Stock Music: An Industry Behind Popular Music
The licensing process
The licensing process for Stock Music is typically done online through the website of the music libraries. Clients can browse through catalogues to find suitable tracks and license them for their required media and territory. Standard licensing allows usage of tracks for a fixed period in a single project or media. Extended licenses offer broader usage rights.
Music libraries offer different tiers of licenses depending on factors like media, duration of use, geographical territory etc. to provide flexibility to clients. Standard one-time licenses can cost anywhere between $50 to few hundreds of dollars depending on the library and usage rights required. Extended licenses allowing unlimited use can go up to thousands of dollars.
Behind the scenes of a music library
Stock Music libraries employ in-house composers andaudio engineers who work exclusively to produce original music tracks for the libraries. Composers are briefed on genres, moods and styles required and given creative freedom within those parameters.
Multiple tracks may be produced daily across genres to quickly build catalogues. Audio engineers meticulously record compositions using live instruments and sound design. Tracks then go through editing, mixing and mastering stages to achieve broadcast quality. Metadata experts tag tracks accurately for effective searching. Quality checks ensure tracks match technical specifications before being made available online.
It’s a continuous process as new catalogues need to be constantly updated to cater to evolving client needs and trends. Music supervisors constantly research latest popular genres and styles to brief composers. Libraries invest heavily in state-of-the-art recording studios and hiring talented musicians and audio professionals to produce high-quality content efficiently.
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