Last week I got an email from a music supervisor who had heard a couple of instrumental songs I submitted to them through Taxi. (I won’t mention his or the company’s name on this blog in order to prevent them from getting bombarded with unsolicited material). The company is actually a well known music library and they offered me a non-exclusive deal for 2 of my songs “Heart in Me” & “Cure in the Itch”. By non-exclusive, they mean the songs get re-titled so that I can continue to plug them to other publishers.
After reviewing the agreement and exchanging emails, the music supervisor told me to feel free to upload more of my catalog onto their website so that they can offer it to their customers. This was pretty cool as some libraries would rather screen the music first. My wife being a bit skeptical asked me “what is a music supervisor”? After explaining the basics of what they do, she wasn’t as thrilled as I was. First because there is no upfront money (this is very common today). Second, there is no guarantee my songs will get placed on any TV or film project. Also there still seems to be some skepticism about a publishing company that does most of their selling via the internet.
