I’ve just checked the royalty statements for our musicians and see that in our 1st year online well over 60 of our musicians have made money.  Are you one of them? Be sure to log into your account from time to time to watch your royalty balance grow. And please remember we pay quarterly on […]

Location: Amstelveen, Netherlands Member since: December 14, 2010 Tracks in portfolio: 2 (click here to hear all tracks) Tracks We Like: “Showdown” “Quantum” The Interview 1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for? I have had my music used by world class companies for their TV commercials. 2. Primary instrument? I play primarily the […]

We are proud to announce that for musicians with large catalogs we can now do bulk meta data uploads. In our experience, uploading the actual production music audio files is usually pretty painless. It’s the meta data tagging process that takes the longest. Here’s how it works: You organize all of your meta data on […]

New York-based sound designer Bill Milbrodt led a 22-person team to build musical instruments created with car parts from the Ford Focus. Composer Craig Richey then wrote a score to which was performed for this commercial by these musicians who mastered the music in just two rehearsals. Amazing. Here’s the specific list of instruments created […]

There’s a great book by Julie Cameron called The Artists Way that teaches habits to unclog your creative process and get in touch with your “inner creative child”. You may be thinking, “That sounds great for a weekend getaway in the mountains, but my client is expecting a great pop song by Thursday. What do […]

From a UK-based film production company: “I’m looking for some unknown, unsigned British rock bands. I’m ideally trying to keep this British, so I would prefer a home grown band if possible. I’m looking for uplifting, Oasis-sounding, or borderline cheesy 80’s rock, along the Beverly Hills Cop/Top Gun lines.” If you have a track on MusicRevolution […]

This New York Times article explains how the producers of Oscar-nominated The Kings Speech got a world-class soundtrack virtually free of charge – by selling the rights to the score before was even created. Click here to read “A New Model for Film Music” ___________________________________________________ Mike Bielenberg is a professional musician and co-founder of http://www.musicrevolution.com, […]

From an Atlanta-based audio post company: “Do you have a library piece that is in the spirit of Black Eyed Peas “I’ve got a feeling”? If not something hip and fun that we can license for a corporate meeting.” If you have a track on MusicRevolution that fits this description, please click on the link […]

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 […]

Occasionally musicians will experience difficulty getting our website to accept the way their tracks are formatted. Here are things you should know before uploading to make the process go smoother: 1) For every track you submit, you’ll need both a WAV version (16 bit, 44kHz) and an MP3 version (192 kbps Constant Bit Rate). Different […]