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Hard work pays off

Post by Dwayne Russell » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:49 pm

Most of the cues I get I never get to hear, but I just got to hear one of my songs play on Young and The Restless for over two minutes! It's pretty cool to hear your music on TV. :lol:

Thats a network cue for over two minutes. The pay on that should be pretty good. Right?

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Post by slideboardouts » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:39 pm

Congrats! It really never gets old hearing your music on TV, especially when its one of those times where you're just flipping through the channels and BAM! You hear one of your cues!
Dwayne Russell wrote: Thats a network cue for over two minutes. The pay on that should be pretty good. Right?
My guess on the pay, based on a two minute instrumental that I had on daytime network TV, would be between $500-$800. Maybe more, maybe less. But I think that that is a good ball park estimate. It depends on what channel its on, how many affiliates or whatever that the show is aired on, etc.

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Post by Dwayne Russell » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:45 am

slideboardouts wrote:Congrats! It really never gets old hearing your music on TV, especially when its one of those times where you're just flipping through the channels and BAM! You hear one of your cues!
Dwayne Russell wrote: Thats a network cue for over two minutes. The pay on that should be pretty good. Right?
My guess on the pay, based on a two minute instrumental that I had on daytime network TV, would be between $500-$800. Maybe more, maybe less. But I think that that is a good ball park estimate. It depends on what channel its on, how many affiliates or whatever that the show is aired on, etc.

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I was told it should be around $4000

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Post by cardell » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:14 am

Congratulations Dwayne. :)

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Re: Hard work pays off

Post by slideboardouts » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:33 am

Dwayne Russell wrote:
slideboardouts wrote:Congrats! It really never gets old hearing your music on TV, especially when its one of those times where you're just flipping through the channels and BAM! You hear one of your cues!
Dwayne Russell wrote: Thats a network cue for over two minutes. The pay on that should be pretty good. Right?
My guess on the pay, based on a two minute instrumental that I had on daytime network TV, would be between $500-$800. Maybe more, maybe less. But I think that that is a good ball park estimate. It depends on what channel its on, how many affiliates or whatever that the show is aired on, etc.

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I was told it should be around $4000
4 grand seems a bit optimistic to me. Especially when a vocal song of that length (which pays substantially more than an instrumental) on prime time, network television (which pays more than network daytime television), pays around 2 grand. I had an instrumental placement of exactly 2 minutes on daytime network TV and it ended up being around $800. But you never know with royalties.

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Post by Dwayne Russell » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:51 am

slideboardouts wrote:
4 grand seems a bit optimistic to me. Especially when a vocal song of that length (which pays substantially more than an instrumental) on prime time, network television (which pays more than network daytime television), pays around 2 grand. I had an instrumental placement of exactly 2 minutes on daytime network TV and it ended up being around $800. But you never know with royalties.

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Ok. You're probably right.

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Post by slideboardouts » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:36 am

Dwayne Russell wrote:
slideboardouts wrote:
4 grand seems a bit optimistic to me. Especially when a vocal song of that length (which pays substantially more than an instrumental) on prime time, network television (which pays more than network daytime television), pays around 2 grand. I had an instrumental placement of exactly 2 minutes on daytime network TV and it ended up being around $800. But you never know with royalties.

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Ok. You're probably right.

Well, I hope I am wrong ;)

Either way, it should be a nice chunk of change :)

-Steve

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Post by mazz » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:42 am

Congrats Dwayne!!!

I've heard that daytime pays less than primetime, but a featured song for 2 minutes during the day will pay a lot more than 15 seconds of background music you can barely hear on O***h. Way to go!!!
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Post by Dwayne Russell » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:34 pm

mazz wrote:Congrats Dwayne!!!

I've heard that daytime pays less than primetime, but a featured song for 2 minutes during the day will pay a lot more than 15 seconds of background music you can barely hear on O***h. Way to go!!!

THanks Mazz. I think was background music, but it played for a long time.

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Post by mojobone » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:37 pm

Congrats, Dwayne!
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