I am being played on local radio, I should join PRS! Right?
I have been in many discussions about the role of PRS I have been asked the following question numerous times by new composers and bands. When should I join PRS? In short I would say it is a judgement...
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I have been asked a number of times how you loop mp3’s using flash. Mp3’s have a portion of header information in the file that prevents seamless looping. Given that mp3 can be compressed to a number...
View ArticleBBC & Media City Inspire New Composer & Music Producer Directory
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Royalty Free Music – What is it, how does it work & what are its issues?
This article is not like others in its subject… It is not going to be a sales brochure that paints a nice bright picture of how simple it is to use royalty free music for everything. I certainly think...
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9 Common Q&A’s About Using Royalty Free Background Music in a Public Venue
Every week, my royalty free music business gets at least one call asking about using royalty free music as background music in public venues. Here you will find the answers to some of our most...
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Stock Music at Stock Photography Prices!… What?
In recent years, royalty free stock photography has become very popular. With images for around $1, the service helps many who need cheap stock images for their projects. I am a big fan of this....
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Can I use a few seconds of copyrighted music in my production without having...
As a royalty free music business, we get asked many questions about copyright. There are numerous people that believe they can legally use up to 30 seconds of music without any legal repercussions and...
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Understanding Royalty Free Music Licensing: Introduction
At a time when copyright infringement is frequent news, when media usage and music requirements are converging, the last thing a busy media industry professional wants to do is collate a vast array of...
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Understanding Royalty Free Music: A Slice of Royalty Pie
From my previous post you should now have an understanding of the concept of copyright & music licensing. This post will explain how copyright is broken down into areas, its implications on music...
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Understanding Royalty Free Music: Industry Recognised but Widely Misunderstood
As mentioned in my previous post Understanding Royalty Free Music: A Slice of Royalty Pie, the term ‘Royalty Free Music‘ has become an industry recognised term, but people’s understanding of it varies...
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Bespoke Music Writing Service
Over the past 5 years Media Music Now has had its share of custom music enquiries. These have included music for TV adverts, shopping malls, short films and even wedding music. The common thread with...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Introduction
There is a lot of information out there about what royalty free music is, but with the abundance of music libraries and the varying license agreements it’s no wonder that many professional music buyers...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Understanding Music Royalties
What are the different types of music royalties and how do they work? Conventional music royalties can be a complicated subject. However, in order to keep this piece short and to the point we are going...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Understanding Music Libraries
There are numerous music libraries that sell music licenses on behalf of composers, each with their own proprietary license agreements and procedures. Let’s look at the different types: Royalty Free...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Terminology
Is royalty free music the same as stock music and what about production music and copyright free music? Don’t be thrown by the terminology. Royalty free music, production music, library music, stock...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Understanding Royalty Collection Societies
Royalty Collection Societies were set-up many years ago to collect royalties on behalf of mainstream artists. Each country (territory) has their own. They cover and collect royalties for performance of...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Understanding Content ID
Content ID is a relatively new technology that crops up more and more these days, which is why we chose to include it in this Professional Music Buyers Guide series. If you have licensed music legally,...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Working with Clients
Should I license music on behalf of my client or let my client license it directly? Ideally, let your client license the music directly. This way they are the license holder and you are using the music...
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Professional Music Buyers Guide: Round-up
For those of you that may have missed our recent Professional Music Buyers Guide series, we’ve created a round-up so you can catch up on them from one place. If you’re a media professional that...
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Royalty Free Music Previews Without Watermarks, Crazy or Shrewd?
Recently, we have become aware of some royalty free music libraries that do not protect their music previews with watermarks. On Media Music Now we provide full track previews but every 10-12 seconds...
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