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A Beginner's Guide to Writing for Production Music Libraries
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A Beginner's Guide to Writing for Production Music Libraries

An Introduction to the world of production music libraries, track placements, royalty earnings and much more!
Created byTodd Jones
Last updated 9/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • How to identify potential music libraries and submit tracks to them for placement
  • Equipment needed to produce music for production music libraries
  • Understand the different payment models, licensing fees and performance royalty earning opportunities associated with production music
  • Mixing & Mastering best practices for producing music for production music libraries
  • Common industry terms and definitions
  • Understand the need for and the function of performance rights organizations as it relates to royalty payments

Course content

9 sections12 lectures1h 41m total length
  • Introduction3:11

    This is a video introduction to what this course is about and what topics will be covered in the course.

  • What is production music?5:21

    Defining what production music is and who utilizes it.

Requirements

  • No prior experience or skill level is needed prior to taking this course. Our objective is to equip you with a better understanding of production music industry and opportunities for music placements on these platforms, as they are a common path to film & television placements.

Description

Creating production music for production music libraries is one of the most sought-after avenues for music creators desiring to get sync placements in film and television, as well as marketing ads, corporate videos, and much more.

With the affordability of home studio equipment and production software — the possibility of earning sync and or performance royalties for music creators has become quite an attractive prospect for many producers, composers, beat makers, and musicians alike.

New channels and streaming platforms are being introduced all the time, and production music libraries are constantly being sourced to supply the seemingly, never-ending need, to license music for sync to video.

Now while the need for production music is undeniable the information around how producers and musicians can get involved with creating music for those libraries is a bit scarce, to say the least. My name is Todd Jones, I have over 18 years of experience in writing and producing music for production music libraries. I have created this course to help demystify the process and help you get practical tools and information around writing music for production music libraries. This course is designed to give you the knowledge and tools you need, in an intuitive way, so that you can get the most out of the course. No need to scour the internet looking for relevant information we've got it all right here! Make an investment in your music career and enroll today!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for music producers, beatmakers and composers interested in writing music for production music libraries.