All music licensing opportunities on Broadjam accept Mp3 files from your profile.
All music licensing opportunities on Broadjam accept Mp3 files from your profile.
You are more than welcome to upload a different version of your song once it has been submitted to any Broadjam Opportunity. Log in to your account and click the “songs” link, under the “My Content” header on the left hand side of the page. Then click on the Re-upload link next to the song you wish to replace. Once the song has been activated the newest version will be available. However, you cannot replace an existing Opportunity submission with a different song already uploaded in your Broadjam account. To do this, hover your mouse over the section titled “My Content,” and when that menu expands you will see a link to your Songs. Under each song title you will see a link to reupload. Do not delete the song, as it will remove it from all Opportunities it has been submitted to. Broadjam does not offer refunds for deleted songs.
Unless specified otherwise, opportunity providers are looking for songs they can use just as they are. So we encourage members to submit songs that they consider “radio-ready.” This does not mean they need to be professionally mixed and mastered, but you should make sure that the recording quality of your song (in its current state) is something that could be played on the radio for a large audience (even if radio is not the medium for the opportunity). It’s all about asking yourself whether your song is ready for an audience.
You do not forfeit any rights simply by submitting works to Broadjam Opportunites. However, by submitting a song to a Film/TV Opportunity, you give the Opportunity Provider the right to represent your song and to administer license agreements on your behalf if the Opportunity Provider selects your song. Keep in mind, simply because an Opportunity Provider selects your song does not guarantee that your song will be placed. Be sure to read each Opportunity Providers’ terms and conditions of submission for more information. See the Film/TV Opportunity Agreement for more information. Depending on the Opportunity Provider and the particular opportunity, selected artists may be asked to sign subsequent licensing agreements. For more information regarding these agreements and your rights, see the Publishing FAQ and the Copyright FAQ.
You do not forfeit any rights simply by submitting works to Broadjam Opportunities. However, by submitting a song to a Film/TV Opportunity, you give the Opportunity Provider the right to represent your song and to administer license agreements on your behalf if the Opportunity Provider selects your song. Keep in mind, simply because an Opportunity Provider selects your song does not guarantee that your song will be placed. Be sure to read each Opportunity Providers’ terms and conditions of submission for more information. See the Film/TV Opportunity Agreement for more information. Depending on the Opportunity Provider and the particular opportunity, selected artists may be asked to sign subsequent licensing agreements. For more information regarding these agreements and your rights, see the Publishing FAQ and the Copyright FAQ.
Yes - as long as you hold copyright in the entire song. A recorded song can be broken down into two independently copyrightable parts: the musical work and the sound recording. As the songwriter, you clearly own the copyright to the musical work (the music and lyrics), but whether you own the copyright to the sound recording depends on the kind of contract you have with the studio that recorded your song. Most studios that provide session players to perform and record sound recordings transfer rights in the Master sound recording to the person who pays for the session players’ performances. Be sure to check the contract you have with the studio that recorded your songs, though. It may be that the studio contracted to retain some rights to the sound recording, in which case, you will need to obtain a license to submit these songs to Opportunities.
Assuming you own copyright in the song, your right to sell downloads of the song is not affected by simply submitting your song to an opportunity. If your song is selected for a particular opportunity and you sign a subsequent licensing agreement, however, your right to sell downloads of the song through Broadjam may require permission from the opportunity provider.
No, at this time Broadjam does not accept cover songs. If you have any questions about this please contact Broadjam Customer Service for more information.
No. Once you’ve made your submission, your work is done. Participating in the peer-ratings is completely voluntary. Also, the ratings the songs receive simply reflect the opinions of the other members who have submitted to the opportunity. The opportunity provider will ultimately make the final decision on his/her own.
No. Since songs are ranked on a good, better, best basis in the review mechanism, it doesn’t do any good to rank good songs poorly. A person reviewing opportunity submissions can’t help their own song rise to the top, because every review gives at least one song a high score. Also, members are not allowed to review their own songs, so it’s not possible to rate one’s own songs highly to skew the results.
