Royalty Free Music, Sound Effects, Voice-over & Audio Production for Multi-Media Productions
As a library owner, we often get questions about music licensing for client work, especially regarding who should hold the license when music is used in content created for clients. The challenge is that many want a simple answer that fits every situation. We say upfront that there is no single answer that fits all …
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Why Are So Many TikTok Videos Silent Now? The absence of sound in many TikTok videos stems from Universal Music Group's (UMG) decision to withdraw its music from TikTok. This move follows a dispute over licensing fees between UMG and TikTok's parent company, ByteDance. As a result, TikTok creators who previously …
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Using music soundalikes can be much less costly than using the real thing. A sound-alike or Pastiche is a long used technique used by composers. For example, using the original James Bond theme in your project would be very expensive, but using a track that sounds like it will be much more cost-effective. For …
People often ask whether they can sing over a track and sell it as their own. There is a lot of incorrect information out there regarding this. This article covers the facts and the reasons that you cannot use royalty-free music, stock music or library music as your backing track. Why do people want to sing over …
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For many years now we have had regular inquiries from business owners who are surprised to be contacted by PRS and other PROs (Performance Rights Organizations) regarding the music they are playing in their shop, restaurant, cafe, gym, medical practice etc. These are not all new businesses, sometimes they have just not …
This is something that seems to crop up a lot. With some broadcasters, there is an assumption that everything has to be added to the cue sheet. While this is true for music that is registered with royalty collection societies the same can't be applied to sound effects due to the very nature of their composition. So, we …
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Can I avoid PRS / PPL fees by playing royalty free music in my venue? It is often an assumption that any royalty-free music can be played in public as background music, avoiding the cost of PRS / PPL fees. As with many things related to music licensing, there is a little more to it. This article explains further and …
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At Media Music Now our aim is to help clients and visitors as much as possible from our website. This is not always easy as our area of business can be complex and, at times, overwhelming for users. For example, music licensing is a complicated subject fraught with confusing and varying policies. For instance, many …
We recently received an interesting question via our website from Anthony about audio book copyright. I decided to answer it in a blog post as it may be relevant to others. Anthony's question about audio book copyright I would like to know if a company that sells audiobooks has the right to copyright a book. For …
From time to time our clients are approached by PROs (Performance Royalty Organisations) and asked to pay royalties for using our music in their phone system. This usually comes as a shock as they are often using royalty-free music to save money on royalties. The problem arises because many independent composers put …
