Posts by soundroll

No rules, really. Featured Item doesn’t promise to be your best selling track.

Looks great and helps to find music more quickly. Tim and Zebra, very good idea

muscma01 said
Why would GEMA collect on a YouTube video, and not just from YouTube?The person that would use the music has the license agreement saying they paid for the sync license and didn’t have to pay additional fees.

I don’t know why, but you should ask GEMA.

timmcmorris said
It has happened now on a few occasions that I have been contacted by a buyer that wants to know how popular a song is in their region. For example: A company wants to license a song but is worried it is over exposed. They really like the song, but won’t use it if there are hundreds of other companies using the same song in their area. Well, with the current system I can’t give them any information whatsoever.

Even the opposite has happened. Another buyer wants to make sure a song is “popular enough” in their area to be recognizable for their brand. Again – how can I know?

Just because this is a “stock audio site” doesn’t mean it needs to be a second rate site and that we’re a bunch of second rate composers. If for no other purpose, some information should be required and released for ethical reasons.

Are we a bunch of nameless, faceless, sweat shop ghost writers creating music in the back corners of the internet who are OK with pumping out world class music for pennies – being happy with a credit-less system that encourages non-transparency between it’s suppliers and it’s customers? Guess I can’t speak for everyone, but I say NO.

I certainly don’t know how it would make anyone else feel, but I don’t like it when I can’t even confirm that a major motion picture using my song (with a budget of over 4 million dollars) has purchased the appropriate license (and if someone wants to get angry about the PRO thing, this is the spot

At the absolute very least, the territory (simply “online” if on the web) or the country would be a step in the right direction. How would this harm sales? If anything I think it legitimizes the site MORE.

tacoMusic said

soundroll said
I agree more with LIam. This site is for more small companies and projects, they look for fast and cheap way to get music for their projects, that’s why they buy from here.

I know another places and sites ask their buyers to fill forms, but there are another category of buyers.

Really soundroll? If you were earning less from this site, I think you might feel differently. I still don’t see how anyone loses out from this – including the smaller businesses. If it’s going on TV, cinema or elsewhere where a broadcaster pays royalties like radio, then there is NO impact to the customer. It sounds like most people wouldn’t even need to fill in a cue sheet if they’re using it on a YT video – do you need to fill out a cue sheet for YouTube ?

I agree more with LIam. This site is for more small companies and projects, they look for fast and cheap way to get music for their projects, that’s why they buy from here.

I know another places and sites ask their buyers to fill forms, but there are another category of buyers.

For me personally, much important is the royalties, so when music goes to tv shows or commercials, the broadcast company will fill all the nescasery fields, like composer and the track title. Actually, the agency company or editors or producers who buy the music here will not pay any additional fees. In this case we can register our music with PRO, And get extra money from royalties.
Do you really want to monitor all your sales here by yourself? lets say, we have the ability to see who buy your music and where he uses it. And what could you do when you see, let’s say, your music on some YouTube video and you know that someone stole it? Will you hire a lawyer for this case?
Hard to believe that any producer or ad agency will take any chance or risk for illegal use of license. They have more than enough budget not to take risks. I’m talking about tv ads, commercials, movies, not the YouTube family movies or small budget productions.

pietrogirardi said

soundroll said
I try to mix in a way that I won’t have to make much on master bus. I route all channels to one group channel and this is my master bus, that goes to stereo out on the rme. This way I can open stereo audio track and add there some reference tracks, then I just solo one of them and try to compare between the mix and reference.

Soundroll, may I ask you what you mean with “mix in a way you don’t have to make much on master bus”? Are there any plugins you use more often than others on single tracks to help you achieve a better overall result?
What kind of processing do you use on your stereo track to mach the sound of other reference tracks (widening, EQ, compression…)?
Many questions (sorry about that )but you are the top selling act here on AJ, so I think your information could be very helpful.

Best,
Pietro

I try to mix in a way that I won’t have to make much on master bus. I route all channels to one group channel and this is my master bus, that goes to stereo out on the rme. This way I can open stereo audio track and add there some reference tracks, then I just solo one of them and try to compare between the mix and reference.