How will I use your song to be featured in TV or Film?
Typically, if you stumble into our music publishing catalog website; we allow users to download our songs that can be used for their project. However, as it has been said in the terms and conditions, only if you intend to use our songs for commercial projects that you need to include proper credits and submit cue sheets (for TV, film, radio and movie projects).
Many might ask:
1. What license will you provide?
In this page: http://www.ascap.com/filmtv/faq.html, it has been said that any film makers/TV music directors should asked permission to obtain two rights to use our song specifically to be used for TV or Film:
a. Synchronization rights
b. Master use rights
“Synchronization right” is a right to use our song together with your visual image,while the “Master use rights” is the right to use the sound recording.
Now, since we own both the sound recording and song copyrights, we can issue both Sync and Master use license and bundle it together as one agreement. Since we issue free license, there is no associated licensing fee to acquire synchronization and master use rights.
If you have additional questions pertaining to licenses, feel free to contact us.
2. What if I decide to include your song in a movie soundtrack compilation album?
This means you are planning to include our song in a physical recorded medium (CD, DVD, cassette, etc ). There is no associated licensing fee for mechanical licenses.
3. What about performance right fees?
Of course, once your film and TV project has been officially released and to be shown in various TV channels or movie theatres, ASCAP will be collecting performance royalties on our behalf. To speed up the royalty processing, ASCAP will be requiring TV producers, TV companies, film companies, radio stations, web casters, etc to submit cue sheets, use our credits in submitting cue sheets or contact us if you need more information on this.
Not all projects are required to pay performance royalties, example if you use our music in video projects where there is no public performance required.
4. Can I do a fact-checking on your catalog/publisher background?
Below is the information you need:
Website to contact: http://www.copyright.gov/
Sound Recording Copyright registration number: SR0000623064
Registration date: 2009-02-18
Registration title: Emerson Roble Maningo Song Catalog
Details: https://www.musicforlicense.net/copyrightinfo.txt
Song Copyright (Form PA):
Copyright Registration number: Pau003452626
Effective date of registration: April 25, 2008
Year of completion: 2008
Author: Emerson Roble Maningo
Note: We register all together our songs as using Form PA and Form SR because we own both song and sound recording copyrights.
