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Crucial Music has survived the competitive world of sync placements for a decade by being highly selective, only accepting songs they feel fit today’s visual media landscape. Recently, they created an auxiliary business, Crucial Custom, which designs music that is tailor-made to meet their clients’ requests. You have to own or control your own masters and publishing for next three years and the renewal term; and you must be a registered writer of either ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC, or your country’s Performing Rights Organization (PRO). If you have co-writers, they have to own their own publishing too, be a registered writer with a PRO and they must sign off on the agreement as well. If you or your co-writers have an exclusive administration deal for…

Beatpick is an online one-stop music licensing shop; their music licensing system is quick, easy and efficient. All music is pre-cleared.  Free music consultancy and supervision are available upon request. They share earnings 50/50 with the artists and offer non-exclusive agreements that can be terminated anytime. Back end royalties belong 100% to the musicians. BeatPick Partial Client List: 20th Century Fox (Film) Mercedes Benz (Compilation CDs, Commercial Podcast, Portable Devices) Ralph Lauren (Fashion Show) Scott Winter Sports (Advertising, Internet Video) The Travel Channel (Advertising) Original Marines (In-Stores Video Advertising) Toyota (Advertising) Dodge (Advertising) Chevrolet (Portable Devices / USB Pen Drive) ServicePlan (Advertising) Audition.alaplaya.eu / burda-ic.com (Games) Fedora (Games / Software) K-SWISS (Advertising) Apollinaris (cd compilation) Rosenblum TV (World Leader in video journalism) Puma (Advertising) Samsung…

Music Vine released a massive update to their site in late 2018. There’s a delightful new interface, loads of search options, and even more flexibility in pricing and licensing terms. When it comes to sorting and filtering and finding the perfect song, Music Vine is the best on the market, hands down. Besides their beautiful, functional site, the thing that really sets Music Vine apart is their highly-curated selection of music from indie artists. The library isn’t huge, but it’s super high quality. And they make that music available for more affordable prices than you’d find with other licensing services. The founders at Music Vine are on a mission to democratize great music and make it legitimately affordable for everybody, and so far, the site is…

Epidemic Sound is a huge hit among YouTube content creators, offering select subscription payment structures depending on milestones of the creators channel or one-off sales. Budding producers, songwriters, and home studio musicians are perfect candidates to make it on to the Epidemic Sound catalogue, as they work exclusively with artists not registered with a performing rights organization. Epidemic Sound pay artists upfront for their work, acquiring the exclusive financial rights to the music. This amount is said to be between $100-$1000 per track. From there, their team pushes the tracks on popular streaming playlists and splits all streaming revenue with artists 50/50. To learn more about their requirements for submissions, click here. To submit your music to Epidemic sound, visit their submissions page.

Marmoset is a Portland-based music agency with a growing roster of emerging independent artists, bands and record labels who offer their clients a catalogue of pre-cleared songs and custom original music. Since 2010, Marmoset has licensed work from their dynamic roster to brands such as Facebook, Apple, Levi’s, Adidas and plenty more. To keep this calibre of clients coming back to the platform, the recording and composition quality of all the music on Marmoset is very high. Songwriters and bands can submit their music via their submissions page. Original score composers for film can find a composer submission page here. 

Jingle Punks have been servicing some of the worlds biggest clients in TV, film, radio and brand space since 2008. To date, they’ve amassed a roster of over 4000 independent artists, bands, and composers, and have over 50 employees with offices in NYC, LA, Toronto, and London. For artists looking to get on their roster, Jingle Punks only offer an exclusive agreement. The royalty payouts will depend on the client and placement of said piece of music and have a 50/50 split of all sync license fees between the artist and themselves. Jingle Punks require all submissions be fully mixed and mastered. No demos, works in progress, or cover songs. To submit your music to Jingle punks, visit their music submission page.

Artlist is a massive platform that attracts hundreds of thousands of clients worldwide looking for high-quality, royalty-free tracks for film, commercial, and corporate content. Clients like Facebook, Google, and National Geographic pay an annual fee of $199 for complete access to all of the music on the Artlist platform. Their roster features independent artists from around the globe who are producing a wide range of music that is sure to suit any narrative. If your music is obscure, you may just find a home at Artlist, providing it is professionally mixed and mastered. Artists have full rights to their music and consistent traffic to their tunes from visitors looking to license. To submit your songs to Artlist, visit their application page. From their site: High quality music…

Musicbed has become a gold standard among filmmakers for music licensing. Clients shopping on their platform are very well accustomed to accessing well written, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered tracks at the click of a button. To date, Musicbed as served over 170,000 clients, including Nike, Netflix, Sony, and Amazon. As you’d suspect, Musicbed keeps their standards high when selecting artists for their roster and only accept submissions bi-annually. An in-house curation team works with clients to match their needs with the work of Musicbeds 600+ artists to help find the perfect match. Musicbed is suited for professional songwriters and producers who’s music is ready for export. If you think your songs have what it takes to start earning large payouts from these licensing deals, visit…

Audiosocket makes finding and licensing great music simple. We are a collective of musicians and creative professionals who work in partnership with our clients to deliver on their vision. Our soulful, energetic, and committed team understand the critical role music plays in bringing media to life. With in-house music supervisors and composers available, Audiosocket has the resources to cover any need your project calls for, whether it’s a snippet of a song or a full soundtrack. That’s how we established a reputation in the industry for exceptional music, outstanding service, and solid execution. Take a look at the bios below to learn more about our beloved “krewe.” Submissions: https://artists.audiosocket.com/ NOTE: They take 50% of the gross licensing fee and publishing royalties, but you keep 100%…