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“General Royalty Free” vs “Completely Royalty Free” music [2022 Update]

January 3, 2022January 27, 2022 Bjorn Lynne

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’ […]

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Where can I find royalty-free rap music with vocals / lyrics?

January 17, 2016January 14, 2020 Bjorn Lynne

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: […]

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Mechanical Rights administration and stock music / production music

November 26, 2015March 9, 2018 Bjorn Lynne

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. […]

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Keeping track of music copyrights – the difference between Sound Recording ownership and Composition ownership

August 9, 2015August 9, 2017 Bjorn Lynne Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Cost of Music – A Filmmaker’s Guide to Cutting Costs on Soundtracks & Scores

April 3, 2014January 25, 2022 Simon Power

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 […]

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Maximizing Composer Agreements

November 29, 2012August 9, 2017 Bjorn Lynne Leave a comment

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 […]

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YouTube, Copyright notices and YouTube Safe Music

November 17, 2012July 5, 2024 Bjorn Lynne

    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. […]

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Music License confusion – Non-PRO vs PRO tracks

June 8, 2012October 6, 2018 Bjorn Lynne

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, […]

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Have Yourself A Merry Royalty-Free Christmas

October 25, 2011November 13, 2019 Bjorn Lynne

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 […]

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Why we don’t allow artists to sing, rap, or play instruments on our music

January 7, 2011August 9, 2017 Bjorn Lynne Leave a comment

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, […]

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