Copyright and Exclusivity

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Visit the Music Store here

In going through old music to see what’s available to put up on the Music Store for licensing to picture, I’ve had to go through a fair few old contracts to check what [...]

What Kind Of Posts Would YOU Like To See?

Take a look at the poll at the top of the sidebar to the right: I want to know what YOU want to see and read here. You decide what I write about next. ————->
The categories are pretty self-explanatory, but if there’s something you’d like to know about that I haven’t put in [...]

Is Film Music Art or Just Low-Brow Commercial Fluff?

Is any music that is created for a purpose, other than that of it’s own existence, art? Is film music art, or theatre music, or advert music, or music that appears on a CD-Rom presentation, or accompanying a website promo film, or music on a trailer? Even if the music’s primary purpose is purely commercial – to sell that product or promote another – does that preclude its intrinsic value as art?

Online Music Licensing – How to Make Money from your Back Catalogue

Today I’ve been uploading music to YouLicense and CuePop.  These are both sites in the business of online music licensing that will put that back catalogue of unused music to good use and hopefully make you some money!  If you’ve also been savvy enough to keep your copyright and licensed your commissioned music non-exclusively, then [...]

First Post

Hi – and welcome to my new blog!  
My first post comes on one of the last few performance dates of ‘Helium’ by Slung Low, performing at The Barbican in London to riotous acclaim (4 stars in The Guardian, same in Metro), and the news that I’ll be off to Florida in October with the [...]