Sync Club

Have you ever thought about best practices for creating your sound recordings for film and television? Guest host David Bondelevitch joins Steve to speak with musician and audio technician John March about music and audio for film and TV. Join the conversation with two seasoned audio engineers who bring a wide range of experience, from music production to feature length films.

"And then the one thing I tell everybody who works for me is never ever give a demo to anybody, or a recording or a mix, to anybody that isn’t the absolute best possible representation of who you are. Don’t rush, don’t just try and get it out of the door. "
~John March

Guest Host: David Bondelevitch

David Bondelevitch is an Emmy-award winning sound editor and re-recording mixer. He has also won two Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards and has been nominated twenty-six times. He is Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. David is Past President of the MPSE and spent 14 years on the board of the Cinema Audio Society. He holds an MFA in Cinema Production from USC.

He is a also member of the Television Academy, the Recording Academy, AFM Local 47, Film Independent, and the International Documentary Association.

Recent Work by David: Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

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John March – AV Media Consultant and Producer, Sound Mixer, Sound Designer and Social activist.

For the last 40 years, John has been working freelance as an audio craftsman/technologist, Producer, and A/V technology consultant, as well as a session musician in multiple areas of expertise and development. He is currently focused entirely on creating opportunities that utilize his aggregate skill-sets and diverse professional experience to help solve problems that serve the greater good, and supports the community. In Collaboration with ALOC Media, ALOCMedia.com, he works as a freelance Senior Producer and consultant. He is entirely focused on creating affordable high-quality media and content for Non-profits, educational institutions, artists, musicians/bands and entrepreneurs.

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What can you do to prepare yourself for that first sync licensing agreement? Listen in while Ted Hudson, founding member of The Damnwells and ColorWheel Music, shares the business side of the music licensing agency. The episode is Part 2 of our conversation with Ted.

Ted has spent the past eight years negotiating music, footage, and photo licenses for use in dozens of Oscar-winning documentaries and original programming at HBO. Previous to his work at HBO, Ted founded and played bass in The Damnwells, who toured with acts including The Dixie Chicks, Cheap Trick, and The Fray. Ted also worked on two tech startups in NYC, Hunch and Milewise, which were acquired by EBay and Yahoo! (respectively).
www.thedamnwells.com
ColorWheel is a music licensing agency started by Oscar and Grammy-nominated musicians to create an authentic sound for your next project. Based in Denver and Nashville, we’re able to draw from an unrivaled roster of emerging artists as well as established world-famous musicians to compose original songs, tracks, and scores, because they are our friends and ongoing collaborators; a dream team of artists who still fill international arenas. Collaborate with one of our award-winning composers on a custom piece or license an existing track from our burgeoning collection. For us, music is music, and its power should move you whether it’s on the radio, on stage or on a screen.
www.colorwheelmusic.com

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How do you know when it's time to move to a music hub? Maybe you don't. Find out why Ted Hudson, founding member of The Damnwells (bassist) and music licensing agency ColorWheel Music, believes you might be better off staying put.

Ted has spent the past eight years negotiating music, footage, and photo licenses for use in dozens of Oscar-winning documentaries and original programming at HBO. Previous to his work at HBO, Ted founded and played bass in The Damnwells, who toured with acts including The Dixie Chicks, Cheap Trick, and The Fray. Ted also worked on two tech startups in NYC, Hunch and Milewise, which were acquired by EBay and Yahoo! (respectively).

www.thedamnwells.com

ColorWheel is a music licensing agency started by Oscar and Grammy-nominated musicians to create an authentic sound for your next project. Based in Denver and Nashville, we’re able to draw from an unrivaled roster of emerging artists as well as established world-famous musicians to compose original songs, tracks, and scores, because they are our friends and ongoing collaborators; a dream team of artists who still fill international arenas. Collaborate with one of our award-winning composers on a custom piece or license an existing track from our burgeoning collection. For us, music is music, and its power should move you whether it’s on the radio, on stage or on a screen.

www.colorwheelmusic.com

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How can you find success in music through collaboration, giving back and creating community? Join the conversation as Elysha Zaide, aka ill-esha, shares her experience in her diverse and inventive musical career.

