TIPS FROM THE LIBRARIES

hey my friend it is Marlin humans here thank you so much for joining me at music in the making here in the while we're in the living room today not the studio and my studio assistant gets to join me today because today is her birthday so she gets to be in the video I hope everyone's doing well and I'm really excited about today's video because most of my videos are me sharing my experience and and things I've learned to do or not do and today's video is is about a few tips things not to do when you're reaching into libraries or if you're trying to get into any one particular library but what's what's special about today's video is that I'm not sharing my experience I mean I can validate what I'm going to share with you however what I did was I reached out to a few colleagues of mine friends of mine in the industry uh people that run libraries and in art on that side of the gate but people that are in the industry and are using your music and helping you get your music placed so so basically I reached out to them and I asked what are the top three mistakes as you see them that people make when they're soliciting to you or or pitching their music to you what are the top three mistakes as in it just ruins their chances or hurts their chances big-time so I'm gonna spread so I'm gonna so I'm actually gonna make a few videos out of the responses I got I just think the the information I got back was so valuable for me to be able to share with you guys that that I don't want to compact it all into one video I'd like to I'd like to spread it a bit now because really good points so definitely stick around and we'll get to those points right away and I just want to throw this in really quick a very good friend of mine Josh young will be speaking at summer nan in Nashville he'll be speaking on June 30th from 10:30 to 11:00 at booth for five three I think that's it and the topic of his presentation is how to prepare your music for pitching that's kind of a tongue twister but yeah he's gonna talk to you about how to how to prep your music and get it right the first time which is kind of what most of this channel is about so he's going to talk for a half an hour at summer dam in Nashville on June 30th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 so a half hour I'll put the I'll put a link in the description of this video so so don't forget to check that in or check it out now bookmark it whatever you need to do but if you're in Nashville or attending summer NAMM you definitely meet me here Josh speak it's super super valuable content so and josh is a is a very knowledgeable great guy so um definitely check that okay I'm gonna start with what I think is the most important one not save it for last because I want this to sink in I want you to remember this and the reason I'm starting with it is because everybody that got back to me all had this as one of their common mistake that that everybody makes or that they see the most of so it's a really important one and too many people make this mistake and in fact I've mentioned it in several videos as well which is and they maybe have worded it differently but it's all the same thing and that is when a library when you find a library that you want to submit to and you've you know done your homework and looked research them and you want to go for it and you want to contact them when they provide you submission details and most of them will though they'll tell you what their process is or how to how to contact them and how to provide you music and very specifically what they want whether they require approached it like it's an exam and you have to get a hundred percent on it or you fail they'll tell you very specifically what they want and it may vary but the the point is they all have that process for a reason it's not just arbitrary they it's to help their their time it's to help them with time management most libraries get a ton of submissions so they don't have time to go around collecting or contacting you you forgot a bit of information they want to see that you've done your homework so you know spell things properly I've mentioned etiquette and grammar and that kind of thing but when they tell you they want streaming links as opposed to sending mp3s then don't deviate from that give them exactly what they want if they tell you how to name your files or if they tell you how many files to send they tell you you know what kind of files if their different extensions mp3s or AIFS or waves send exactly what they've asked for don't don't think eyelets is my minor detail they've purposefully or intentionally set the criteria or made these details to help them be as efficient as they can just as your time is important so is theirs and they have a lot to get through so that's number one so that would be number one and it's it's pretty simple but it's funny because most people don't follow it that frustrates the library's to no end by their own admission is that when people don't follow the rules and processes that they've they've clearly laid out for you it's not like you have to guess they've told you exactly what you need to do so if you really want to increase your chances on being accepted don't half-ass it get those details right off the bat and those details are specific to each library but just make sure you follow what they've laid it for you to best increase your chances so there's an easy tip for you too to get ahead follow the rules verbatim here's another one that was mentioned more than once that I got a reply to what's and I've never come across it myself however it's there definitely good points valid points a lot of you that produce you know hip hop that kind of stuff used Santa's I'm not talking about sound libraries talking about lifting samples from other existing songs you know you mangle them and twist them up if you can use samples make sure they are 100% cleared it's it's a fine line to go down if you're using samples most libraries will ask you to basically sign off that all rights are cleared you own all rights and the other thing that was mentioned is watermarks there's two ways to look at that there's two kind of ideas around watermarking one is when you embed data into the audio it's inaudible you can't hear it but it allows for the audio to be tracked trace there's certainly software and