If you're a filmmaker, producer or any creative/professional looking to incorporate music into your film & television, advertising or digital project, you'll need to understand the basics steps of how to secure the rights for the music you desire to use. From well known hit songs from major recording artists, to indie bands, to public domain, to original compositions and cover songs of historical and iconic music hits, you need to be armed with all the knowledge of clearing the rights to that music for your project to protect yourself legally and in order for it to play at festivals, screen theatrically, stream on the internet or be released on DVD/VOD. 

The memorable song you heard on the internet. You can't get it out of your head. You would so love to use it in your opening credits. Is it available to be used and licensed if you want to screen your film theatrically? What type of rights will you need to obtain if you plan on distributing your project globally? What about that jukebox song your editor temped into the background during one of your bar scenes - is that okay to use? And for how much will the licensing fee be for the rights you need? (You may just be surprised to the upside!) These are just some of the need to know details and nuances you need to know to be sure you can secure the music that can make or break your film, but also protect yourself legally.

• How many rights there are to a song?
• The steps it takes to uncover the mysterious music clearance process
• The difference between Festival and Theatrical music rights for film, television, DVD/VOD and advertising
• What types of rights there are
• The music planning steps for film, docs, television, advertising and streaming
• The difference between Film Festivals and Film Markets and what rights clearances are acceptable for each
• How the inner workings from music publisher to record label function through the music clearance process
• How several writers per one song must all be in agreement for a music clearance to be approved
• The difference between a Master Use and Synchronization Use license
• How to negotiate music fees and stay within your budget 
• Most filmmakers fall in love with a song they cannot afford...learn what to do next
• How to know if a song is public domain?
• How to consider using Royalty Free and library music as opposed to not being able to afford known song copyrights for your projects
• How and why filmmakers should retain a music supervisor – “the middle man” - early on in the production process of their project
• How and when to move forward with licensing your selected piece of music
• Time line to receive music licensing documents
• Q&A with Anna

• Producers of ALL experience levels looking to learn more about the music licensing and song copyright process
• Producers of ALL experience levels in post production learning how to carve out enough funding when there’s no budget left to cover the source music licensing fees needed for their project
• Filmmakers and Directors looking to produce their projects themselves
• Screenwriters who want to be involved via the script writing process as they decide on what music they weave into the story
• All creatives looking to learn the ropes of how music content and song copyrights are licensed for media across a number of platforms
• Music supervisors who want to learn new music licensing techniques