How To Generate A Full Time Income From Licensing

Published: Thu, 05/08/14





 
Licensing your music, like many things in life, is a bit of a numbers game.  Not everything you write will get placed, even in you have the greatest connections in the world. However once you make the right connections it's fairly easy to keep duplicating your initial success.  If you get one song placed, getting your second placement will be that much easier as will your third and fourth and so on. 

Success breeds more success.  The first placement is usually the hardest, but subsequent placements become easier.  This is true for several reasons. Number one, if you've found someone who has been able to place your music, they'll generally pitch your music that much more agressively knowing there is a market for what you do. 

Secondly, supervisors will often times re-use tracks and artists they've previously licensed in future projects.  Some placements are one time occurrences, but often times your songs will be re-used down the road, generating additional royalties each time they're used.

And finally, the more success you have in the industry, the more you learn about the industry and develop a sense of what works and what doesn't.  You start learning about more opportunities and once you've had a couple placements under your belt it becomes that much easier to get supervisors and publishers to listen to and consider your music for future placements.
 
To generate a substantial revenue stream you'll need to have a large catalog of songs, ideally.  The more songs you have out there in music libraries and signed to music publishers the more songs you'll eventually have placed.  My main publisher has indicated that she has several writers who have hundreds of songs in her catalog that generate very substantial annual salaries.  

However, there is no requirement in terms of how many songs you need to start licensing your music.  I literally started with one song and grew my catalog over the years.  All it really takes to get started is the right song for the right project at the right time. 
 
And of course some placements pay more than others. There are opportunities for placing songs in commercials that can generate very substantial sums of money, in the range of ten thousand to even a hundred thousand dollars through licensing fees and performance royalties for a single track!

The first step in getting your music licensed is to have it heard by the right people. If you want to participate in a systematic process for getting started in the music licensing business, join me in the next 90 Day Challenge Music Licensing Master Class that's starting on May 11th.

I've extended the time frame to pre-register and save $50.00 off the upcoming 90 Day Music Licensing Challenge until Friday. 

The 90 Day Challenge is a 90 day long program that combines one on one coaching, 90 daily licensing leads, in depth video tutorials and much more..  

There are currently just a few spots remaining!

To learn more and secure your spot, visit:
http://www.howtolicenseyourmusic.com/90-day-music-licensing-challenge.php

Here's how it works:

When you sign up for the 90 Day Challenge you'll get a one on one half hour phone consultation with me to discuss your specific situation, the music you make, your background and the steps you need to take going forward.

Then, every day for 90 days, you'll get a different lead of a specific place to submit your music.  Each lead will contain the name of the company, info about the company, how to submit your music and how to follow up.

Throughout the duration of the program you'll receive different video tutorials that cover different aspects of the music licensing business and things you need to know to successfully license your music.  I cover everything from publishing, music supervision, music production, types of deals, co-writing and much more.  

Throughout the program you'll also have access to me via email for any questions or issues that come up.

Then, at the end of the program, we'll touch base for one more half hour telephone consultation to discuss your results and how to continue your success going forward.

You'll also get a ton of free bonuses including The 2014 Music Licensing Directory, 20 Free Bonus Interviews, An Insider's Guide To Music Licensing Ebook, Free Email Coaching and more.

Here's a breakdown of everything that's included in the program:

- Two One On One Half Hour Phone Consultations With Me 

-Email Coaching With Me Throughout The Duration Of The Program 

-Up To Date Daily Music Licensing Leads Of Specific Places To Submit Your Music For 90 Consecutive Days 

-Bi- Weekly Video Tutorials Covering Different Aspects Of The Music Licensing Business.

-The Program, The A To Z Of Music Licensing

-The 2014 TV And Film Music Business Directory 

-An Insider's Guide To Music Licensing Ebook

-My new 205 page ebook, "An Insider's Guide To Music Licensing".

-Bonus Audio Interviews With 20 Different Music Licensing Professionals (Songwriters, Publishers and Supervisors)

-Submission Tracking Spreadsheet

Register by Friday for $50.00 off the full price!

Register here:

To listen to a recent participant talk about his success in getting his music licensed as a result of taking my 90 Day Challenge program check out my recent interview with the artist Alexy:
http://musicmoneyandlife.podbean.com/2013/06/12/getting-started-licensing-your-music-with-alexy/

To see another example of an artist who has successfully licensed his music as a result of going through my 90 Day Challenge program, check out Greg Savage's case study of the 90 Day Music Licensing Challenge: 
http://diymusicbiz.com/music-licensing-success-pt2

To hear from yet one more artist who has had success licensing his music as a result of the 90 Day Challenge, check out my interview with musician Chuck Hughes:
http://musicmoneyandlife.podbean.com/2013/05/07/how-to-make-50000-a-year-as-a-freelance-musician-with-chuck-hughes/

To hear a conversation I had with the owner of one the many licensing companies included in the 90 Day Challenge, check out my recent interview with Jason Greenberg of Soundscape Media: http://musicmoneyandlife.podbean.com/2013/09/10/a-conversation-about-music-licensing-with-jason-greenberg/

Register today to reserve your spot!

 
 
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