Supes don’t care about this
June 3, 2026
Wondering what music supervisors for TV & film care most about with you and your music? It might surprise you.
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Hi.
Thanks for the sage advice.
I would ask, then, for the best way to get any or all of my 145 songs in front of such “supes.”
I am seventy years old and have been writing for about fifty years.
Thanks once again,
Jeff Berkeley
The Lifesmith Group
That is what I do in The Art Of The Song Pitch, Jeff. I kick off a new class in January. Hope to see you there!
It’s always about “who brings it “!
It comes down to relationships with the right people in the industry. That is what I do at Sync Songwriter.
Great input Chris…
Appreciate all the extra time and care you offer to all of us. It’s obvious you care… you’ve proven that. Thx
Hey, thank you, Richard. I have always supported indie music and love to see them succeed. Appreciate the kind words.
Hey Chris,
Glad to see this pop up. You were one of the first people I watched (and trusted!) as I began my journey into sync a few months ago. I have been writing new music and resurrecting some of my 50-song library. I’m expanding my knowledge and getting everything up properly and professionally on disco.ac . I have 15 tunes packaged and ready to be heard. I will have 20 by midmonth, at which point (and before) I’ll be looking for best methods to get distribution opportunities for my specific singer/songwriter genre.
Fantastic! Great head start. Circle back in January when I launch The Art Of The Song Pitch again and maybe we can work together.
Did not sign up with the last webinar because my wife had passed a few months prior and I didn’t think I could give it my all. I’m experienced, have written with well known names, had FM radio play nationwide many times, but no big hits. The industry has changed dramatically and I believe sync licensing offers the best opportunities. I’m ready to start. What is my best next move?
I am so sorry to hear about your loss, Don. It is good to hear you are on the road to mending as best you can and remembering your music. We launch The Art Of The Song Pitch again in January. Hope to see you there!
Hi Chris,
I do have a question. I’ve just recently started my own publishing LLC and will be soon registering with BMI so I will be owning all of my own publishing rights to any music that I record. If I were able to get any music synced to TV or Film, would I continue to own my publishing rights?
Sincerely,
Cortez Bryson
Yes, you keep all of it. Licensing music doesn’t affect your publishing, unless you go through a middleman who will likely ask for at least half of it.
I certainly agree with you, Chris.
What are the best ways to get new songs in front of TV and Film Supervisors?
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I really wish for this to be true. So you’re saying there’s basically only two things to focus on: making music and pitching it/getting connected with supes and sync agents?
Yup, except for the last part. I recommend sticking to supes because you own the relationships and keep all the money, unlike working with a middleman.
Hello, thank you for the value of your informed knowledge information. I fit into that narrative you just spoke of with all the excuses too.
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Dude, where do movie, TV, and other media producers shop for music? What’s the best venue?
Personal relationships is the best by far which is what I do at Sync Songwriter. Most other platforms are like playing the lottery.
My music doesn’t fit into radio categories and I never cared about pandering to what’s most popular today. Amazingly, my failure as a copycat could well be my strength as a sync artist… exactly because my songs DON’T sound like the vast majority of songs on the radio. The possibility of my unique music standing out in a small niche has energized and inspired me. Glad to be here, thank you Chris!
That is exactly what gets music into TV & film!
This was good to know. Note, I wasn’t worried about any of the above, I have good music, with great lyrics. It is just a matter of time, it’s not a matter of if, it’s when, and my time is coming.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3isYbXL2iR08xqnICmsX4k?si=de9ee6ec45984cae
Thank you for this email. Note, I know that I am a good writer, and if you’ve listened to any of my music share, there is a lease 1 song that connect with at lease with one person. My goal is to bring back real music, song that have a soulful message and a good beat, word that change the soul. That you for his email, it helped.
Kevin McLemore “This is Kevin McLemore”
That sounds like a great plan, Kevin!
how much of my publishing can i keep through all this
All of it! Licensing music is literally just you allowing a TV or movie studio to use your music for scene where they pay you and you get royalties. It’s that simple.
Given that most creative people always have some level of doubt about their work, that’s very welcome news. Personally, although I’m quite capable of writing for a genre, most of my favourite songs that I’ve written are not particularly mainstream, and I worry that because they’re not very mainstream, that no one will be interested.
On the other hand, I know that the quality of the recording is key, and this is the going to be the problem area for me as my recording skills aren’t great, and I can’t afford a professional studio etc. So it’d be interesting to know what they’re looking for as a minimum for that. Thank you for all your excellent info and help on this, I’m looking forward to the day when I can put some real effort into trying to get my work sold. Cheers.
Thank you! Your information is very helpful. Though I am a writer and composer, I can no longer afford the studio singers and musicians, so, I now upload my human created demos to AI and let SUNO do the orchestration. I believe you have said in the past that AI is not going to be accepted by the Sync music directors. Is that still the case?
