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Many of you are probably aware of the fact that having your music featured in a film or tv show can give your/your band's music career a huge boost. You'll receive great exposure and a much greater chance to be noticed by the labels.
I used to wonder why movies use soundtracks of unknown bands as oppose to well-known ones. Then, what usually happens, is that the soundtrack would launch the band's career into this highly competitive industry (e.g. Evanescence). After doing some reading on this subject, I found out that the reason that most movie production house would rather not license the music of a well-known artist is because of the complications involved in obtaining the license (going through the publishing company AND the record company) as well as the high fee that these artists charge.
What that means for us is that the movie production companies are always searching for QUALITY music to be used in their movies. (same goes for TV) What we need to find out is who is responsible for selecting the music for the particular film/TV and how we can submit our music to them. I found a book called the "Music Licensing Guide" that explains this whole process of getting your music licensed into film. The author also includes info on who to send your music to. You can check out the book here.
Hope this helps and good luck to everyone.
I used to wonder why movies use soundtracks of unknown bands as oppose to well-known ones. Then, what usually happens, is that the soundtrack would launch the band's career into this highly competitive industry (e.g. Evanescence). After doing some reading on this subject, I found out that the reason that most movie production house would rather not license the music of a well-known artist is because of the complications involved in obtaining the license (going through the publishing company AND the record company) as well as the high fee that these artists charge.
What that means for us is that the movie production companies are always searching for QUALITY music to be used in their movies. (same goes for TV) What we need to find out is who is responsible for selecting the music for the particular film/TV and how we can submit our music to them. I found a book called the "Music Licensing Guide" that explains this whole process of getting your music licensed into film. The author also includes info on who to send your music to. You can check out the book here.
Hope this helps and good luck to everyone.