Vancouver-born and Colorado-based music producer, artist and DJ ill-esha has crafted a long-standing soundscape of electronic bass music throughout her career, continuously evolving her musical stylings and bridging gaps between hip-hop, dubstep, R&B and future bass music. ill-esha is recognized as an extremely rare and diverse, burgeoning artist in the EDM scene, as her live set showcases her incredible talent to sing, DJ, and simultaneously rock her keytar. She is one of few electronic artists to blossom throughout the progression of different musical trends while still focusing on her artistic vision and authenticity. Constantly evolving a dynamic stage show, ill-esha is a perfect example of electronic music’s transition towards live instrumentation and indie pop sensibility.

ill-esha homepage: http://ill-esha.com
EDMP Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/edmp
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Launching Soon:
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WeOutHere.live is a video content network focused on topics relating to electronic music culture. It is managed by a collective of talented and funny women who bring free music production & education to underserved demographics. We encourage creativity for women, female identified persons, transgender individuals and youth. We aim to break social stigmas and empower both men and women towards a common goal of equality.

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Did you know that your song royalties are a commodity that you can leverage for cash? DeDe Burns joins Steve to talk about auctioning off your royalties (without giving up your copyright!), cue sheets, and balancing your creative side with business moments. Learn about free tools that will help you track your royalty streams.
Prior to joining Royalty Exchange, DeDe Burns spent 13 years working in membership services and strategic operations at ASCAP, culminating in the position of VP of Global Member and Society Services. While there, Burns modernized key areas of the organization’s distribution system, market research activities, and developed additional value-added membership services.

Earlier in her career, she served as a copyright administrator at Warner/Chappell Music Publishing, and is a former board member of the California Copyright Conference and member of the Association of Independent Music Publishers and Songwriters Hall of Fame.

DeDe Burns plays a key role in developing Royalty Exchange’s account management and customer service programs, as well as artist and industry relations. Artists turn to Royalty Exchange to raise money and take control of their financial future by connecting them with private investors through the world’s first online marketplace for buying and selling royalties.

Royalty Exchange is offering free valuations of your royalty earnings at worth.royaltyexchange.com.

https://www.royaltyexchange.com/about-royalty-exchange

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Where does that sync licensing mailbox money come from? Join Steve as he speaks to Randy Chertkow about revenue streams, split sheets, cover songs, types of music supervisors, and didjeridoos.

If you’re out there trying to make money with music, the number one thing to do is to understand who’s doing business with you and what their problems are. If you can solve their problems, that’s when they pay you. You are actually actively helping them out.
Randy Chertkow
About the Authors

Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan are musicians, authors, journalists, public speakers, instructors, and consultants. Their recently released book, Making Money With Music (Macmillan), shows musicians how to tap over 100+ revenue streams, grow their fan base, and thrive in today’s music environment. They also wrote the The Indie Band Survival Guide (1st & 2nd Editions, Macmillan), The DIY Musician (Random House), are columnists at Electronic Musician Magazine, and write a newsletter at MakingMoneyWithMusic.com. They professionally speak and consult on music business and musician revenue development at conventions, music organizations (The Recording Academy — grammy.com), cities, and schools, including speaking at venues such as Carnegie Hall. Their band, Beatnik Turtle, released over 500 songs spanning 20 albums, licensed music to Disney and Viacom, and wrote music for TV, films, and theater including Chicago’s Second City. In 2007, they released a song every single day of the year.


Links:

Website: https://makingmoneywithmusic.com

Newsletter: https://makingmoneywithmusic.com/newsletter

Recent Article: Collect All The Revenue Your Recorded Music Can Earn: Pt. I

Amazon: Making Money with Music

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What does an independent artist need to know to find success in the world of sync licensing? Michael Donaldson of 8DSync and 8sided.blog shares his experiences as an artist with sync placements spanning the past couple of decades.

Michael Donaldson is best known in the music industry as Astralwerks/Virgin Records recording artist Q-Burns Abstract Message. Under this name, Michael wrote and produced four acclaimed albums and performed around the world. With Q-BAM songs licensed to the likes of Sex and the City, BMW, Spike Lee’s The 25th Hour, and the video game Test Drive 6, Michael fortuitously learned the ins-and-outs of music licensing. He used this knowledge to raise the licensing profile of Eighth Dimension Records, an influential label on the US electronic music scene that Michael co-founded in 1994. In 2011, Eighth Dimension transformed into 8DSync, allowing Michael to capitalize on his taste-making prowess, licensing expertise, and access to a distinctive and inspiring music catalog. He continues to expand his roles in music publishing, content licensing, and industry consultancy. Michael also writes about music’s place in the 21st century on his thought-provoking blog: www.8sided.blog

For questions or information about Michael’s workshops, contact Michael at www.8sided.blog/about

Michael Donaldson on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdonaldson8d

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