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Music for Corporate Video
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I will probably get some angry answers for even mentioning it, but here goes:
Like it or not, the majority of production companies in my area (San Francisco) will allow the client to choose music in one specific case.
That is, if the video is only shown once during an event where they are producing the live event as well.
That also means the client only gets one copy with an obvious “not for distribution” slate at the beginning and end and are made aware that it this for their eyes only.
While I am not going to argue whether this is acceptable or not, that’s the only case where if you refuse to do it you may get on the client’s bad side if every other company they’ve worked with allowed it. And if this is a good client, well, you get the point…
Of course, you also have the smaller companies that don’t care what goes in the edit no matter what, I won’t go there…
Vince
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there is music licensing company called Zoom https://www.zoomlicense.com/
that allows you to use license music for around $5 per song and it’s good up to 25 dvds. It’s geared toward wedding video, corporate and presentations. And it’s not just studio music…. they have hit songs as well. -
[Vince Becquiot] “I will probably get some angry answers for even mentioning it, but here goes:”
Vince,
Not an angry response just one of shock and disbelief. I don’t know why this shocks me, but it still does. I cannot see how people justify this. I make a lot of one-offs for presentations and I never allow the client to chose the music unless they agree to license it. I am upfront about this and obtain at least an estimate of what the license will cost before I begin the project. Sometimes the client pays and sometimes they opt for royalty free music. To me the “For your eyes only” slates are a cop out.
OK, I’ll get off of Stephen’s soapbox.
K
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Well Sam, the only thing I’ll say is – how would you feel if your camera work or creative edits were used by someone else without permission or credit? Best of luck with your moral dilemma!
Kind Regards,
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Sam,
Try APM music. We have had lots of success with them. Also, I agree with pretty much everyone in this post. Besides the fact that its stealing, you can get into quite a bit of trouble going down this road. Much cheaper to pay for the needle drop on the front end, then to pay for a lawyer on the back end.
David
Richter Studios
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No sense risking your name and business on copyright violations.
http://www.music2hues.com has a great library at crazy low prices for what you get, IMHO.For what you’ll spend on a lawyers first billable hour you could have a kickass library.
Acid Music and the like are cool too. The Zoomlicense thing looks excellent.
All cheap solutions to keep you from being sued.
Best wishes
Bob“When the goin gets weird, the weird turn pro”
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Chalk up another vote for SmartSound. we’re using the plug-in for Adobe PremierePro. With the extensive library of royalty free sounds, we’re finding that it meets all of our needs.
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A great response is to tell them you’ll consider letting them use their music choice if THEIR lawyer writes a letter saying it’s ok.
We just went through this with a big accounting firm which fortunately has a legal staff, and they freaked, with a big NO WAY.
They then discovered though that they had purchase through ASCAP or BMI a license that allowed them to play music in their offices for various reasons, during meetings etc. And that they were therefore covered.
But they still didn’t want to use copyrighted music for video that would be on the web, even the internal web site, because they weren’t sure they would always subscribe to that license every year.
Steven Bradford
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[Steven Bradford] A great response is to tell them you’ll consider letting them use their music choice if THEIR lawyer writes a letter saying it’s ok.
Reversing it back to the client, how clever.Check out my DVD Money Making Graphics & Effects for Final Cut Studio 2
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If you are looking for pre-composed music, I’ve had a lot of success with Studio Cutz. They have cheap volumes of tracks with good thematic songs on them. Get your client to pay for a CD in your fees and then use them on future work!
Woohoo!
Tracy Peterson
http://www.onetwomany.com
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