technology to allow for that there's also the the tagging or watermarking as many people know it or or understand it to be which is just laying in a voiceover over top of your audio you know property of Marlon Gibbons don't do that and if you feel that that's your way of protecting your music then ask the library first before going through the process of of submitting to them because one of the responses I got back is they'll just brush it off the table at that point they want tracks that they can also they want tracks that they can run with that are good to go some libraries I mean in my experience some libraries will just want to assess your your production value and and what you're capable of doing quality wise and then they'll ask you for more and some some libraries want your your best stuff rate up front high quality and then if they decide to take you in you're good to go so so samples make sure you're not using samples and that everything you're submitting is a hundred percent cleared don't submit tracts that are tagged or have voice over so that's that's number two and in this last one I'm gonna kind of mix two of them together because they were kind of overlapping and I think it's a really good point so it's come from more than one source which is put every bit of effort you have into your submission don't half-ass it so so don't don't set up a boilerplate template email and use that for all the libraries that you're gonna submit to and in fact is that as I've said on other videos my recommendation is don't blast a bunch of the libraries don't don't don't do that whole shotgun approach thing find a few libraries that I mean you can research a ton of libraries I would I would recommend that but but find a few that you think you would work really well with I mean you look at the music you write what style was genre look at their clients maybe they maybe they get a lot of placements in one of your most favorite TV shows and you know that music really well but my point is just research a bunch of libraries learn about them find out about who the the founders of the libraries are who started it you know what they're both how big is they're staffed are they just a couple are they as they're a whole bunch of them learn about the people just like you would if you were applying for a job you know walking off the street to it to a job to a job interview and know nothing about the company same idea and you know if you turn the table they can see they can sense how interested you really are in working with them you know have you gone can you list in that email some things that you know about them and that you know are of genuine interest to you show them that you are really interested in in having a partnership with them because they they can sense that and you would then be the kind of person they want to work with in most cases at least those are the kind of libraries that that I've always preferred is that the people that genuinely value what you are bringing to the table as a writer and contributor and one of the examples I even got was that they had received submissions before emails where a bunch of other libraries were also addressed in email not blind carbon copy but but also addressed openly visibly and it was like a boiler plate hey here's my music check it out kind of thing why would anybody want to work with with somebody who puts no effort into it at all so the general message was she take pride in care in approaching these people and approaching these libraries because they care about what they do and they want you to be excited and motivated about you know licensing as well so so that that kind of enthusiasm shows to the first point you know be excited be focused learn about them all that stuff be organized and get all those details right if they're telling you how to submit to them make sure you get that right get all those details right and and show them you care right off the bat if you're not if you don't hit all those markers all those those things they've asked for we're kind of showing them right off the bat that you don't follow instructions you don't follow details or you can't you know people make mistakes but you know you also get one chance to make a first impression so it's a go for it so if you're just gonna do the the shotgun approach in the generic email and that kind of thing just know that they're aware they're on to that they you know they're aware of of those types of sounding emails make it personal but you have to do the research to do that and the great thing is that that makes it genuine you're not you're not just you're not just be asking them I mean you've taken the time to learn and and show them that you're interested in working with them do the shotgun approach if you want i I don't I personally don't recommend it but if you want to go down that road - then go ahead but but I guess a I'm just telling you that the libraries are aware that that is a common approach and that's not typically the kind of people they they generally like to work with so if you want to increase your chances take pride in your submissions and get it right from the start so again the the question I put out to my friends and colleagues were what are the three biggest mistakes that people make when they're submitting to you and although I kind of what I presented them to you I kind of reverse them into things that you should do but but again yeah take pride in take pride in your submission and that includes everything that your spelling your your files that you're giving them the details that you're giving them exactly what they've asked for I didn't read and make a checklist if you have to before you before you send get it right show interest in the library don't send them a boilerplate generic email you can keep a brief but show them that you understand what they do what they're about I will do another video one or two of more of these because I have more information on responses so throw your comments questions down in and I'll do the best I can to answer them and don't forget to check out the link for my buddy Josh young speaking at NAMM summer Dam on June 30th all the information is in the description and until next week cheers my friends

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Length: 13min 51sec (831 seconds)

Published: Fri May 25 2018