It’s a tricky question of judgment and fairness with no definitive answer. Getting the right balance and charging the right royalty-free music license fee can be difficult. Make it too low, you upset composers, but make it too high, you upset clients. It is competitive out there so the temptation is to create a low one-size-fits-all music license fee. Also, there are no … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why Royalty Free Music can be “Crappy” (and Your Part in Helping Change This)
I have noticed a number of people on Twitter referring to royalty free music as "crappy" and "cheesy" and given Twitter's 140 characters, it is near impossible to respond in any detail, so here is my response. I hope that you will get involved and add your point of view. Reason #1 – More demand for music, low cost studio equipment and more websites Once upon a time … [Read more...]
Stock Music at Stock Photography Prices!… What?
In recent years, royalty free stock photography has become very popular. With images for around $1, the service helps many who need cheap stock images for their projects. I am a big fan of this. However, it seems that this is now starting to become a worrying trend with certain stock music sites selling royalty free music tracks from $1. Why is this a problem? I guess you … [Read more...]
Readers Q & A – About Performing Royalty Organisations and website music
Question: I have been emailed by a PRO regarding the background music on my website, do I need to contact them about it? Answer: Well, that really depends. As I do not have your web address or know your location it is hard to be specific with an answer, but there are two scenarios that could be the reason for them contacting you. Scenario 1 - You are being contacted because … [Read more...]
Royalty Free Music – What is it, how does it work & what are its issues?
Audio version [7:56] This article is not like others in its subject... It is not going to be a sales brochure that paints a nice bright picture of how simple it is to use royalty free music for everything. I certainly think that royalty free music licensing is a good idea and I do advocate its use, but for this article, I want to explain what it is, its origins and the … [Read more...]