INSIGHTS
Notes from inside the work.
Practical writing on licensing, publishing and releases, for music supervisors, agencies and brands, and recording artists.
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Publishing is two halves, and most artists only do one
Administration collects what is owed. Exploitation goes and finds the uses. Doing one without the other leaves money on the table.
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An undocumented catalog cannot be sold
Documentation is the one criterion with no workaround. Here is what has to exist before a song can be licensed by anyone.
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What a supervisor needs before a yes
Briefs, timelines and rights. The three things that decide whether music gets used, in the order they get checked.