The specific link is here: Episode 31 - Music Licensing Part 2
I mentioned several different resources during the interview, and here are some links:
Libraries I'm currently in:
- Indietracks - My tunes there
- WAP Publishing
- Renegade Music Marketing
- Music XRay - My EPK there
- GovAccessMusic.com
Other resources mentioned:
- Linked In - Music Publishing and Licensing Group - this is a "closed" group, so you have to request to join. The admins are just trying to make sure that legit musicians are in the group
- Sarah Gavigan - http://www.getyourmusiclicensed.com/ - a music supervisor who is putting out a lot of info, suggestions for proceeding, etc. My impression is that she's doing this not only to support herself, but also to make her job easier!
- John Oszajca - http://www.musicmarketingmanifesto.com - has a lot of good material on marketing here, plus a paid online community with tons of resources.
- Aaron Davison - Renegade Music Marketing - HowToLicenseYourMusic.com - lots of ebooks and directories for sale
A couple of other tidbits:
- I'm really just starting out. I've been "collecting" material for a fairly long time, with no real purpose behind it....so essentially I already had some material ready before starting this journey.
- I've read in SEVERAL places that this is a marathon, not a sprint.
- I've also read that the first placements are the hardest - once you have a track record and people know what kind of stuff you do, then they'll [hopefully] remember your stuff.
- Music supervisors are incredibly busy and under serious time deadlines. Label everything with your name and contact info - EVERYTHING. You have to make it easy to be found.
- A comment in the Linked-In group that has stuck with me was that to make significant income from licensing you have to have a THOUSAND tracks out there, adding 100 a year to your catalog. For me, this just means that it's going to be a [possibly long] while before I can "give up my day jobs".
- But my whole purpose in pursuing this was as an ADDITIONAL income stream - not to really make an ENTIRE living off of it (although that would be really cool!).
...and just in case
you want to see all the OTHER stuff I do, here's a short list. It really does work out to about 7 part-time jobs. Some people call it "entrepreneurial" - I personally think it's proof God has a sense of humor!- http://www.tomrule.info - piano teaching and studio work
- http://www.TomRule.info/depth - New Album: Accessible Depth
- http://www.HamSandwichTees.com - Mugs, Tshirts, Hats, iPhone/iPad cases
- http://www.MacMusicGuy.com - MP3, Charts, Sheet Music
- http://www.MaconMacGuy.com - Websites, Training, getting small businesses to work their technologies
- http://www.MidGaHosting.com - web hosting, email, etc.
- Teaching Piano, Music Appreciation, and accompanying the Chamber Singers at Macon State College. See http://MaconState.blogspot.com for the Music App class blog.
- I'm also on staff at Northway Church in Macon - the band tom&co recorded two albums in 1999 & 2003 which received a bit of airplay/webplay.
- ...and I'm in a couple of bands/groups: Joey Stuckey Band, GA Cabaret, Mosely Dixon Project
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Anybody with questions, please feel free to contact me! Use the contact form over at MacMusicGuy.com (just ignore the "order number" field).
