Copyright Law

Songs are used in LOTS of places. We tend to think about songwriting in conjunction with what we hear on the radio, and country, rock and pop acts do in fact buy songs. But there are also huge amounts of music used in other places. Some examples:

• movies
• television shows
• video and computer games
• cable tv shows
• national commercials
• local commercials
• event videos (weddings, graduations, memorials, etc)
• political campaigns

Try this experiment - carry a notebook with you for two days and write down everytime you hear music, where it was and what type. Don't forget telephone hold music and even ringtones.

At the end of the two days, you will have a good list of markets to think about.

Full post as published by After Writing on January 22, 2007 (boomark / email).