No. It is better to be good at a few genres and to become a known composer for those genres than to try to do things you’re not too good at. It is great if you can cover multiple genres, but ultimately, we will always choose authenticity.

Nobody knows what will sell in the world of library music. It’s all about having the right track heard by the right person at the right time.

No. We can set you up with a producer. It is more important that you know how to communicate an idea and communicate musically.

You should aim for at least 1:30 to 3:00 minutes for the main composition, with separate ‘cut-downs’ (also known as ‘edits’) highlighting the most dynamic parts. These cut-downs are usually 15 and 30 seconds in length. There are more, which you can find on our ‘Edits’ page.

This depends mainly on the style of the music and the brief. We prefer to have songs with vocals due to the market’s direction. If your song does have vocals, you should bounce an instrumental version of the song, too. The vocals may not suit a particular scene, but the music might. A lyric sheet should always be submitted with the song. You should also specify whether the lyrics are explicit or not. Our clients can then check which songs have a certain lyrical theme.

If you need vocals or lyrics for your song, we can hook you up with professional vocalists and lyricists.

You should always submit original work unless a brief specifies otherwise.

You should never use a sample (a part of a recording from another song) or copy a melody from another song (plagiarism), even if you re-play it yourself. Both practices are copyright infringement and can result in court action. You can use sounds from certain sample libraries, but only if their terms & conditions allow you to submit them as part of your work for use as library/production music.

Stems are bounces of the groups of instruments that make up the whole mix, i.e. drums, bass, guitar, strings, synth, lead vocal, backing vocals, etc.
Stems give editors who choose the music more options when it comes to syncing to video. They may want a section without drums or adjust levels, for example.

Submissions must not be with another library, signed to a record label
or publisher, released through a sales, download or streaming website
or be listed with an ad revenue company. Please contact us first if you need help determining whether to send a particular track.