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Also too... don't let the "deal" they offer be the discouraging or deal-breaking factor.

Every company has it's own sales force. and each sales person has their forte. It could very well end up that you make MORE money from the company with the crappier deal, simply because their sales people are better at placing your type of music.

That's another reason why you should have at least some music in EVERY library that will accept it. It gives you a chance to test the waters with each company and see who can really pimp your tracks hard.

One of my friends that I know who makes a lot of money in library has most of his music with a company that offers, what I would consider, a real crappy deal. It's much worse than the two you mentioned. BUT!!! the company is so good at placing his tracks that he still makes A LOT of money from the placements and so it's worth it for him to continue placing his tracks with them.

That's why I say, give every scenario a shot at least once. It's only 10 or 20 songs at most. See which companies bring you the biggest return... those will be the ones that keep coming back to you for more music. And as those tracks become successful, other companies will want to jump on that band-wagon. "Oh, his tracks have been making a ton of money for XYZ company, we need to get some of his tracks in our library so we can start making some of that money too!!!! Let's hire him to do a CD for us!!!" And so it begins... ;-)