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QuoteI would like to know if anyone has experience with music xray. Do you think that is a valid site to pursue getting
music licensed? My music has been submitted to a few music industry pros at a cost. One gave great feedback
on one of my tracks. Two liked my song "don't doubt it" but it wasn't the right placement at this time, so they say.
Now I get info that music xray says on average it takes 12 submissions of a song to get placed. At $12 to $20 and up
a submission, that seems high. Any one else have feedback I would very much appreciate it.
http://www.musicxray.com/xrays.....&y=-1
JaZz-Elle
9:36 pm
June 7, 2011
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Hey Jazzelle,
Music licensing has always been a week area of mine. I've had a number of songs placed but it was always either as a result of real world relationships or it just fell from the sky. Still, it's an important income stream for musicians. I have always been suspicious of these pay-per-submission services but I have never used any of them. Hopefully some other musicians have some experience they can share.
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2:51 am
October 27, 2011
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Hey Elle,
In addition to my band, Sunspot, I work for a company called Broadjam and I'm the music licensing manager. Which means I work with the publishers and music supervisors who need tracks and I translate their needs into something that musicians can submit to. I've also had some music licensed myself.
I don't want to badmouth Music X-Ray, but I know that several of their Publishing Deal opportunities are just publishers who will take money from artists on Music X-ray and then will submit to listings on Broadjam. As an artist, I question that a little bit because I feel that musicians can submit directly to supervisors or publishers and get a guaranteed listen and cut out the middleman and they're paying to go through another gatekeeper before getting heard by the people that are looking for songs.
But give them a chance, I know they do have some legit people on there.
Thanks and good luck!
Mike
Hi there Mike,
Thank you loads for replying to my question. I never knew of Broadjam. I have already given Music X Ray several submissions. Looking at Broadjam's site I now will give them my time and effort to find the best opps to submit to. As a music licensing manager, do you take submissions also? I have a variety of music ranging from pumping electronic, ambient electronica, new wave punk.
http://www.JaZz-Elle.com/music.cfm
Thanks again for your feedback. You live in a happening city. I grew up in the Eau Claire area of Wisconsin.
Peace out,
Jazz-elle
9:54 pm
October 27, 2011
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Hey Jazz-elle,
Hello to another Wisconsinite!
We do some publishing of artists, and that's a library that we're developing slowly but surely. I'll let you know when we take another round of submissions. Right now, though, a majority of what we do is connect publishers and music supervisors to people like you (and me.) I find out what they're looking for, send it out to our list, and then have them listen to the songs. I always say that it's a great site to start building those relationships when you don't know anyone to start out with. It's much better than just mailing songs in and trying to get someone to listen.
Let me know if you have any other questions and good luck, I'll definitely check out your site!
Mike
2:51 am
June 10, 2011
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I have had experience with both Music X-Ray and Broadjam. My issue with this method of submission is ROI. When you're asked to submit your tracks, you don't really have a way of knowing what they are "really" looking for. What they mean in the description is not necessarily what it may mean to you.
Most of getting licensed seems to be based on if you are doing music that reflects certain "trends" and "does this sound like what's being played on the radio right now?" So if you can whip out a ditty with banjo, handclaps, and jingle bells, because that's what's hot right now, then hammering away at licensing ops may make sense for you.
But, you can also waste a lot of money submitting to opportunities that you have no idea you don't stand a chance of getting, since you don't really know what they are looking for. Thus, it's more like playing the lottery; except there's no guaranteed winner. To me, a lottery is not a good business model, so I don't put money into these types of things.
I have however, been working on networking and meeting video editors that may need music for their video productions and have already gotten a "non-paying" placement that has paid off in relationships and other opportunities. So, I'm going to stick with the real relationship method like John, as that has already been beneficial for me with almost no cost at all.
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