In order to license tracks from The Sound, LLC music library please follow the instructions given with in this section. Songs are in MP3 format. Anyone wanting wave files of songs must request it. This can be done by following the instructions for licensing music from this site.
If your project is being broadcast then you will be able to download and use the music with no up front cost. You only need to file a cue sheet (view cue sheet as html) with the appropriate Performing Rights Organization along with filling out the brief preliminary cue form on the page of the track you want to use. This is a quick heads up on what, where and how selections are being used.
There is a "wave file" email request link on each page as well. If you have a credit roll in your production, please credit the composer and/or writer.
*Note: BMI & ASCAP have teamed up to create RapidCue Online Cue-Sheet Technology. This sign up service will ensure that only complete and correct cue sheets are submitted. Check the link for inquiries about signing up.
If your project isn't being broadcast then purchase a licence using the non-broadcast link at the bottom of the page of the track you want to license.
It's that simple. The legal licence conditions are below.
SCHEDULE 2 - THE SYNCH LICENCE CONDITIONS
If your (or your licensees or assignees) use of any Track from The Sound, LLC music library will generate income from a Performing Right Organization, then no licence fee shall be payable. In all other cases, you will be required to obtain a Non-Broadcast Licence or a Blanket Non-Broadcast Licence, including paying the relevant fee as directed by The Sound, LLC.
Your licence to use any Track is expressly subject to:
(a) any rights of the Music Maker's Performing Right Organization for the time being;
(b) if a Track is to be performed or communicated to the public, you (or your licensees or assignees) filing accurate and complete cue sheets, in a timely manner, with the relevant Music Maker's Performing Right Organisation (using a format acceptable to that Performing Right Organization or a form downloaded from that Performing Right Organization's website) regarding your use of the Track under the licence; and
(c) you crediting the Music Maker in the following form where customary and reasonable to do so (for example, in the credit roll of any audio-visual material created in connection with a Project):
"Music Composed by [INSERT MUSIC MAKER'S NAME]"
(d) you providing The Sound, LLC with the identity and contact details of local media networks broadcasting or communicating the Project (or any part of the Project) throughout the Territory, if requested by The Sound, LLC.
