Just joined this forum, so hello, everyone!
I'm hoping someone here could share some of their experiences with music libraries.
Currently, I get hired by producers to write lyrics and toplines to their songs, through a split or work-for-hire, both of which are pretty straightforward contracts.
I now have a lot of leftover songs, so I've decided to explore production music libraries, hoping to get some synchs.
I've only been checking out the non-exclusive libraries, and I've read over some contracts, which are definitely not as simple as a work-for-hire or split.
I'm not an attorney, but what I read is not the most thrilling. Particularly, I'm turned off by the three-year duration and the clauses granting them rights to change the composition itself, including titles and the music itself. I know there are legitimate reasons for this, but overall, music libraries are foreign worlds to me.
I also don't personally know anyone who's done it SUCCESSFULLY; the people I know submitted music to libraries and never heard from them again. Have any of you ever dealt with them? Any issues with their contracts? If there was a problem, was it resolved at all?
I've seen a lot of online articles about this, but it's always better to hear from people who have actually gone THROUGH it.
Thanks for reading,
Jay