I've almost completed my most ambitious and in depth course to date, The Ultimate Music Licensing Guide. I've been working on this course daily for the last four months!
I'm so excited to unveil this new new course and will be providing more details, a release date and so on
soon.
The Ultimate Music Licensing Guide is a culmination of all the work I've done over the last eight years running my website, hosting my podcast, working with hundreds of songwriters, hosting webinars, running my own music marketing company, helping artists secure multiple licensing deals and licensing my own music.
This new course is a
comprehensive, step by step guide, to licensing your music in tv shows, films and ads. I lay out essentially everything I've learned over the last eight years in a logical, coherent fashion, from start to finish. I leave no stone un-turned.
There are eight modules to the course in all and it looks like the course will clock in somewhere north of four hours.
Here's the
outline for The Ultimate Music Licensing Guide to give you an idea of the scope and depth of the material I cover:
Introduction To Course
Module 1 - Mindset
-Music Licensing Is A Long Term Game
-Staying Motivated
-Dealing With Rejection
Module 2 - How To Write Music For Licensing
-Introduction
-Three Elements
-Arrangement
-Subject
Matter
-Styles
-Instrumental Music VS Vocal Music
-What Types Of Songs Work Best
Being Authentic VS Writing For Licensing
Module 3- Production
-Production Quality
-How To Choose The Right Music Producer
-How To Finance Your Recordings
Module 4 – The Details – Things To Do Before You Start Pitching
-Types Of Files You Definitely Need
-Types Of Files You Might Need
- Copyrighting Your
Music
-Metadata And Your Tracks
-Registering With PRO’s
Module 5 - Networking And Marketing
- How To Research The Market
-Publishers And Libraries VS Supervisors
-How To Make Contact
-How To Submit Your Music
- Tracking & Following Up On Your Submissions
-Should You Pay To Submit To Music Briefs?
Module 6 - The Business Of Licensing
-How You Get Paid And How Much You Can Earn
-Non Exclusive
Re-Titling Deals
-The Pros And Cons Of Exclusivity
-How Cue Sheets Work
-Co Publishing Deals Explained
-Buy Out Deals
-Types Of Deals To Avoid
The problem with spreading yourself too thin
Module 7 – Advanced Music Licensing Techniques
-How To Create An Effective Show-reel With Gary Gray
-Working With Interns And Assistants
-Professionalism And Music Licensing
Resource Section
-Samples Of Songs
Myself And Others Have Licensed
-Ebook Version
-Production Resources
-Submission Tracking Spreadsheet
-Sample contracts
-International PRO Guide
I'm putting the finishing touches on everything currently and will have more details soon.
In the meantime, here's another video excerpt from the course where I cover the topic of Metadata and your tracks. I've
gotten a lot of questions about metadata and how it applies to getting music licensed and in this video I break it all down.
Check out the video here:
