How to get started (and get paid) writing music for sync licensing

Though working on improving your creative processes never hurts, you’ve probably not considered that among the many forgotten old tracks and unfinished projects on your hard drive, it’s totally possible that there’s some perfectly sync-able material just waiting to be unearthed. Sync licensing companies offer the means to offer up your roster of tracks to music supervisors and creatives who spend their time constantly on the hunt for the right material to fit their films, TV shows, adverts and games. But is it really as simple as uploading your tracks, and waiting for the royalties to roll in, as your unfinished jam from 2017 appears on an episode of Stranger Things? Well, no. As with all matters licensing-related, there’s a lot to get your head around before you open up your musical wares. Many companies are set-up to expand their large repositories of what is dubbed production music, which can then be accessed by professionals who work alongside music supervisors to find cues and mood-labelled tracks for their projects. Alternatively, there are those that work with you, and help with generating placement opportunities for your work. They will negotiate the fee and often thorny details of rights ownership on a case-by-case basis. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU… (Image credit: Getty Images) How to get started (and get paid) composing library music Typically, artists will grant a label or a production music repository (such as Music Gateway, Artlist, Soundstripe or Marmoset) the exclusive rights to licence their track, meaning nobody else […]

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