Am I allowed to get a guest vocalist for this listing?

[TLovato]

Lots of UPLIFTING, ANTHEMIC POP/ROCK SONGS with Male or Female Vocals are needed by a top-tier Music Licensing Company with a super-impressive list of sync placements in Major Motion Pictures, Television Shows, and BIG-time TV Commercials.

This company gets some really great placements, and lots of them! Please listen to the following references they sent us to get yourself in the general stylistic wheelhouse of what they need:

Song Examples

QUOTING THE CEO OF THE COMPANY: "We’re searching for powerful and cinematic vocal hooks, designed to elevate epic moments. They need bold and catchy melodies, and using repetitive lines in a rhythmic and clever way can often increase the catchy-ness. The hook in the chorus of the reference track 'Fire' is a great example of this principle."

NOTE: Full vocal Songs definitely work here, but this Company is ALSO open to tracks featuring a lighter vocal approach. In other words, if your chorus has a really strong vocal hook and nails the emotion they're searching for, you may not need a bunch of extra lyrics to fill up the space in the verses!

Please submit original Pop/Rock Songs with an exciting, anthemic, and uplifting sound! This CEO is pretty desperate to find tracks that could fit seamlessly on a playlist with the references, full of bold, empowering, cinematic, and captivating sounds. Submissions should have super catchy melodies, great production value, Mid-to-Up-Tempo rhythms, solid arrangements, and uplifting, well-written lyrics. Instrumentation and production in the general stylistic wheelhouse of the reference Songs will work best for this opportunity. Please make sure that any virtual instruments or samples you use are high-quality and not dated-sounding. Well-performed, confident, and expressive vocals (Male or Female) with a mainstream sound are going to work best.

VERY IMPORTANT: This Company is searching specifically for Artists and Songwriters who produce and mix their own music and can provide Stems and Alternate Mixes according to the Company's guidelines. If you don't produce and mix your own material, please do NOT submit for this opportunity!

Lyrics should avoid references to names, dates, times, places, brands, and profanity. Don't copy the referenced artists or Songs in any way, shape, or form. Use them only as a guide for tempo, texture, and tone. Don't submit any material with unauthorized samples of any other artists’ music, sounds, or any other form of media. Broadcast Quality is needed.

AI ALERT: This company doesn't accept or sign music that has been lyrically or melodically composed using generative AI, and they won't accept backing tracks, full instrumental tracks, or vocal performances created with AI.

This Music Library offers an EXCLUSIVE deal with a cool twist. You’ll keep 50% of all gross income generated by your music, plus you’ll get 100% of the Writer’s share income generated by your PRO. In other words, if the company licenses your music under a blanket deal, you’ll get income. If they license it for a YouTube video, you’ll get income. Not all music libraries pay you for things like that! The Publisher will get 100% of the Publisher’s share.

Because this is an Exclusive deal, the music you submit for this pitch can't already be signed with other Libraries or Publishers. You must own or control your Master and Copyright to submit for this opportunity, and you need to be affiliated with a Performing Rights Organization for this company to include your music in their catalog. Please submit as many Songs as you’d like, online or per CD. Submissions must be received no later than 11:59 PM (PDT) on Sunday, May 11th, 2025. TAXI # S250511VG


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So I want to work on this listing, but I want to get one of my female friends to do vocals. She will be writing lyrics and topline. I know that the listing says the following:

"VERY IMPORTANT: This Company is searching specifically for Artists and Songwriters who produce and mix their own music and can provide Stems and Alternate Mixes according to the Company's guidelines. If you don't produce and mix your own material, please do NOT submit for this opportunity!"

Since I'm mixing and producing the track, could I still submit? My friend also will be recording from her home studio. I don't think having her on the track would interfere with providing stems / getting the alt mixes out, since I would be in total control of that lol.

Sorry if it's a dumb question, maybe I'm overthinking it, but I want to be absolutely sure. I know having a professional reputation is everything in this business, and I don't want to mess it up!

[Casey H]

Absolutely. Just make sure you get a signed work for hire agreement from your vocalist (unless she is a credited co-writer/owner).YOU are doing the producing and mixing and can provide any stems they need. So it's a non-issue.

Good luck!
Casey

[TLovato]

Absolutely. Just make sure you get a signed work for hire agreement from your vocalist (unless she is a credited co-writer/owner).YOU are doing the producing and mixing and can provide any stems they need. So it's a non-issue.

Good luck!
Casey

Thanks Casey!

[VanderBoegh]

Let 'er rip!! Full steam ahead, man. No issues with anything you mentioned. Go make that fire!!

~~Matt