When You're Pitching Your Tracks Be SURE To Do This!

Published: Tue, 05/11/10

 
Today I just want to share a quick tip with you.  When you're in the studio recording tracks with the idea of pitching them to TV and Film licensing opportunities, make sure to also get an instrumental version of all of the tracks that you record.  Sometimes libraries and publishers will only be interested in instrumental versions of your songs, even if they were originally recorded with vocals.

I recently pitched a group of songwriter's tracks to a prominent music publisher.  All of the tracks I pitched were vocal tracks, but the publisher was primarily interested in signing instrumental versions of songs from several of the artists.  Most of the artists in question had instrumental versions of their tracks on hand, but a couple didn't and so they missed out on signing with a great publisher who has placed numerous tracks in feature films and network television shows.
 
I also suggest having a couple different mixes on hand as well, one with the vocal more upfront and one with the vocal turned down.  Basically, try to be as prepared as possible with several different mixes, so if one mix doesn't meed the needs of whoever you're pitching to, you'll have another one ready to go that does.
 
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Until Next Time... Happy Songwriting!
Aaron Davison