Members Only: Making Music Licensing Easy

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Over the last two weeks, we’ve given you a little overview of all the benefits OurStage’s Premium Artist Membership has to offer artists. One of the tastiest items on the menu is OurStage’s music licensing platform. While dealing with licensing fees, company politics, and publishing jargon may induce headaches for some people, we’ve put our team through a rigorous course load so that they know the best ways to get music licensed.

We also have the chops to walk musicians through all the steps of music licensing so no one is overwhelmed or freaked out. Here are some highlights:

  • Finding a Music Supervisor – We know who they are and where to find them.
  • Negotiating the Licensing Fee – We do the dirty work when it comes to the best deal for Master and Sync Licenses.
  • Understanding Royalties – We figure out all the little details to make sure payements are collected and distributed.
  • Closing the Deal – Artists don’t necessarily have time to chase down all the writers, producers, banjo players on every song. Decisions are made quickly in the licensing world, and we’re very thorough.

Now we understand that four bullet points does not a licensing deal make. And there are plenty of nuances to the biz that are complicated and confusing. So OurStage is also working to educate our community of artists. Whether we’re helping artists license their music or not, its important to us that they have the knowledge to protect and share their work effectively. That’s why we’re conducting Music Licensing Without All The Noise, a webinar featuring pros like OurStage’s Director of Community and Content, the VP of Digital Content at Pollack Media and OurStage’s own licensing success story Nikki Lynnette, who will help you cut through the chaos.

With such a talented community of musicians on OurStage, its easy to see why music supervisors and production companies are so quick to enlist OurStage Artists for their projects. Just listen to the great tracks OurStage has helped place in television and commercials.