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Music Libraries for Web Radio

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Vanlen

I've searched through the usual places such as TM Music, uncompressedmusic etc and other that only supply libraries to licensed Broadcast terrestrial stations and not licensed web radio. Are there any services out there? I don't want to download from Itunes or the like but need a complete music library on CD or USB Hard disk like the above mentioned sites for terrestrial entities.

Any suggestions?
 
TM Studios will sell music to internet stations. I've been getting my music from them for years and I recently confirmed with them that it was not a problem.
 
I've been dealing with TM for music for my former web station as well as the one I manage for a school. Strictly cash, but you can either get it digital or CD format. I opted for CD delivery so if there's ever a better codec for audio automation it can be re-encoded from the best source available.
 
What's your average cost per CD/song with the TM libarary? I assume you can buy a given number of discs in a genre, and that they're not custom for your station? Do you owe a royalty for a given number of plays or listeners?

Does Bonneville sell their old Beautiful Music libraries?
 
Pricing is different between just buying a specific library verses buying the CDs. The GoldDisc library I purchased two years ago was about $2k and the CDs encompass many more songs than what is included in the specific library (keep in mind the library-only purchase in digital form was some-hundred dollars cheaper). I never did figure out a cost per cut either way or if I did I still opted to go with CDs. If you have particular questions regarding purchasing from them you're probably best to inquire with TM directly for current info.

Online royalties are handled separately from the purchase of music. DMCA requires royalties be paid according to their procedures - I haven't been webcasting for awhile so I don't know the current info. Of course there are some stream providers that have royalty payments included but they tend to be more costly.
 
I, too, bought my library from TM Century for my online station. The thing I like about it is that you get the single edits of the songs. For an older song library, that means you get the version that was played on the radio, not the CD version.

They have a web app that allows you to pick the songs you want, then you pay on a per song basis. You do not have to buy one of their standard libraries.

For royalty payments, check out http://streamlicensing.com/.
 
I see this as a related question.

I remember the term "mechanical license" from a few years back as automation was getting up to speed.

If it turns out I have a friend a state or two away who has collected/purchased a library that I like and I propose that I would pay him a fee to duplicate his hard-drive for me, do I owe the publishers or record companies some kind of special fee... maybe what was called a "mechanical license" back then.

If a portion of your library (broadcast or on-line) was obtained from a service like TM and a portion of your library was put together over the months and years one track addition at a time, does your agreement with TM (or other publisher/aggregator) prohibit you from making a copy for a dear, close friend... you know... like me?
 
Short answer: Yes. Something about your license agreement does prohibit you from making a copy of a commercial music library for a friend. Mechanical license fees are paid by your library provider to the label (or their agreement with them specifies that they have that right for promotional distribution). That right does not confer to you.

I did quite a bit of research on this recently. You need to approach commercial music the same way you'd approach retail music on the subject of duplication. Otherwise, you're free to go to record labels directly and ask for the right to share promotional copies. That would probably be a major hassle considering all the different labels you'd need that clearance from.

Wes
 
RDO said:
I, too, bought my library from TM Century for my online station. The thing I like about it is that you get the single edits of the songs. For an older song library, that means you get the version that was played on the radio, not the CD version.
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Not always the case. Many of the so-called single edits were re-created incorrectly, using either different version mixes or edits that are close, but not correct. I ended up either restoring many from vintage promo single pressings or re-creating them using the proper mix while using the vinyl as a template for the edit(s).
 
Regarding TM libraries... I seem to recall hearing that at one point, TM's engineering department went to KVIL in Dallas and asked to borrow the edit masters KVIL made of songs. KVIL was known at the time to edit out things like heavy electric guitar riffs, for fear that the sound was too harsh for their demo. Some of those edits made their way into TM's GoldDisc collection.

R
 
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