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Needle Drop is a method of music licensing that requires a producer to pay a fee each time they synchronize a tune with a TV show, film or commercial.
Also referred to as Laser Drop music following the introduction of CDs, the name’s origin comes from bygone days when a phonograph needle was dropped onto a record track.
Needle Drop music is generally available as a single track, is considered to be of a suitably high quality for TV, film or commercials and can cost anything from several hundred dollars to several million.
Charges for Needle Drop music are different for each track and are based on how a user expects to utilize it, in which territories the music will be aired and to which demographic the final content will be shown.
In many ways, Needle Drop licensing is more akin to renting than buying a piece of music.
Audio Network does not provide Needle Drop music.
With our music library, producers don’t own the music they use but they do purchase a license that allows them to synchronize the tune, sound effect or bed in any territory, on any platform, forever.
To find your perfect piece of production music, search the Audio Network library.
Please select your usage type for prices of tracks
Covers downloading for personal audio-only use and storage. This includes saving the file on your computer or mp3 player and listening to the track.
Covers music for synchronization use in a single non-commercial home/student film or other multi-media project. This includes productions created at home, within an education facility, community centre or religious establishment. You are permitted to distribute the finished audio-visual production to friends and family, festivals,
Covers music for synchronization use in a single corporate, charity or brand film, computer game, app or multimedia presentation. This covers distribution on websites (including third party content sites such as YouTube or Vimeo), DVD and live events.
Please contact us for details of campaign discounts or to speak to someone from your local office.
Covers music for synchronization use in a single TV, Radio and Film production. All rights in the sound recording and musical work are cleared for the world, for multi-platform distribution, in perpetuity. The above license clears the rights for one program or episode. Please contact us if you wish to use the track in multiple programs, or episodes.This usage type excludes Cinema, Radio and Television commercials, productions for Retail Sale or Cover Mount, Audio-only CDs and any Public Performance.
Covers music for synchronization use in a single Radio commercial. All rights in the sound recording and musical work are cleared for the world, for multi-platform distribution, in perpetuity.Different versions of commercials require separate licenses.
Covers music for synchronization use in a single TV or Cinema commercial. All rights in the sound recording and musical work are cleared for the world, for multi-platform distribution, in perpetuity.Different versions of commercials require separate licenses.
Unauthorized synchronization use, copying, hiring, lending, broadcast and public performance are strictly prohibited.
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