Wanted - your tunes for games, films, etc.

UKTab · 2005-12-18T13:32:10

Hi - my name's Tab, and I have a way of getting your music straight to potential games developers and over 500 other companies who use music...! Games companies are like record companies - they receive hundreds of demo tunes every day - they probably listen to 1 in a 1000. The larger companies have music programmers working full time for them, so why would they spend their precious time listening to your tunes, just in case something 'special' catches their attention? The smaller companies advertise on this site for minimal money and probably no royalties after that - even if the games sell well. You'll know that a lot of games music also comes from 'proper' recording artists and other 'unknown' producers. These unknown tracks have more than likely come from a music library, and are known as 'production' tunes. Production music is usually collected by a professional agency such as the MCPS (in the UK), and they make sure the producer gets their share of royalties from all use of the tune, and sales of the game (or film or ad or tv show etc.). This is where I come in - I own a small production music library (www.makin-trax.co.uk) which will be online in a couple of months. I have a list of over 500 companies that all need music, ranging from tv & radio ads and programmes to films and GAMES, with more being added once the site is running. I'm looking for all styles of music to add to the catalogue of tunes already submitted by various recording artists, composers and dj's. All submitted tracks are listened to. If they're good enough to use in clients productions, you'll get a contract for each track with a 70\30 split in your favour (all other music libraries only offer the artist 50%) and your tracks get registered with the MCPS and uploaded to the site. The tracks can be any style, any speed, but for legal reasons musn't contain samples of other peoples music, unless it's from a legal sample cd. In brief... If a 'user' thinks your tune will fit their production, they'll download it, fill in an MCPS form (or equivalent in their country) and once the production is finished the MCPS (or appointed agent if non-UK) collects the pre-set royalty amount (check out www.mcps.co.uk and look at the production music rate card for current figures). The MCPS takes their small fee per use, and sends the remaining royalties to my company. My company takes the 30% fee and sends the relevant artist(s) a cheque. You are still free to 'release' the track as a commercial recording, or send us an already released track (as long as you own it), as the contracts only deal with the 'production music' version. This version has to be renamed to avoid mix-ups at the MCPS, but the writers still get full credits. The tracks need to be in the following format : DEMOS - wav, aif, mp3, any length (under 15mb if emailing), any quality FULL SUBMISSIONS - full stereo 16bit 44.1Khz wav \ aif \ 320 kbs mp3 3 minutes, 1 minute, 40 second, 30 second edits Stings up to 15 seconds (a sting would be the catchy part, like in the Pentium advert) Loops of 4, 8 or 16 bars of the track(s) (running for 30 seconds each loop) Please write the bpm of the track (if it changes like in a film score, let me know the bpms of each change - eg intro 60bpm, speeds up to 150bpm before the breakdown, which is at 98bpm etc.) I also need to know the main instrument(s)(eg piano, string, synth, bass, drums etc.) Finally... I have contacts at various game companies, and I WILL try to push your music to them if you specifically ask me, but I can't promise they'll use it - it has to fit in with their requirements at the time, which they'll only let me know if they're after a specially written track - these 'bespoke' tunes are usually bought outright by the larger game & film companies, but you can usually get a lot of money for them, depending on their budget for the production. If they request a one-off or a 'buy-out', I'll contact all artists who let me know they're up for it. My email address for demos up to 15mb, is ad_mc@btinternet.com or you can mail a link to a host site if your compositions are available online or the address for cd's is Makin' Trax 7 Sheppey Road Dagenham Essex RM9 4LJ England UK I've removed the office telephone number as I don't have enough time to phone anyone back at the moment, but it is on my contracts etc. If you want to contact me, please email \ pm me & I'll answer you soon as possible, or reply to this thread if you have any questions I haven't answered. I can't promise anything will happen with your tunes, but if you don't try you'll never know ! Thanks for your time, and I hope to hear what you can do soon - Tab. [Edited by - UKTab on October 20, 2005 1:17:36 PM]

Music and Sound FX Audio

Started by UKTab September 21, 2005 11:52 AM

36 comments, last by UKTab 18 years, 11 months ago

DarrenTomlyn

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October 04, 2005 05:03 PM

Well - I hope you got the CD's I sent :)

Darren Tomlyn
tune-writer/composer & fiddle-player
http://www.ic-musicmedia.com/DarrenTomlyn

UKTab

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October 05, 2005 02:51 AM

Yes - got cds thanks - will check the tracks out & email you later tonight - Tab.

UKTab

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October 20, 2005 01:20 PM

Darren & everyone else who's submitted tunes - you have a lot of talent. The response from this site has been excellent, though I'm still going to need more tracks to compete with the larger music libraries - though if you check their music it's not that great.

Thanks. Tab!

DrSnake

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October 24, 2005 03:38 AM

Hi im probally gonna submit some songs but im not at home right now so ill wait till i get home to do some editing first (all those cuts you need) anyway the style i mostly create is hip-hop but im gonna submit some "new-age" style songs first tell me if you received the e-mail.
cya

Couchfiend

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October 24, 2005 06:41 AM

I'll be submitting as well sooner or later.

Rain 7

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October 24, 2005 03:20 PM

Quote: Original post by UKTab
Darren & everyone else who's submitted tunes - you have a lot of talent.Thanks. Tab!

Hmmm, sounds a little too patronizing for my liking.

LongeBane

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October 26, 2005 01:48 AM

Has this actually worked for anyone yet?

UKTab

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October 28, 2005 05:03 PM

Quote: Hmmm, sounds a little too patronizing for my liking.

It's nice to know that someone appreciates your music - If you think of it as patronising, then that's your opinion.

If you want to submit a tune & possibly make some money from it, then that's up to you.

I've supplied the top ten music libraries with music which has been broadcast as theme tunes on UK tv and radio, and cable channels around the world, so this has happened for me at least!

The libraries took 50% of my royalties and my ex publisher took another 30%.

This is why I've started my own library, and I'm offering you nothing more than a chance to make something of that music (plus you get 70% of any royalties the track earns).

I still make a few thousand pounds a year from these tunes (even with most of the royalties being taken by third parties)!

I don't understand why some people think there's a catch. It's just a side of the business that a lot of people haven't thought about \ got into yet, or they have thought about but didn't have a contact to send the music to.

All I can say is this - if you don't try, you'll never know!

The people that know me (and my music) know that I'm 100% honest.

I'm just trying to give others the opportunity I never had until a few years ago.

That's all.

ps Dr. Snake, I didn't get the email!