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Re: Music Licensing?

Rusty — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:45:33 -0000

You can license music via <a href="http://www.youlicense.com " target="_blank"><a href="http://www.youlicense.com" target="_blank">www.youlicense.com</a> </a>and ask for royalty free terms from the artists. It’s the only platform online that lets you negotiate the terms directly with the musicians so you can get much better prices too.

Re: Music Licensing?

geoperdis — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:13:24 -0000

Moby music made easy to use for digital media projects: 
 
<a href="http://www.mobygratis.com/f... " target="_blank"><a href="http://www.mobygratis.com/f..." target="_blank">http://www.mobygratis.com/f... </a>

Re: Music Licensing?

Tim — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:32:35 -0000

We tried to license a sample used on a record released on my old label 2Top. Whatta pain. There's actually two licenses & mechanical and the sound recording. 
 
The mechanical is managed by the SOCANs and ASCAPs of the world & that is a simple fee for the usage of the music & whether it be a recording, recital, cover, or the sheet music (the name 'mechanical' comes from the process of reproducing sheet music). It's pretty easy and affordable if you're selling physical CDs or records & don't know how it works for the web & probably more compicated. 
 
The other license is for use of an actual recording, and this needs to be specifically negotiated with the owner of the copyright in question & which is usually the record company. This involves lawyers, contracts, yada yada. I was never able to get Sony to even call me back on the sample we were using, so we just paid the mechanical and put the record out anyway. 
 
Note of interest & even if you recorded yourself singing 'Should I stay or should I go' (which I'd like to hear :) ) & you would still technically have to pay the mechanical for it.

Re: Music Licensing?

john o — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:21:33 -0000

You can get cheap music at soundrangers.com and use them in your videos or podcasts. 
 
<a href="http://www.soundrangers.com... " target="_blank"><a href="http://www.soundrangers.com..." target="_blank">http://www.soundrangers.com... </a>

Re: Music Licensing?

Joey deVilla — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:20:30 -0000

Perhaps I can help: 
 
<img src="http://www.joeydevilla.com/... alt="" /> 
 
I could play 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' as the opening number for your presentation, if you like.</img>

Re: Music Licensing?

Jonas — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:17:39 -0000

It sounds like what you're looking for is Pump Audio.

Re: Music Licensing?

Mircea / iSPINIT.com — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:52:23 -0000

David, 
 
Why don't you sign up as a podcaster with the PodShow Music Network? The Podcaster License [<a href="http://music.podshow.com/mu...] " target="_blank"><a href="http://music.podshow.com/mu...]...</a>gives" target="_blank">http://music.podshow.com/mu...]...</a>gives</a> you all rights to play podsafe music, as long as you report it back to the artist. No ASCAP headaches! 
 
Cheers, Mircea

Re: Music Licensing?

Colin Bowern — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:04:51 -0000

You are right, licensing is a real mess, especially once you deal with the regional bodies involved. Your license in Canada does not give you the right necessarily to take your content elsewhere meaning that you will also need to consider geo-restricting. On top of that don't foget that you will also need to pay a license for the MP3 format you may use & they want their take too. I start to see why people just steal music & it's because it is so bureaucractic that your head spins when you really want to pay the artist for their music.

Re: Music Licensing?

Gary Will — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:41:48 -0000

The folks at SOCAN would be happy to help you out . you can go to their website and read about the 40 different tariffs they collect. But 'a licence is affordable'-says so right on their site. <a href="http://www.socan.ca/ " target="_blank"><a href="http://www.socan.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.socan.ca/</a> </a>

Re: Music Licensing?

brycej — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:02:55 -0000

You are such an honest person. Just use it and then ask them not to sue you in the podcast. How is that for bad advice on fair use?