We provide information for all opportunity results as soon as possible. All songs are sent directly to the opportunity Providers, and the Providers’ schedules determine how quickly songs are selected. Providers will almost always contact artists directly.
You can always go to your My Submissions page to see the status of your opportunity submissions. The Status Key explains what each status means.
In short, your work is done! When you’ve made your submission, your song will be sent directly to the opportunity provider for consideration (no songs are screened out) - we guarantee this.
You can monitor the follow-up activity for the opportunity on your “My Licensing Submissions” page. In the event that your song is selected, the opportunity provider will contact you directly to take the next step.
Songs that have been submitted will be added to the peer-rating process for the given opportunity (if the provider has chosen to use it). When the review period opens, everyone that submitted a song to a particular opportunity rate each other’s songs for that opportunity. Keep in mind, however, peer reviews are completely voluntary and they do not determine which songs will be selected. The opportunity provider will ultimately make the final decision on his/her own.
*Note – Opportunity providers have many ways to look at your music. One way is filtering by category, such as Mood, Tempo, Subject Matter, Language, etc. The only way your song will show up in these filters is if you’ve filled out your song metadata! Go to your Songs page and edit each of your songs to make sure you’ve filled out metadata for each song, so opportunity providers can easily find them.
If your song is picked for the project, the opportunity provider will contact you directly. Make sure your contact information is accurately filled out in your Broadjam account, so it’s easy for them to get a hold of you if your song is chosen. Broadjam is not a party to any contracts you sign with opportunity providers.
By submitting a song to an opportunity, you give the opportunity provider permission to present your song to the project’s producers and to collect the Master/Sync fee from them on your behalf. Master/Sync fees are generally predetermined by the project’s producers and split between you and the opportunity provider.
Project producers will not be able to use your song until you agree to license it to them for their particular project. Based upon the specific terms of licensing agreement, you may receive an upfront sync fee or a gratis sync agreement with performance royalties distributed to you through your performance rights organization (PRO).
Yes. You are able to submit a song, with the visibility turned off, to any Broadjam Opportunity.
The first thing you’ll need to do is set up a Broadjam account. Also, the songs you plan on submitting must first be uploaded to your Broadjam song page. Once these songs are activated you may proceed with your submissions.
1. Login to your account.
2. Place your cursor over “Music Licensing” in the navigation menu and click on “TV & Film Music Licensing.”
3. Find the opportunity you’re interested in on the list of available opportunities. You can see more details about each opportunity by clicking on the description.
4. When you’re ready to submit, just click the “Submit” button.
5. Check the boxes for the songs you’d like to submit.
6. Agree to the terms and conditions by checking the box.
7. Click the “Add to Cart” button.
At this point, you’re welcome to add more submissions to your cart, including submissions for different opportunities. When you’re ready to make your payment, just proceed to the shopping cart.
We provide information for all opportunity results as soon as possible. All songs are sent directly to the opportunity providers and the providers’ schedules determine how quickly songs are selected. Providers will contact artists directly in the event their song is chosen.
There is an “expected decision date” for each opportunity (except anything before October 2010), so this will provide an approximation for members. Keep in mind, this is simply an estimate. In media production, it’s not uncommon for projects to be delayed. If you have any questions about a particular opportunity, please contact us at customerservice@broadjam.com.
First of all, participating in the peer-ratings is not required. Also, the ratings the songs receive simply reflect the opinions of the other members who have submitted to the opportunity. The opportunity provider will ultimately make the final decision on his/her own.
If you choose to participate, however, login to your account, place your cursor over “Music Licensing” in the navigation menu and click on “My Licensing Submissions.” In your list of submissions, click the “rate entries” link in the right column. Keep in mind, not all opportunities implement the rating process. Also, the “rate entries” link will only show up once the ratings have been opened. But keep in mind, not all opportunities use the peer-rating process; this decision is made by the provider.
Three random songs (without artists or titles included) will be listed for you. Play each one for at least one minute (which is required for this to count). Then, rate one song as “Good,” one as “Better” and the third as “Best.” Each song must have a different rating or this will not be accepted in the system. Click “Submit” when finished.
