Out now! A brand spanking new episode of Synchronized! This time Dan Graham is our guest.

Dan is the owner of Gothic Storm and he runs two succesful Facebook groups about the library music industry. One for publishers, Library Music Publishers Discussion, and another one for composers called A Composer’s Guide To Library Music Discussion.

Dan tells us why he is happy with the fact that people steal his music and why he doesn’t have a sub-publisher in the USA.

Food for thought. So feel free to enjoy the unlimited buffet of valuable information and insights that this episode of Synchronized! has to offer.

Cheers, 

Simon & Ferry

Joe Saba co-founded VideoHelper together with Stuart Winter in 1995 in New York. Since then they won at least 4 Emmy’s (On Ebay).

Joe is also co-founder of the Production Music Association and still an active composer.

We thought those were enough reasons to invite him to be a guest on Synchronized!

Luckily he said yes, since otherwise this intro would have been a waste of space on the internet.

It’s always a pleasure to talk to people that are not just knowledgeable but also genuine.

Spend some time with Joe and us and listen to what he has to say.

We did and we loved it!

Cheers, Simon and Ferry

Here’s a new episode of Synchronized! and this time our guest is Randy Wachtler. 

He is the founder and CEO of 615 Music which was acquired by Warner/Chappell Production Music in 2010. After the acquisition he became president & CEO of WCPM in 2013. He also co-founded the Production Music Association in 2001, of which he was chairman, and currently is a board member.

With his company RJW Music Consulting he helps his clients maximizing music assets with a specialization in Production Music. And the resume doesn’t stop there. It also includes: Husband, Dad, Grandad, and all round great guy.

Have a listen and let the information soak in.

Cheers, Simon Webb & Ferry van Beek

Another new episode of Synchronized! 

This time we have the honor to talk to Jenny Oakes and Karis Jones from JW Media based in the UK.

We don’t just broach the subjects that we have been discussing with previous guests, but also ask ourselves the question why there are so few women in the production music industry.

This is not only the case in managerial positions but there are also few women active as a composer, producer or sound engineer.

Food for thought!

First of all we’d like to wish you a Happy New Year! Hopefully 2020 was an ‘isolated incident’ and this year will bring us everything we hope for.

In this brand spanking new episode of Synchronized! we have Andy Hill from I Like Music (ILM) as our guest. It’s safe to say that Andy is the godfather of online distribution of production music since he started the first system called Mars Online in 1990!

He is sharing some great stories and tips in this episode so kick back and relax while listening to what Andy has to say.

Hope you’ll enjoy it. Cheers, Simon Webb and Ferry van Beek

This episode we feature Mark Vermaat, head of business development at Soundmouse, as our guest.

Soundmouse recently won the pitch to build a new production music platform for the BBC. Mark shares some great information on what Soundmouse’srole will be regarding this new platform. A must hear episode if you want to have your production music distributed to BBC. (and other broadcasters!)

In this episode of Synchronized! our guest is Daniel Holter from The License Lab. He started as a sound engineer and was kind of lured into the production music business. If you need one word to sum up this episode that word would be: PASSION.

This fifth episode features Scott Meath and Brian Beshears from AtomicaMusic.

They tell about how they got started in the industry, founded Studio Cutz and Blue Fuse, sold these labels and started again completely from scratch after their non-compete ended.

Does your label need to offer all different musical styles that are available? Are song descriptions important? What are the best search options to offer your clients? Are clients still using keywords for finding the right track? Or are emoji’s the way to go? One thing is for sure: our industry is not just about the music.

You also get some great advice on how to pick the best title for your song! (spoiler alert: get drunk in Vegas).

We had a great time recording this episode of Synchronized! with Scott and Brian and hope you enjoy listening to their stories.

Take care,

Simon Webb and Ferry van Beek

In this forth episode of Synchronized! we have Ed Ashcroft and Paul Vials from Ultraphonic as our guests.

Besides this great production music label they also own District 6 Music Publishing which represents songs in a wide range of genres and include artists like Roy Harper, Donae’o, Feder, Geezer Butler (founding member of Black Sabbath), Murcof, Dwele, Feder,  John Foxx, Gael Rakotondrabe, Mind Against,  Traumer, Agents Of Time, Con Brio, Cotonete, Jen Jis,  Mathame, Hi Levelz - to name a few.

We talk about the difference in dealing with production music and commercial music, the future of sub-publishers, whether you should start your own production music label and the recent request from MCPS to obtain mandates for India and China.

We loved hanging out with them and we’re sure you’re gonna get some great perspectives on the state of the production music industry.

Take care,

Simon Webb and Ferry van Beek

In this third episode of Synchronized! we have legendary guitarist Ray Russell as our guest. Ray played guitar on the soundtrack of several James Bond films, Space Oddity (David Bowie), You Can’t Hurry Love (Phil Collins), Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Julie Covington), Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel) and Private Dancer/Let’s Stay Together (Tina Turner) just to name a few.

Besides playing the guitar he also managed to compose an estimated 10.000 production music tracks for labels like Universal Music, Firstcom and Made Up Music.

Ray not only shares the story about how he started playing with the John Barry Seven, he also tells us about the guitar he was given by George Harrison. It was recently shown in Antiques Roadshow and is worth an estimated….. well you have to listen to find out how much exactly!

Enjoy this fresh episode.

Take care,

Simon Webb and Ferry van Beek