Royalty Free Music: Quick and Easy, One-Stop Music Licensing For Your Media Production |
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Music Production Library tracks are of two types “buy-out” (also called royalty-free), and “needle-drop” (sometimes called “laser-drop”). Needle-drop got its name from the days when you literally dropped a phonograph needle on a record track.
With buy-out music you pay once for unlimited usage of several songs (buy-out music is sold by the disc or [...]
The term “copyright free” is sometimes used to describe royalty free music. This is in fact an error. When you purchase a royalty free music track from UniqueTracks, you are essentially buying a license to use the music and recording in synchronization with the other media in your own production.
UniqueTracks remains the copyright holder. The [...]
Also known as a “source license, a direct license is a license written to your company directly from the music publisher (the copyright owner) that encompasses all performing rights and fees. It is a one-to-one relationship where no performance royalties are collected or paid to Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) like ASCAP, BMI, SESAC. [...]
When you play recorded music in a public setting, either from a radio or from standard CDs that you own, you must have a BMI or ASCAP music performance license to do so.
You can avoid these licensing fees by playing royalty free music in your restaurant. However for this to be valid, you must play [...]
Yes you can however doing so requires a special license from us. This usage is not covered by the UniqueTracks Basic License Agreement.
Please call or e-mail us with your details and we will be happy to send you a quote.
If you have any questions about our Basic License Agreement or any of our licensing options, [...]
No, under the UniqueTracks Basic License Agreement, adding your own lyrics, vocals or other instrumentation to our existing tracks to create your own song for CD release is strictly prohibited. There are just too many legal, publishing and copyright issues involved to make this practical.
The music tracks on this site have been created to work [...]
A cue sheet is a printed listing of music cues used within the course of a broadcast production. Each cue references the composer and publisher of the music cue along with the amount of time the track plays within the production.
Each cue must also be given a usage designation. These tell how the music was [...]
If you have included a track from our library in your production and you are preparing your production to be broadcast on television (Network, Cable, Public) then a cue sheet must be submitted to the broadcasting company with your production.
If you are including tracks from our library in your film or video, a cue sheet [...]
Yes, you certainly may but doing so requires a special license from us. This type of usage is not covered by our Basic License Agreement.
We have had several customers release our music on company promo CDs. Popular choices for this seem to be our Christmas Carols sets and the Classical Masters Series collection.
Releasing our music tracks on a promotional [...]
Yes, you certainly may but doing so requires a special license from us. This type of usage is not covered by our Basic License Agreement.
We have had several customers release our music on company promo CDs. Popular choices for this seem to be our Christmas Carols sets and the Classical Masters Series collection.
Releasing our music [...]
Yes, you definitely can. This is really the intention of royalty free music; to give you access to music that you can use in synchronization with the other media of your production.
When you purchase a track from UniqueTracks, you receive a bundle of usage rights that let you legally use the music as background soundtrack [...]
Our Standard License Agreement states that you can use our music in synchronization with the images, text or other multimedia content in your commercial or noncommercial production.
To be sure you are using the music correctly within the license agreement, just make sure to use the music in the background or in a supporting/secondary way. As [...]
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