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Youtube music licensing recommendations? Your Music Copyright (legal rights): To understand sync, you first need to understand copyright and copyright law. This is because owning or controlling copyright is how you are going to get paid. At first, this can seem daunting, but don’t worry, have a read through this article and soon you’ll be a licensing wizard! Master rights – This refers to the recordings themselves, the right to copy and exploit the master recordings hence ‘master’ rights. Each recording has its own master right attached to it, which can be bought, or sold, or licensed for sync. Publishing rights – This refers to the songs themselves. The actual music and lyrics and melodies and harmonies. You know… the song.

You really can’t escape this one can you? It doesn’t matter what you do in this industry, you’ll need to build, nurture, and strengthen your relationships. Licensing is no different. While networking within the music industry is always a smart move, this time we’re pivoting a bit to talk about networking within the film industry. So how to you do that? First, get involved with local film festivals and meet directors, editors, and producers. Join professional groups such as the National Association of Recording Industry Professionals (NARIP) and of course, PROs. These groups offer occasional seminars that put you face-to-face with key decision-makers in the film industry. NARIP actually has an annual pitch session that brings artists and supervisors together to review their work.

How long is my license valid, and does it ever expire? Any license you purchase is valid in perpetuity. This means you can use it forever. Why are your agreements Non-Exclusive? It’s your music and you own it. You are free to shop your music anywhere, release the music on albums, use for collaborations, etc. You are also free to submit previously released songs from your catalog as long as there is no conflict with your existing label/distribution agreement. If you ever need exclusive rights to one of your songs, notify us and it will be removed from the catalog. Any existing agreements related to previous placements of the song will still be valid. Read even more details at music for you-tube.

Rhythm Couture artists questions and answers: What do you feel is the importance of music in today’s media, such as YouTube, television, film, etc? Music is a part of storytelling in films for almost a hundred years. The music style has changed so much after these years, but giving the emotional support for film is always the main role of film music. No matter from YouTube video to blockbuster movies, music is always a nice carrier to convey the emotions and subtexts. But in the meantime, music should not overtake the scene, the main character should always be the film itself, unless it’s on purpose. For production music, from my music editor experience, I think it’s important to have sections in your music, it’s much easier to edit with one track with several sections, instead of puzzling so many different tracks and trying to make them sound like a piece of music.

RhythmCouture Recording Studios: two locations based in New York and Vermont. We proffer expertise in music licensing and musical solutions across all multimedia platforms. Kyle Hunter and Robert Ronci, Co-Owners, have paired their formidable musical repertoires and talent affiliations from around the globe to bring a distinctive differentiation to the music product placement space. Our range of clients include Calvin Klein, Les Mills, The New York Times, Vans, Forever 21, Marie Claire + more. See additional details at this website.