19th December 2012
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#1 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jan 2007 Location: London
Posts: 105
Thread Starter  | Paying for submitting your music to licensing opportunities. What are your thoughts?
I have been checking some websites offering licensing opportunities. Some are well known and ask for a subscription fee plus a ( low ) submission fee every time you want to apply for an opportunity. I found one asking just for submission fees.
I understand the music business is changing and, if genuine, these companies offer in theory a great service, however I am struggling to come to terms with the concept of paying to get work. A commission on the payout would feel more appropriate to me.
I would like to hear your thoughts and experiences.
Thanks,
Oscar
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19th December 2012
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#2 | | Moderator
Joined: May 2007 Location: UK
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Big no from me. Invariably its getting people to pay who may have no chance at all. Having a business model of pay to play is leeching of the dreams of others.
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19th December 2012
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#3 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 282
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Horrible idea, don't do it.
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19th December 2012
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#4 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Feb 2009
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20th December 2012
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#5 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Jul 2006 Location: So Cal
Posts: 14,063
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Big, big no. If they can't make adequate money actually LICENSING music, then I don't want to pay them for my music to sit around - unlicensed.
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20th December 2012
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#6 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jan 2007 Location: London
Posts: 105
Thread Starter |
Thank you all for your answers.
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20th December 2012
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#7 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 1,665
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NO here as well.
A licensing company with good street cred and reputation knows their revenue will come from the share they get from the actual license fee, which is more often than not, the bigger piece of the pie.
Paying them just to submit a track is just wrong, imo.
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20th December 2012
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#8 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,819
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No!
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21st December 2012
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#9 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, WA |
What about Music X-Ray? Anyone had any success on that one? It's not a licensing company, but more like an aggregator for musicians and licensing companies, etc. They charge an amount that varies between $5 and $25 bucks for submitting.
But back to what the others are saying, if the actual licensing co is charging then I'd stay away. I really like Crucial Music, they don't charge, but DAMN they take like 1.5 months to review and consider a track.
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22nd December 2012
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#10 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2006 Location: London
Posts: 960
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Originally Posted by narcoman  Big no from me. Invariably its getting people to pay who may have no chance at all. Having a business model of pay to play is leeching of the dreams of others. | Spot on Narcoman.
There are plenty of online libraries that will accept your work into their library for free...charge you a % if and when you sync. Music Library Report for further reading.
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22nd December 2012
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#11 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 180
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Another big No Way.
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22nd December 2012
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#12 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 157
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honestly, filmmusic.net is the only "pay" site I have had any luck with (they at least got me talking with someone from a library). The rest of them cost more and gave me zero results...
But the reality is you are probably better without...I have signed tracks to music Libraries on my own and I have never signed any tracks through any pay sites.
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23rd December 2012
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#13 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Apr 2009 Location: State of Insomnia, sleepless USA
Posts: 2,220
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+1 to NO Way!
Or... if you don't want to heed that advice, you and your friends can send me money every month. I promise i might consider listening to it, and possibly getting it into the right hands maybe... lol
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4th January 2013
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#14 | | Gear addict
Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Sunny Woodland Hills
Posts: 412
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You'd have to be crazy. Those sites are a scam.
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4th January 2013
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#15 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jan 2011 Location: HD 40307g
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Taxi anyone? I was thinking about signing up... As far as I know, you have to pay to submit as well. Worth it? Just a thought.
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4th January 2013
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#16 | | Gear addict
Joined: Jul 2011 Location: Australia
Posts: 317
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No way - no different to paying someone so you can play at a venue, which is something I've heard of.....crazy times
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4th January 2013
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#17 | | CEO - Z-Shift LLC
Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Boise, ID
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Never... And I run a licensing company! Hahaha
Don't do it. You're worth more than that. 
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5th January 2013
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#18 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Sep 2002 Location: ITB
Posts: 257
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Originally Posted by neeko Taxi anyone? I was thinking about signing up... As far as I know, you have to pay to submit as well. Worth it? Just a thought. | Anyone had any experience with Taxi ?
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7th January 2013
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#19 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Apr 2011 Location: Planet Earth, Solar System, Milky Way
Posts: 158
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what about www.tracksandfields.com/ ?
they charge you a monthly fee to submit your music to several request
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7th January 2013
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#20 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Posts: 1,245
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Yes, I did use TAXI and also Hit License... I am doing a one year test on TAXI and see how it goes, so far nothing. I also used Hit License where I have submited a couple of songs, nothing happened so far.
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9th January 2013
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#21 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2011 Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,546
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Originally Posted by A440 | Great resource. Thanks
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