No. Participating in the peer ratings is not required. Also, the ratings the songs receive simply reflect the opinions of the other members who have submitted to the opportunity. The opportunity provider will ultimately make the final decision on his/her own.
Even if you do not complete reviews, your songs will be reviewed by your peers and be available to the opportunity provider. If you do complete at least two sets of reviews for every song that you submit to a music licensing opportunity, we will show you the percentile ranking for your songs in that opportunity in your submission status page.
Login to your account, place your cursor over “Music Licensing” in the navigation menu and click on “My Licensing Submissions.” Find the opportunity you’re looking for and click the “view details” link in the right column.
The percentile ranking of your song illustrates the percentage of songs that were submitted to that opportunity that were ranked lower than yours in the peer review process. For example, if your song scored a 65%, that means 65% of the songs submitted were rated lower. This is based on the “Good” “Better” “Best” peer review score.
*Important Reminder - the percentile ranking simply reflects the opinions of the other members and does not determine which songs are selected for licensing by the provider.
Broadjam is similar to the post office – you pay us to administer and deliver your materials to a destination.
Each opportunity has an “Expected Decision Date” to give you an idea of when a final decision will be made for an opportunity. The expected decision dates can range from a few days to several months depending on the opportunity. These dates are merely estimates, since there are many variables that can delay a project. The opportunity provider will keep you updated with their progress if a project is delayed.
Rating submissions allows you to hear how other artists interpreted the opportunity. When you submit to a licensing opportunity, we encourage you to participate in the peer-rating process, but it is not required. Peer ratings do not affect your chances of being licensed. You get a chance to hear other entries and rate the appropriateness of other songs submitted to the opportunity. The opportunity providers will have the option to sort the submissions in the order that members have determined is most to least appropriate. All entries are still presented to the opportunity provider and they will listen to each submission. By default, songs are listed for the opportunity provider by date of submission.
No. Peer ratings are completely voluntary and do not affect your chances of being selected for a licensing opportunity. However, if you want to see the rankings for your submissions you’ll just need to complete 2 sets of peer rankings for each song that you submit. If you do not complete peer ratings for any opportunity, your songs will still go through the peer rating process and be presented to the provider. Also note that some opportunities pay out $50 to the artist with the top-rated song, but in order to be eligible you must have completed 2 sets of ratings for each song you submitted.
No, but occasionally a provider may ask us for assistance in the screening process. This is rare, but the option is available if a client requests it.
Yes. In your submission status page you’ll be able to track when the provider logs in to review entries, listens to your songs or checks out your profile. If your song is not listened to by the provider, you will receive a credit on your account for the amount of the submission fee.
Film and TV music supervisors, ad agencies, publishers, song-pluggers, video game companies, producers – anyone who is looking to license music for a project may use Broadjam as a resource. Broadjam members have placed songs with the following companies: Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, MTV, FOX, VH1, Oxygen, Disney Channel, E! Network, NASCAR, ESPN X Games, ESPN, SPEED Network, Big Ten Network, Versus TV, NHL, NBA, MLB, D4 Creative Group, Rex Benson Music Group, HD Music Now, Songs to your eyes, Discover Mediaworks, John Roach Projects, Inc., Tinderbox Music, House-Autry, Kwik Trip and Dance Dance Revolution (Konami).
You are competing with other Broadjam members and any other music sources the opportunity provider may have.
No – you are not required to copyright your songs before you submit to licensing opportunities.
It is advisable, but not required. If your songs are not registered with a PRO, we suggest that you register them before or shortly after making a submission to a licensing opportunity.
For musicians, Performance Rights Organizations exist to collect and distribute royalties on the behalf of musicians and other audio and video artists for the use of their musical compositions (i.e. lyrics and musical notes) by others. You may be a registered member of a performance rights society (PRS), but that does not mean that your songs are registered. Oftentimes, when artists sign up with a PRO, they will also register their entire catalog of songs. Other artists register only a few songs. You must have registered your songs with a PRO to receive royalties through the PRO for songs that are performed.
Unless the opportunity description specifically states that production quality is not an issue, you will need to submit broadcast-quality recordings to music licensing opportunities.