Thanks again for all you do,
Gary Clute
Yes, unfortunately AI doesn’t fly in sync licensing, at least not at the top.
Very interested in learning a lot more. I really do need your help. I’m very good. At writing good music with great sound is just I’m giving my music out there for the world to hear the platform that I make my music from is Suno. Please help thank you so much.
I would love to help you, Raymond, but The Art Of The Song Pitch doesn’t open again until January. Circle back then and you can find out how I can introduce you to the right people to get your music into TV & film.
Mainstream music doesn’t matter at all. They are looking for authenticity. In terms of production, just find someone in your budget. There are so many talented producers out there now big and small.
I’ve heard lots of requirements from others selling their “expertise” in sync licensing. Such as, you need a facebook page, your songs must be on all the streaming platforms, you need an instagram page, etc. so that the supervisors can find you.
It sounds reasonable, because as you said, “you just need to get your song in front of the supervisors.” But I’ve always been skeptical of needing all of those platforms to get a sync. Certainly, there are other ways to get in front of a supervisor, right?
Yup! That is why I introduce indie songwriters directly to music supervisors. Then it just comes down to the music.
Thanks for this.
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This is helpful professionally and psychologically:) One thing I’ve really gotten out of this whole experience is a more dedicated approach to recording my music. I’ve done it for years, but AOTSP took me up a level just on principle. Sync aside, my future projects will be much more pro. Many thanks.
Hey thanks, Ryan. Great to hear!
Working to get my production up to acceptable standards is my goal as well.
Thanks Chris. That’s exactly what I need to hear today. I was literally just thinking that.
Nice!
I Feel that I have a decent catalog to start with, but I need to be more modern. I guess my problem is, me and the fella that co-produces/engineers my music (for the most part) only really like traditional country and the stuff I’m doing on “AGUA NOIR”. But I DO have ideas on pop stuff, several of which I think will fly. Thanks for the opportunities you are presenting to me and the class. It helped me to close a sync I’d been working on for quite awhile with a fairly big NetFlicks show.
Just be you, Paul. There is a home for every song. The trick is finding the opportunities for your particular music.
One thing you’re right about is music you’re absolutely right and I know my music is good I just wish you guys would figure that out I need to make money I need to make a life I need something and I’m not giving it away for free that’s for damn sure so let’s figure this out.
I show indie songwriters how to connect to music supervisors in TV & film so they can cut their own deals. That is how we get so many sync placements at Sync Songwriter.
It’s interesting. I was about to take advantage of the opportunity to get a song critiqued by a music supervisor. I was going to send them a link to my YouTube lyric video of the song I’d chosen. Then I noticed that I didn’t have a lot of comments on there in spite of a lot of views, so I asked some friends who are very supportive to say something about the song. Now I have another ten comments, and my ego has been somewhat gratified by their kind words, but I’m glad to know it probably wasn’t necessary. (Slight smile emoji)
Yes, that doesn’t matter much to a supervisor. It just comes down to the song.
Chris, You Rock! Thank you for helping us stay focused on what matters, the quality of the songs and good production value. Thanks to you and your team for your support, wisdom, humor and being our cheerleader. I found out about your program through a young woman’s positive words about SyncSongwriter on her LinkedIn profile. Unfortunately, I do no remember her name and owe her a debt of gratitude. This program is the real deal and as an educational program goes, it has already been more than worth the money I invested to be part of this program. Thank you for being the conduit to help so many of us get our music out into the world!
Love hearing that, Kristi! Thank you.
HI CHRIS THANK YOU FOR YOU KIND WORDS AND MOTIVATIONAL TALK, IT IS APPRECIATED. IN MY SIDE OF THE STORY, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE SURROUNDED BY GOOD PEOPLE. YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. I RECORD IN MY BASEMENT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. HAVE A LOT OF MUSIC AND MY FRIENDS ARE IN NEW YORK AND ARE STUDIO MUSICIANS, VOCALIST ARE ALSO WORKING MUSICIANS. MY NEW MIXER/MASTERING IS A 7 GRAMMY AWARDED CO-PRODUCER FOR WORKS FOR 2PUC ALBUMS. ON THE OTHER HAND I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL LIKE MY FRIENDS, BUT I ENJOY PLAYING GUITAR, ARRANGING AND WRITING MUSIC. I THINK I HAVE OK PRODUCTION AND MUSIC. I HAVE PITCHED ON SOME OF THE BRIEFS THAT RELATE TO MY GENRE: ROCK, SUB-GENRE: SOUL ROCK, ALT ROCK, JAZZ ROCK, ETC. AND STILL NO CIGAR YET. BUT I HAVE HOPE AND FAITH AND MAYBE ONE DAY IT MAY PAY OUT. MY FIRST PITCH WHEN HORRIBLY BAD AND HORRIBLY GOOD, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I PICKED THE WRONG SONG TO PITCH (CHRISTIAN ROCK), BUT THE FEED BACK WAS POSITIVE AND MAKE MY GROWTH AS A MUSICIAN/WRITER UNDERSTAND HOW TO SEE MUSIC FOR FILM/TV FROM A DIFFERENT LENS. THE COURSE IS ENDING, AND I FEEL HAPPY BUT ALSO SAD BECAUSE I WILL MISSED YOU. THANK YOU ART OF THE SONG TEAM.
