placement of your music in TV and Film
is easier than getting a record deal, the demand for music in film and TV is
increasing in a $20 Billion industry. The best way to get paid for your passion
is through licensing music to be placed in a Film and TV Show or commercial and
there are places that will welcome your music for placement. Seeking out
publishing and distribution deals are found by a little research on the
Internet (Google) and checking out the many websites that offer music
licensing. I have been working with a few sites that offer music licensing for
a fee.
One site that offers a low yearly package is Reverbnation,
they will promote your music on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Rhapsody for a fee of $9.95
a year for a single or $19.95 for the first year
and $49.95 each additional year on a Album, and the package includes the
marketing tools, trending reports, and sales reporting to Nielsen
SoundScan that will help you to promote your music. Your music will be place
with over 20 music retailers from iTunes to Shazam.
Their package includes Fan Management, Mobile, Album, and Website Promotion.
One of the main websites to
offer Publishing Administration is TuneCore and they have a comprehensive package
that includes collecting publishing royalties of which you keep 90%,
registration of unlimited songs, an opportunity to make money from YouTube and
the availability of your music to Film and TV all for a one time setup fee of $75
plus 10% commission on royalties (20% if they
secure licensing placements pitched by their In-house Creative & Licensing team.
As I continue my journey to my
Masters Degree and start my music production company I have a decision to make
and through my research I have decided to go with TuneCore’s
Publishing Administration package to promote my music and build my music
catalog.
Hey Laman
ReplyDeleteI found your blog very interesting. I didn't know there was such a high demand on music in movie. When you think about it, you can't even picture a movie without a soundtrack throughout the movie so I could see why their are room for placement. I wish you best of luck with your music production company. If you need assisted in any kind of way I would love to help because I want to work on the production side when it come to music business. With company such as tunecore and Reverbnation I see record labels becoming more and more extinct.
Good luck
Tim Cox