How long does it take to get a sync placement (once you know how to do it the right way)?
It’s different for everyone, but it can happen VERY fast.
Before the class for The Art Of The Song Pitch finished, Adrian already landed a song in the movie "Go Back To China” coming out this year.
He follows in the footsteps of two of our other students who just got their music into big Hollywood films such as “Annihilation" (starring Natalie Portman) and “The Christmas Chronicles" (starring Kurt Russell).
We like to celebrate their wins and wanted to share this latest one with everyone in the Sync Songwriter community. Adrian is an indie songwriter like most of you, who had no previous connections in the licensing industry. If he can do it, so can you!
All The Pieces Of The Puzzle
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know I’ve given you a lot of pieces of the puzzle.
BUT have you ever wanted to hear more about ALL 5 proven steps I teach in one place?
I was asked to be a guest on the Musician Monster podcast where I dove into it all.
The episode was just released and you can check it out here…
Greg Wilnau asked me how our members are getting such AMAZING results licensing their music to TV & film. These are just a few of their recent successes…
Feature films:
Annihilation
The Christmas Chronicles
Professor Mack
Go Back To China
Television:
Dancing With The Stars
The Real Housewives of New York
Wet Hot American Summer
The F Word
And lots and lots more…
If you want a quick peek at the 5 steps that have led to their success, you can find them here on this podcast.
PS. Our main focus is music licensing, but if you’re interested in some great advice on how to kickstart your music career, check out Musician Monster.
Someone You Should Know In Music Licensing
I’m heading to this year's "Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards". Should be a blast and fingers crossed that some of the supervisors who are on our panel win!
If you don’t know what the Guild Of Music Supervisors is, I just did this awesome interview with Hunter George, the Executive Manager, about what they're all about.
They play a vital role in the liaison between music supervisors, directors, movie producers, composers, and musicians.
The Most Common Trait of Sync Success
There is one thing that all musicians who are successful in music licensing have in common. There are some obvious ones like being a good songwriter and producing music that sounds as good as everything else getting into TV & film. But what is it that allows them to get sync after sync compared to a one-off or none at all.
There is one single trait that they all have that impacts almost all of us in some way every day…
The Best FREE Resource For Licensing Is Back...
**UPDATE - THE WORKSHOP IS NOW CLOSED. CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO SIGN UP AND BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE WORKSHOP WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN.
It's that time of year again. We’re kicking off our free "The Art Of The Song Pitch Workshop".
A lot of people tell us that this video series is THE best out there for sync. Our members have told us they can't believe it’s totally free.
Check it out now.
You will learn WHY most musicians fail at music licensing, WHAT works in the sync world, and HOW to target your music for TV & film.
Inside Scoop From Another Music Supervisor
Here is another inside scoop straight from the top.
There is a lot of stuff online talking about how to get your music into TV & film. I'd rather get my advice from the people who actually do it or have had proven success doing it.
Music supervisor, Valerie Biggin, appeared on a recent song pitch for our class in our course "The Art Of The Song Pitch".
The cool thing about our song pitches is our students actually get to meet the supervisors LIVE online.
Doing this instantly kickstarts those first few critical relationships at the top of the licensing industry. It makes the inaccessible gatekeepers suddenly ACCESSIBLE.
I thought I would share a short clip of this interview with you right here. It will help you keep moving in the right direction to start syncing your songs.
AMAZING advice from a top music supervisor
We had top music supervisor, Chris Mollere, on one of our live song pitch sessions last week. In our online course, The Art of the Song Pitch, our students get to pitch their songs to a panel of top music supervisors and Chris was one of our guests.
He has worked on a ton of TV shows and indie movies, such as Get Out, Kin, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, The Originals, Famous In Love, and so many more.
He not only gave everyone his direct email address to our course members during the pitch, but offered some incredible advice for songwriters in the interview portion.
We wanted to give you some great insights by sharing a short clip of that interview here.
How To License Your Music To YouTube
Have you ever heard of micro-licensing? This is the newest way to get your music out there fast and get paid for it. I managed to land William Nix who is the senior music supervisor over at Rumblefish for an exclusive interview. The complete interview is for our members of The Art Of The Song Pitch, but I wanted to share a part of it with the community to show you how easy it is to get in on the action in micro-licensing.
Feature In Music Connection Magazine
We just wanted to let you know about our awesome write-up in the nationally distributed music magazine, "MUSIC CONNECTION”. We were so excited to be showcased in their publication highlighting the successes of our members. You can read the article here:
Want Better Mixes? Try These 5 Steps
**UPDATE: The live webinar is over but the replay is available online until Sunday August 19th. Click here for access to the replay and hit the "save my seat" button.
Do you feel like your mixes don’t seem to compare to what you hear on the radio or in TV & film no matter what you do?
Do you want your songs to have that major label radio-ready sound?
Well you'll want to check this out!
You've heard me talk A LOT about how important your song production is in the licensing world. You've also heard it from the music supervisors I've interviewed.
Well I've decided to walk the talk...
My friend Bobby Owsinski has mixed projects for hundreds of artists (he recently mixed a #2 Billboard album and a #5 on the iTunes rock charts) and now he’s agreed to share some of his top 5 mixing tips with you to help you take your mixes to the next level.
Bobby and I are going to do a free online Music Mixing Tips Clinic webinar on Wednesday August 15th at 4PM Eastern/1PM Pacific.
You're going to learn 5 easy steps to get your recordings sounding like you hear in movies, network TV shows, and ads.
Register For This Exclusive FREE Webinar
Learn some of the basic tricks that hit mixers know that will help take your mixes to the next level, such as:
* The secret to punchy sounding drums
* How to get vocals to cut right through the mix
* How to make even the most mundane track sound interesting
* The secret to effects that fit perfectly in the mix every time
* How to make your mixes LOUD
Also, we’ll be handing out a free ebook to anyone who attends.
We'll see you there!
Chris
P.S. Bobby and I will be available to answer any questions that you might have in the Q&A session at the end of the webinar. And if you can't make the live webinar, you can still register for access to the video replay.