Hey thanks for the kind words, Eric. Focus on your music and remember to target it the way I showed you. It’s all about relationships and then building more.
Thanks Chris for the pep talk. I’ve always loved writing and playing music so the
Art of the Song Pitch sounded interesting to me. I had a CD with 14 songs on it I thought I could try pitching. Boy was I unaware of what is involved with placing them in TV, Film and ads. Wished I knew this at least a year ago so I could start catching up. All these code words really got my head spinning like ISRC, ISWC, CMRRA, IPI and more I’m sure! rofl Now back to my CD, I’m gonna have to re-produce them cause now I know they’re not gonna fit. But because I like love music so much and have learned a pile of production skills, I know they’re gonna be great. Thanks Chris for everything . Keep the program going.
Thanks Rod and best of luck with your music. Remember it is all about being able to connect to the right people in TV & film.
This is great news to hear, Most song writers just want a one hit wonder to say 5hat they made it. Nothing coul be more rewarding, these data songwriters are told to put themselves out there, get more followers make a presence on social media.
This puts us off, most songwriters want to be or remain in the background not in front of the whole world, we like t o just create and write our songs and hope they get used so we can make some kind of living from our hobby, because at the end of the day, creating is good for our mandra.
For sure. You can do all of that with sync licensing.
Thank you Chris. I’m in a slim niche of classical vocal – at first I thought ‘no one wants this old stuff… Verdi, Strauss, etc…..” but lo and behold, it is a valid and needed niche. So I’ve let go of my angst in not being real up to the moment in musical styles, because I am truly being myself and realizing my classical roots are where my treasure is.
Yes! Be yourself. Better to be a big fish in a small pond, than a minnow in the ocean.
I have written 530 original songs & have a bandzoogle site at jerrybrugotomusic.com with 4 albums & some singles you can browse 50 sec. free or download any song for .99c! I also have a new album with 6 songs call Beauty & Brilliance in a pop/rock genre except for one song called “I’m Just A Lifelong Pickle” that funny & could even be a kids song!
Thanks, Jerry. I get sent a lot of music and unfortunately don’t have time to listen to it all. Wishing you the best of luck with it!
Yes, the song is the thing. But I’ve also noticed that supervisors really like a back story to the songs – and you as the songwriter. If I had anything to add to this, it would be when you’re pitching a song, give them the story behind it. Why you wrote it, what was the inspiration, etc. It seems to bring them in a little closer.
I know you’ve touched on this before, but I feel it’s as important as the song itself. My 2 cents.
Yes, the song is by far the most important part, but they might find a backstory interesting as well.
Hey Chris,
You seem to know just what we need to hear, right when we need to hear it. Thanks for dynamic program. It’s a motivating whirlwind of possibilities and choices taken.
Thanks for being there for us.
I am grateful and I’m sure I’m not alone.
Thanks Bill.
Thank you Chris..This is encouraging. Appreciate that you take the time to give advice even though the course is over. I’m having more luck with the stock market than I’m having with my music.😃 Must admit, I do feel like giving up on being a songwriter at the moment…It’s difficult to make money when you’re a songwriter who doesn’t sing or perform the music you write.
The trick is getting in front of the right people. Keeping working at that goal.
Hey Chris..
Same message I heard in The Art of the Song Pitch! This gave me incredible hope because I am that person you are describing. Hardly a presence on social media and I don’t have a website any longer. I am just concentrating on making the best music I can and using the skills I learned in the program to contact the right supervisors. Thanks for all you do, brother!
Hey thanks, Paul. Yes, you have the right plan.
Good to hear – just reinforces me to keep on writing and leaving the recording up to the experts
Yes, if you are not a producer, that is definitely the best plan.
Chris, thanks as always for the positive words. Getting my tunes together now for pitching.
Nice!
good advice I have all the music and have learned that you don’t need to aim for the top 40 – there are loads of opportunities for music to be placed – film and TV wow
Absolutely!
Thank you Chris.
And hey, unrelated. I went to Disco tonight to send out a song (the brief clearly asked for instrumental, yay) and I couldn’t get my account to load all evening.-still no. I emailed them. I hope no one else had this problem. 🙂
I’ve run into similar issues with DISCO uploads and technical problems, and I’ve missed brief deadlines because of it. I realize it’s ultimately my responsibility to get things submitted on time, but it can be really frustrating when the only support available is to go back and review the course materials.
