A direct performance license is when the publisher of a song and a business that wishes to use that song decide to work directly together instead of going through a performing rights society like ASCAP or BMI. There are several scenarios where this makes the most sense for everyone: 1) The end user is unable […]

The popular dating website www.plentyoffish.com licensed this great song by Amos Transparent, a six-piece group out of Canada, to tell this very touching split-screen story: “Find Your Other Half” The song is called “After All That It’s Come To This” . Here’s the full length version. Enjoy! ___________________________________________________ Mike Bielenberg is a professional musician and […]

Performance royalties organizations (or “PROs”) serve an important role to the music world:  They ensure that when a piece of music composed by one of their members is performed in public, that member gets paid. “Public” is defined in this case as a gathering of people beyond just family and friends. It’s a tough job. […]

Love is in the air! A search on MusicRevolution for royalty-free “Valentine” tracks gave me 37 results. Here’s my favorite: “More Than She’ll Ever Know” by Stuart Moore Music. If you haven’t closed the deal by the time the trombone comes in at approximately 2:00 Stuart Moore himself will travel from Sacramento to give you […]

In December, a US federal judge ruled that the direct performance license deals created between DMX, a large provider of background to thousands of businesses, and major music publishers such as Warner/Chapel and EMI Publishing, did not constitute a breach in contract with BMI, the performing rights society that represents many of the songwriters who’s […]

Location: San Ramon, CA, United States Of America Member since: November 28, 2010 Tracks in portfolio: 17 (click here to hear all tracks) Tracks We Like: Black Magic Falling Clouds 1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for? I’ve worked on hundreds, but a couple off hand I can think of are spots […]

When we launched MusicRevolution and received our 1st round of music submissions, a legal question quickly surfaced: Can song titles be copyrighted? A great example is “Crazy”. Here’s a song title that means two totally different things to two different generations. Ask anyone born before 1965 to hum “Crazy” and they’re think you’re talking about […]

The jingle at the end of this Campells Soup spot is very catchy. Although I couldn’t find any agency or music house info. Mike Bielenberg www.musicrevolution.com

I am absolutely pumped about this! Here’s our official press release: (Trumbull, CT – January 11, 2011) – MusicRevolution.com (www.musicrevolution.com), an innovative online marketplace for production music, today announced that its production music library now exceeds 10,000 tracks of royalty-free music. “With over 10,000 tracks of high-quality royalty-free production music online, our community of professional […]

Location: London, UK Member since: December 15, 2010 Tracks in portfolio: 5 (click here to hear all tracks) Tracks We Like: The Arizona Tree – Main Theme Ocean The Interview: 1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for? I’ve done quite a lot of music for Dorling Kindersely the book publishers. I’ve also […]