9/1/2009 9:44:51 PM
Thanks for offering such a great service. The Bird Rocks!
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9/2/2009 1:01:12 AM
Allan, YOU ROCK! Thanks for your support.
And you are our first official post. NICE!
I'm sure that deserves a t-shirt...or a sticker...or lollipop.
:) Ha!
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9/5/2009 10:00:07 AM
Question:
Is there a way to download a demo version of a song to place in your production (ie: video) to allow the client to review it against the content in the movie, before committing to purchasing the song?
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9/5/2009 10:24:25 AM
Not at the moment. We have talked about doing this, but we would need to put an audio "watermark" over the tune to protect it from being used with out the license.
In the very near future, we are going to put a "volume nob" on our media player so that you can turn the volume of the song up higher or lower. Then, as it is playing in the background you can switch over to your editing software (Final Cut Pro) and play your sequence or section of your show while the music is playing off of Tune Society.
I know that this is not ideal. But it's going to take some effort to get our tracks to the "audio watermark" stage.
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10/13/2009 1:31:25 PM
There is a service called iStockAudio, they have a voice-print saying "i stock audio" randomly every few seconds over the song for previews. This could be a solution?
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10/13/2009 1:31:37 PM
There is a service called iStockAudio, they have a voice-print saying "i stock audio" randomly every few seconds over the song for previews. This could be a solution?
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10/14/2009 3:08:51 PM
Yes Chris. It's definitely a possibility for the future. We are aware of iStockAudio. I believe that it's part of iStockPhoto.com.
Currently all of the tunes that are uploaded are automatically "compressed" at the exact same time in the background for the preview / listening versions. We do this for 2 reasons. 1- To keep the file size small for playback. 2 - To lessen the quality so that people won't "steal" it and use it in their media.
We need to look into what it would take to add an audio "watermark" at the same time a song is being uploaded. This is a little more complicated on the coding side of things.
Another technical issue we would need to look into is the "format" of the audio file. We are not currently allowed to "compress" audio files into MP3 files on our site. If we did this we would be subject to an annual fee by MPEG. So, we have resorted to FLASH files that people can listen to on our site.
A FLASH file would not be great for people to download though and use as "rough" cuts in their media.
Sooooo...we need to do some thinking and re-coding to change these issue.
Thanks for the thoughts bro.
Stephen
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3/4/2010 6:38:44 AM
Really great site and very friendly, responsive crew.
Love it!
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10/21/2011 10:21:03 AM
Is there a way to prevent someone from using purchased music for more than one project? Lets say they bought a song for an idustrial video presentation and then decided to use it for a commercial spot.
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10/23/2011 8:55:26 AM
RCSMG,
Hey, this is Stephen Vidano, co-founder of Tune Society.
Actually, the whole point of our site is that people CAN use artist's tunes over and over again...on any project they want.
I understand this is a "deal breaker" for a lot of artists. But i really feel strongly that the model for "media" distribution (as a whole) is changing. We have no desire to be "unfair" to the artist. But, at the same time, the "value" of music is changing. Its everyehere. That doesn't mean its all "great stuff". We understand that. But the playing field is leveling. And in my opinion that is a good thing.
With the proliferation of software / computers / instrument libraries, and the ability for most musicians to compose and record right from their home, the sheer AMOUNT of music that is available these days is unbelievable. Many artists are very excited to get paid a "fair" amount for their tune to be used...even if it is in a "royalty free" model...over and over again.
So, all that to say that we understand not all artists will agree with our model and want to license their music through Tune Society. But many do want to...and will.
Our model was created to allow the best music to rise to the top. We understand that not all music is equal. That's why we have a natural "three tiered" pricing system that naturally lets the best music rise to the top pricing structure based upon the amount of licenses / downloads a song has.
Please let me kow if you have any other questions. We are always open to knew ideas and implementing different features.
Thanks!
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