The AOTSP course itself is phenomenal, and Chris and the team are exceptional. I wish there were more personalized support available when students run into technical or accessibility issues that prevent them from getting songs uploaded.
Hi Ed, the team is ALWAYS there to help students. Our customer service isn’t called the best in the industry for nothing. 🙂
Probably just a short glitch. Yes, just reach out to them, they are good at responding.
Aloha Chris,
nice to see you after a wee while. Thanks for the inside tips – always. Best wishes,
Pen
Great video – thanks Chris.
Makes total sense.
Just want to say that I’m absolutely lovin’ this course.
It’s one of the best things I’ve committed to & I’m so glad I did it.
Not only is it hugely informative & helpful, but there’s a real humanity & kindness flowing through it, a sincere & genuine care I wasn’t anticipating to such an extent.
Cheers to Chris, Julie & the team in the meantime.
All the best,
Robin
Love hearing that, Rodin! Thanks.
Thanks for the encouragement.! I’ve always been pretty confident about my songwriting BUT my production is not what I consider sync friendly. I’m going to be putting my energy and money into production. I think it will help the possibilities of getting placements. I’ve also learned to sing with a neutral accent ever since one of the music supervisors liked my song but said he doesn’t place country songs. I was shocked. It wasn’t the track so it had to be my vocal and I didn’t realize I had a such an obvious southern accent! I’m still learning and I appreciate all of the information you share and your team is awesome as well. Thanks!
Kristy, that is actually the last thing you want to do. There is a home for every song and you should produce your music and sing your songs like an artist. Music supervisors go for authenticity first, so accents are good!
I am finally starting to grasp the distinction between being an artist and being an artisan, as it applies to sync music production. Your comments come at a good time for me.
Great to hear, Jim.
Windy out there 😉
Are we sure a website doesn’t matter? What are the odds that this professional contact will accept my Disco link from a gmail account? Actually just getting started in this and want to do it right, was going to setup my website this weekend just for the professional email alone. (Thanks)
If you are cold emailing someone, then that is a different story, Kevin. Cold emailing doesn’t work and that is why I connect students directly with music supervisors. It’s all about relationships and when you have those, websites don’t matter.
Hey Chris, you are exactly right! They are totally two different worlds!
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This is very encouraging, Chris. After chasing the dream of “making it big” in music, I finally had to surrender to reality when age caught up with me. It’s wonderful to know that there are opportunities for songwriters to shine in other ways. Your comments AND the AOTSP course are ever so helpful!
Absolutely! It just comes down to the songs.
I have a question about being a not-performing songwriter. I write the complete song, with melody, lyrics and chords and I have a producer who will take my song, along with my suggestions for instrumentation and beat, etc. and he will create the finished product out of AI. Do I have a shot at getting the attention of a music supervisor?
No unfortunately they do not accept songs generated by AI. You can use it to assist you, but they want to hear real instruments and singers.
Hi Chris,
Thankyou for the encouragement. Your course AOTSP continues to be an inspiration, I can see! I have been trying to get my art and music validated by ‘likes’ on IG, Facebook, etc, so it’s good to know, the creative process doesn’t have to depend on ‘followers’.
I had two close family bereavements in the last six months… but it’s not all sad news,
as two of my music pieces made it to top ten in instrumental category of IAMA and USA song contest, in 2025! Also, I was invited by
Musiversal to attend a summit in Prague this Spring…. my brother gifted me a small holiday there….I thought I would be totally out of my depth, but I actually really enjoyed the experience. All those brilliant composers
out there are just ordinary people, like you and us. They didn’t make me feel small, even though, in comparison, my music seems
like ‘chicken feed’!
Great to hear and thank you of for the kind words! Congrats on the song contest ranking.
I am writing songs since the late 60’s. Meaningful lyrics, some dramatic, some satirical, some poetic and of course love song, but they are reflecting many different styles of love. I write music in different styles as well, rock, blues, ballads, New Orleans, 40’s, cabaret and musicals. There is a great satisfaction for me to be able express myself in this diversity of styles. The strength of those songs is that they are all melodic. My only regret is that I can’t sing. For all those years those songs have been locked in my drawer. Until now. Now I use SUNO. Play guitar and sing to it the best I can, put my lyrics, work on my arrangements and my songs comes alive, as I imagined it. QUESTION: will anybody accept this music? Should I try or put my songs back in the drawers. Of course I could have hired real musicians, but my financial means will not allow me.
Thanks for keeping what’s most important, front and center. Your words and message are very encouraging and the course itself has been excellent! You also have a naural ability and talent as a coach. Thanks so much Chris!