If your song is picked for the project, the opportunity provider will contact you directly. Make sure your contact information is accurately filled out in your Broadjam account so it’s easy for them to get a hold of you if your song is chosen. Most providers prefer email. At that point, they will work out the details with you directly.
If your song is selected for a project, the opportunity provider will contact you and work out the payment terms directly.
Yes, as long as you have obtained all worldwide publishing and master rights to the materials.
The Opportunity Timeline shows actions by the opportunity provider, as well as general events related to the opportunity.
Please Note: Opportunities launched prior to 9/17/2010 may not include certain provider actions and status updates.
Expected Decision Dates only apply to opportunities posted after 9/17/2010.
The feedback we received from members is that they wanted to hear the songs that were being selected and considered, regardless of who submitted them, so they could listen and learn. We thought it would be helpful for everyone to hear the ones that were selected along with the ones that were in the final running.
“All in” is a way of saying the payout listed is a flat fee for the Synchronization License and Master Use License, both of which are needed in order to use your song.
A Synchronization License is needed to synchronize your songs to any type of visual media and a Master Use License is needed for them to be able to actually use and air your song in the project. Typically this is combined in to one “Synchronization and Master Use License Agreement” and the standard is to pay a flat “all-in” master-use/sync fee to the artist. Specifying this detail is not necessarily a must, since that is the standard, but some opportunity providers like to drive the point home to avoid confusion down the road.
Unless otherwise specified, yes. If an artist is interested in recording a song, they want to be sure that the song isn’t going to continue to be shopped around and that another artist isn’t going to record the same song, so they prefer to license songs that are under exclusive agreements. Be sure to read the terms and conditions for each opportunity.
No. You must control all of the rights to your songs to submit them to Record Placement Opportunities; songs must not be tied to any 3rd-party publishers.
Yes. As long as your song is not currently tied to another publisher then you are welcome to submit to Record Placement Opportunities on Broadjam.
Yes. Having pending submissions has no effect your ability to be selected for a Record Placement Opportunity.
We have several types of opportunity providers, some of which are music publishers and song pluggers. Music publishers and song pluggers will often use Broadjam to find music for projects they are working to place music in. These companies will typically split any revenue they generate for you if they place your song in a project. Always be sure to read the terms and conditions for each opportunity you submit to.
A Synchronization License is required for musical works to be synchronized with moving pictures as background in a motion picture, television program, video, DVD, etc. Sometimes there is a fee associated with this license.
Explicit lyrics refers to any vulgar or obscene content in a song.
Singer/Songwriter is a common music industry term that typically describes musicians in any genre who write, compose and sing their own songs, including lyrics and melodies. They often provide the sole accompaniment to the entire song, typically using a guitar or piano.
Music libraries are similar to publishers in that they represent a catalog of music that they own the copyright to and license those songs to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media. Some music libraries offer exclusive deals to artists and some are non-exclusive. Music libraries own all of the copyrights of their music, meaning that it can be licensed without seeking the composer’s permission, as is necessary in licensing music from normal publishers. This makes music libraries a convenient solution for media producers.
A music publisher is an entity that owns or rents a writer’s compositions for a certain period of time and administers them in a certain territory for generating income. It’s the publishers’ job to exploit the musical compositions that they represent to generate income to be shared between the publisher and the writer.
Performing rights are the right to perform music in public. Public performance also includes broadcast and cable television, radio and any other transmitted performance of a live song. Public performances demand payment (performance royalties) to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher (with the royalties generally split 50/50 between the two). Performing rights organizations collect royalties from broadcasters and they are responsible for compensating the music authors and publisher. In order to collect performance royalties you must be a member of a performing rights organization.
Yes. We guarantee that our partners listen to each and every song submitted to licensing opportunities. The media player that an opportunity provider uses is different than our regular media player and the song play totals on your profile are not tied to it. The song play total on an artist’s profile page is meant as an indicator for the public song plays for the artist. You can track the activity of each opportunity you’ve submitted to by going to the “My Licensing Submissions” page and clicking “view details” next to the opportunity. On the details page you’ll see the daily activity log for what the opportunity provider is doing, including when they listened to your songs.
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