We would like to try to explain some of the complexities of music use and royalty free music. We’ve tried to make this as short as we could: 1. General royalty free music (PRO Tracks): Most music composers and publishers are members of various composers’ rights organizations. These organizations oversee and look after the composers’ […]
Tag: music licensing
Where can I find royalty-free rap music with vocals / lyrics?
We received this question through our support contact form yesterday. A customer was looking for stock music / production music library of vocal rap music. Whilst we do have some music in this category for royalty-free licensing and immediate download, it may not be obvious exactly where to find it, as in our “Urban Styles: […]
Mechanical Rights administration and stock music / production music
As I’m writing this article, my target audience is composers / musicians who would like to get into the business of writing music for stock music / production music, and who does not yet fully understand the way in which the administration of your Mechanical Rights through an organization such as GEMA, MCPS, STEMRA etc. […]
Keeping track of music copyrights – the difference between Sound Recording ownership and Composition ownership
We received a question by email today which I set about answering in the shortest and clearest way I could. I think it could be a useful piece of information for anybody looking to “use” music in any way, be it for school, for your company, in a public place, and so on. So the […]
The Cost of Music – A Filmmaker’s Guide to Cutting Costs on Soundtracks & Scores
Professional and semi pro filmmakers are aware of the huge impact a great music score can make on their production. But the temptation is to cut costs on music so that more of the budget can be invested in the costly visual & post production side of film making. So how do you trim […]
Maximizing Composer Agreements
by Kole Hicks *First and foremost, while this may be potentially applicable across various freelance disciplines, I’d like to mention that this article is being written from the perspective of a Composer who mainly works in the Game Industry (with some additional experience in the Production Music world). Furthermore, it’s always recommended to hire legal […]
YouTube, Copyright notices and YouTube Safe Music
Got a “copyright claim” on music licensed from us? If you have licensed a music track from Shockwave-Sound.com and you get a “copyright notice” on your video, where the music ownership is claimed by some company (e.g. CDBaby, AdRev), first of all, rest assured that you’re not in any kind of trouble. […]
Music License confusion – Non-PRO vs PRO tracks
We recently got this question from a confused customer who didn’t quite understand the role of performing rights organizations / royalty collection societies, and how it applies to stock music / royalty-free music. I ended up writing a lengthy answer to her, which I felt could be of use or interest to other customers too, […]
Have Yourself A Merry Royalty-Free Christmas
It’s almost Christmas time again and we can see that time coming, as people start buying royalty free Christmas music from our catalogue. Tracks like “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, “Jingle Bells”, “Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” are so popular that many of our composers have made their own versions of […]
Why we don’t allow artists to sing, rap, or play instruments on our music
Some of you may have noticed that the Terms and conditions under which you buy music from us has a chapter that says “You may not create derived musical works” from our music. What this means in plain language is that, if you are a singer, rapper, or other musical artist, you may not sing, rap, […]
