how many tracks before your first placement?

[GCampbell]

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You should get paid an extra bonus for making Coldplay stop

If you're really interested there are some voice translation apps you can get for smartphones that will give you an idea of what's been said. The majority of my placements are on German TV, there's quite a lot of channels but the best 2 to get on are ARD Das Erste and RTL as they have the highest royalty rates.
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I tried a translation app, sounds like it was an add for some show on the network, which was RBB. But also, I got another placement from a different track in a different library, so I'm batting 2/13! haha. This one was in the US. I'm definitely motivated now.

As my other half said, soon I'll be making thousands....of cents!

[GCampbell]

Well I guess it could be a while before I see my next detection, but at least I have one in the bag to use for motivation. I didn't realize tunesat actually gives you the clip, very cool. My track interrupts a Coldplay song for 12 seconds, haha. The voice over is in German so I have no idea what they're saying. I find it all very amusing. Thanks again for chiming in on my questions.

You should get paid an extra bonus for making Coldplay stop

If you're really interested there are some voice translation apps you can get for smartphones that will give you an idea of what's been said. The majority of my placements are on German TV, there's quite a lot of channels but the best 2 to get on are ARD Das Erste and RTL as they have the highest royalty rates.

I tried a translation app, sounds like it was an add for some show on the network, which was RBB. But also, I got another placement from a different track in a different library, so I'm batting 2/13! haha. This one was in the US. I'm definitely motivated now.

As my other half said, soon I'll be making thousands....of cents!

[cosmicdolphin]

As my other half said, soon I'll be making thousands....of cents!

She was 50% right...but it won't be " soon "

[SubRivers]

How many track before you sign for the first library that gets you placements.

[SubRivers]

Sorry I didn't see your reply till now.

I understand the hole in one thing - I am not arguing from the point of view of bitterness - I am amazed that I have been paid over a $3K for 39 tracks over the last 5 years so I know it can work as a career - I need to add zeros to my output.


My point is that libraries make deals and randomly you get into one of the ones that make deals on volume and you suddenly get loads of placements.

i.e. the stochastic process has components and one of them is definitely the library you happen to find yourself in.

[cosmicdolphin]

i.e. the stochastic process has components and one of them is definitely the library you happen to find yourself in.

It's the most important component as it can mean the difference between getting a few placements here and there and getting 100's per year.

[fusilierb]

I don’t think there is a magical number. It’s kind of more like winning a on a slot
Machine. A placement is kind of like luck. The right piece of music had to be In front of the right person when they needed that piece of music. So how do you even get yourself into that situation is a better question. Get music in libraries. Preferably ones that are good at pushing their library or are already well established That is a solid plan but there is no science you can apply to that that tells you x amount of songs gets x amount of placement.

Cause x amount of songs in one library has nothing to do with the performance of those same songs with another.

Pretty sure that doesn’t help.

[boinkeee2000]

i.e. the stochastic process has components and one of them is definitely the library you happen to find yourself in.

It's the most important component as it can mean the difference between getting a few placements here and there and getting 100's per year.

besides thr frequency of placements, the quality of placements is also equally important. its directly correlated to the music libs you're in. a so so lib that caters to high volume, obscure cable tv placements vs a high tier lib, w/ intl subpubs, that caters to fewer albeit premium network placements could mean a difference of thousands/tens of thousands of $$ at payout. hence you'll run into folks with a lot less tracks that make significantly more

[cosmicdolphin]

i.e. the stochastic process has components and one of them is definitely the library you happen to find yourself in.

It's the most important component as it can mean the difference between getting a few placements here and there and getting 100's per year.

besides thr frequency of placements, the quality of placements is also equally important. its directly correlated to the music libs you're in. a so so lib that caters to high volume, obscure cable tv placements vs a high tier lib, w/ intl subpubs, that caters to fewer albeit premium network placements could mean a difference of thousands/tens of thousands of $$ at payout. hence you'll run into folks with a lot less tracks that make significantly more

Yup - those high level publishers are hard to get into