Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music.

Music licensing is intended to make certain that the composor(s) of music works get paid for their efforts.

A purchaser of recorded music owns the media - like a CD or MP3 - on which the music is stored, not the music itself.

A purchaser has limited rights to use and reproduce the recorded work.

Music licensing is a must if you are a composer of music. As is copywriting your musical works. This protects you - the composer - from having another composer ot third party steal your music! Imagine if you wrote a song and didn't copyright it. This might allow a third party to claim They composed the song and therefore offer it for music licensing!

The Library of Congress is the place to go to copyright your music. This then legally assigns you as the author of a song or composition. Once your copyright is finalized with the Library of Congress, then it's safe to put your music or composition up for music licensing by others seeking music for their movie or TV show.

The benefits of licensing your music are important. This will allow you to generate songwriting royalties.

Say, for instance, you have composed a song and a movie company licenses it for the soundtrack for their upcoming move. Since the film company has licensed the rights to use your song, you will be paid roylaties everytime that movie is played! That's right, everytime!

Music licensing doesn't have to be for just movies, films, or TV shows.

A new trend is video games and video game makers using music licensing to add another dimension to their video games. This is usually tracked by games sold. Meaning, if you allowed a video gaming company to license your song or composition for their next video game, you would be paid for each unit sold. Say your song is in a video game and it sellds one million copies. You would recieve a percentage of each of those games, since your music was licensed for use in the video game.

A lot on independent artists are very interested in pursuing music licensing. They will probably not get paid any money up front, but the royalties from the use of the song can lead to a nice profit.

Say - for example - Madonna wants to use your song in her next CD.

She might not give you any money to initially use the song, but what if the song turned into her next big hit?

It's Madonna! A hit song of hers on the radio might give you - the person who allowed her to license your music - royalties for years to come!

We hope you have enjoyed reading a bit about music licensing, and hope this article helps you in your pursuits. © 1998 - 2010 SpacePoet.com.

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SpacePoet Publishing offers Music Licensing and Song Licensing and Background Music for films, movies, TV, and Television.

We currently have Singer-Songwriter Monty Milne's rocks songs available for producers and directors who are looking for Music Licensing and Song Licensing and Background Music to use in their feature-length movies, independent films, TV shows, and Television.

We currently have several of Monty's rock songs from his latest recording project Rock Stars Don't Eat Cookies to promote. Plus, there is a lot more of Monty's songs in his archive.

This music is Pre Cleared, and can be licensed as full songs, instrumental tracks, 60-second clips, or 30-second clips. Please listen to some of our songs and music below:

 

Bands seeking Music Licensing and Song Licensing and Background Music

If you are a band, artist, or manager seeking Music Licensing and Song Licensing and Background Music for your next project, please contact us regarding our song collection. Monty is interested in how others many interpret his songs and music, and also collaborates with other songwriters.