 |
Licensing Your Music In Commercials Part 2
Licensing your music in commercials can be very lucrative. Whereas songs licensed in TV shows can pay as little as nothing upfront (with royalties only being generated on the backend) to several thousand dollars. Songs licensed in commercials pay a lot more. Why? Simple. Bigger budgets. TV shows tend to license a lot of music, and depending on the show, their budgets vary greatly.
In commercials it's not uncommon for artists to be compensated as much as $50,000 for one song in one commercial. Sometimes it's less and sometimes it's more. But in general these types of placements pay a lot more.
And it gets even better, because in addition to getting paid more upfront, commercials also generate a lot more in backend royalties due to their frequency of use. My last TV placement was for use of one of my songs on daytime network television. About a minute and a half of my song was used. I haven't received my ASCAP check yet but based on past payments, I'm expecting payment to be somewhere in the thousand dollar range. Now imagine a scenario where 30 seconds or so of your song is used in a commercial that airs repeatedly every day for several months, as is typically the case with commercials. These types of royalties adds up fast.
Is licensing your music in commercials worth looking into? I'd say so!
Registration For How To Get Your Music Licensed In Commercials Workshop Closes Tonight (Thursday) At Midnight Pacific Time
If you want to learn more about how to get your music in comercials, be sure to sign up for Music Supervisor, Sarah Gavigan's new workshop. Registration for Sarah's new workshop on how to get your music licensed in commercials closes tonight at Midnight. The Course starts next Tuesday. I've actually enrolled in the course myself, so if you sign up I'll be learning right along with you! You never stop learning in this business:)
Sarah is awesome and has a ton of experience working in the industry. She's placed music with thousands of brands, including Nissan, Ford, Samsung, Target, Payless, Microsoft, Samsung, Adidas, Nike and many more. In her 12 years working as a music supervisor she has billed over 10 million dollars for her clients! Sarah's the real deal and she's also a great teacher. This is a one of a kind course, and to the best of my knowledge is the first time a working music supervisor has offered this kind of online in depth training
Happy Songwriting!
Aaron Davison
|
|
 |
A Songwriter's Guide To Music Licensing Ebook with free industry directory
Was: $29.99
Now:
$19.97
More Info |
 |
The A To Z Of Music Licensing. Step by step guide for licensing your music in TV And Films.
Was: $49.99
Now: $39.97
More Info |
|
The 90 Day Challenge Master Class is a 90 Day long program geared towards songwriters interested in licensing their music in Film and Television.
More Info | |
G |