Thursday, January 31, 2008

Finally Made Some Money From Songwriting..

Been meaning to put up this link for a while now, but it keeps slipping my mind. I've a tendency to completely forget about something once I have moved onto pastures newer. Anyhow, late last year I posted a new song called "Say Say" and was susequently approached by the web designers for Portree Stables , asking if they could license the music from the song (no lyrics), for a video on their site. It would promote the stables and its owner, the famous horse trainer Tom Taaffe. It was an interesting process since I had to research and learn about the legalities surrounding music licensing. It's a very complex area, but a good learning experience. In the end, there is very little money in it since there are plenty of websites where canned music is available for licensing cheaply. Nevertheless, I was happy to do this, so I remixed it without vocals and, who knows, maybe I'll get some got tips about the ponies and make some cash that way...

You can check out the video here. The sound quality isn't as good as I would like, but it's streaming video, so it is as good as can be expected.

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9 Comments:

Blogger Darwin said...

Well done! Pints are on you now. Can you write one for Pat the Baker next?

6:55 AM  
Blogger John Mc said...

Thanks Mr Darwin, you never know, Pat the Baker might even pay better.

5:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tom Taaffe is a little naff. Love the song and the remix. Just after the gap in the remixed version sounds cool. like there's a backround murmur or something, I dont know what it is. Cool though.

6:48 AM  
Blogger John Mc said...

Anon

Thanks

Don't really know much about Tom Taffe's naffness or not, I actually didn't even know who he was initially.

3:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Funny name, Tom Taff. :) Makes the video, the song. good stuff!

4:59 AM  
Anonymous Sam, Problemchildbride said...

I can't get the thing to load but well done! It's cool to get paid for wjat you love to do.

8:50 PM  
Blogger John Mc said...

Sam

I think if you click on the white space it should load.

It is great to make some dosh from something you love. However, I'd need to write and sell about 60 pieces of music a month at these rates to just about live! Theres a big difference between Led Zep selling out to Cadillac and me!

11:25 AM  
Blogger fatmammycat said...

Congratulations John! Next step, musical world domination!

2:40 PM  
Blogger John Mc said...

Thanks FMC

At this rate world domination should come about some time around my 900th birthday ;)

6:18 PM  

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