Music Licensing plus Free Music From The Music Bed!
Posted on 29. May, 2012
It has become quite common these days to post videos with music that isn’t properly licensed for use in the video – this has become an epidemic in many people’s eyes – we somehow feel it is ok to use someone’s music without them minding. Yet we’d be pretty upset if someone ‘borrowed’ on of our clips for use in their video wouldn’t we? I’m trying to make sure my kids do the right thing when it comes to sharing music, so we should all do the same when we create our videos.
When we made “Incident on Marmont Avenue,” we made sure we licensed the music!
I was approached by TheMusicBed to do a guest post about licensing music, and because I’m pretty passionate about doing the right thing, I eagerly agreed. This video and blog post came from Mary Kate Dillard at The Music Bed.
Guest post: Mary Kate Dillard
My mother always taught me… “do it right: do it light, do it wrong: do it long” as a principle for cleaning my room. To unpack that maternal proverb a bit — it basically means, do things the right way the first time and you won’t have to cry about redoing it later.
So… In terms of music licensing, same thing. For as long as forever, filmmakers (us included) have either kept their heads down in the industry about what songs and artists they have synched to their films, or given them “proper credit” in the video description and thought they were in the clear. Wommmp.Â
Consequently, with a bit more enlightenment trickling through the filmmaking community, videographers and photographers alike are being forced to pull projects and license ‘em up.Â
Solution time: wash your hands of your old ways, burn some incense and get your face in The Music Bed. The issue of license or not license reaches far beyond avoiding legal ramifications and into opening yourself up to community as an artist — that by being transparent with your sources, you are empowered to openly support the musical artists who’s pieces help make your films what they are.
And the reverse! You’ve left the door open for musicians to promote your work as well. Talking, sharing, and connecting are all made possible by the license. Freedom is here, folks.
Let’s not forget about our clients who then become fans of the artists that you’ve used in their films. See a pattern here?
Artist —> Filmmaker —> Client
We fondly refer to this as the triangle of power… or circle of love, if you prefer.
Ultimately, the small investment in rights to a song carries more relational value than you can measure. And it’s much less vexing to just do things right the first time.
Since you took time to skim our music manners lesson… we would love to give away some songs from TheMusicBed.com. To win a song, enter below!
The counter shows you how much time is left to enter!
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Three (3) winners will be selected by Planet 5D – you’ll be notified via email if you’ve won!
Happy Browsing!
Mary Kate Dillard, The Music Bed.
My video instructions on how to enter:
Giveaway notes
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Just follow the steps in the box (you’ll be walked thru each step) and you’ll earn more entries!
Earn additional entries by sharing the link given at the end of the process. Continue to spread the word for the duration of the giveaway, on social networking sites, forums, facebook, twitter, and your blog because you’ll receive five entries for every person who clicks on the links you’ve shared.
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(cover photo credit: snap from the video)
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ken
29. May, 2012
I have not done a film at this time so I gotta say zero.
Justin
29. May, 2012
I try not to use unlicensed music these days now that I am a professional. When I was a student it was a different story.
Luke Malanga
30. May, 2012
In the past, I used unlicensed music all the time, but now that I am starting to monetize off my videos, I can’t.
Brian
30. May, 2012
I used to use unlicensed music for wedding films, but have revamped that to only use licensed music now. And I love it…sites like The Music Bed help me find really great songs that I (and the couple I’m filming for) have probably never heard before. It’s a win-win.
kathleen frank
30. May, 2012
since i am a small business, i use licensed music for all of my films
Ryushi Lindsay
30. May, 2012
I absolutely never use unlicensed music in my films. Luckily I know a lot of brilliant local musicians who are always happy to contribute something.
Tiffany Russell
30. May, 2012
I try not to use unlicensed music in the work that I do unless it is for personal use and the only people seeing it would be family.
Brian
30. May, 2012
Haven’t used unlicensed music in any production movies. Though I have used it in personal stuff, or to test how it will work in something. Always buy the license when it is finalized though.
Brian
30. May, 2012
I have used some unliscensed music in the past, but going forward I will not be using any.
Cody
30. May, 2012
We do the right thing… license from the music bed!
Maciek
30. May, 2012
I don’t really create films. at this stage of my life (even though, I am currently in pre production for a short, 10 or so minute romance drama). I currently make online vlogs, and such, and pretty much everyone of them has some sort of Royalty free music in it!
Brent Pierce
30. May, 2012
I’ve always used unlicensed music in my stuff. OOPS!
Vlad
30. May, 2012
I always used unlicensed music in my videos, after I won some free music at WEVA from Triple Scoop Music.
Brenda Martinez
30. May, 2012
I love The Music Bed!
Brenda Martinez
30. May, 2012
Love it!
Aimee
30. May, 2012
Before we became an official business we used unlicensed music because we really didn’t think it was a big deal. We started doing some research and found a ton of stuff on what it really means to use licensed music. After that we started doing things the right way and will continue to do so through websites like Music Bed. I don’t want to take any chances.
Josh
31. May, 2012
I have used unlicensed and licensed music. I hate to use unlicensed music…so now I have no excuse.
Dean
31. May, 2012
I have used unlicensed music before but not for anything commercial or that I received payment for.
Toni
01. Jun, 2012
I only use licensed music for publicly shown videos.
Jon
02. Jun, 2012
I no longer use unlicensed music.
Matt E.
04. Jun, 2012
I’ve not done anything commercial, but I have spent a great deal of time wrangling PD and royalty-free music for some personal projects.