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	<title>LicenseQuote.com Blog</title>
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		<title>Most common kinds of music licensing buyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After doing some research, asking publishers and checking some stats, I was able to compile a list of the most common kinds of music licensing buyers. Some of are actual (specific) titles, while others are merely general descriptions representing broader categories. Identifying the most commons kinds of music licensing buyers In answering the question: &#8220;Who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/most-common-kinds-of-music-licensing-buyers/</link>
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		<title>Adding different track versions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This tutorial provides some examples and tips how to add different track versions of the same basic song to your catalog and store. This is a common way for production music libraries to offer various track mix versions for their clients to preview, select and license for their project needs. Currently the best way we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/adding-different-track-versions/</link>
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		<title>CalcMatrix rate card modules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we&#8217;ve created a series of standard and custom CalcMatrix rate card modules. As a registered publisher, you can download these to import, review, customize and test for your own LicenseQuote powered licensing management and sales (widget or store) usage. Download and usage The CalcMatrix files (in JSON text format) are zipped together for convenient [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/calcmatrix-rate-card-modules/</link>
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		<title>Getting started with music licensing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in publishing and licensing your music, follow the basic steps in this guide to start setting up and promoting your own music licensing store and keep 100% of all your licensing sales! 1. Register your songs First you should register your songs with your country’s copyright office (most now offer online [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/getting-started-with-music-licensing/</link>
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		<title>Music licensing marketing and promotion discussions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years our Music PAL (Publishing And Licensing) industry group has had many discussions about songwriters, composers, publishers and libraries marketing and promoting their music licensing sales. These discussions started in April 2008 when the group first launched. Since then we&#8217;ve grown to 10,940 members (to date) which includes music copyright owners and publishers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/music-licensing-marketing-and-promotion-discussions/</link>
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		<title>Type and Source filters on Find Music page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two new filters, Type and Source, have recently been added to the &#8220;Find Music&#8221; page for music supervisors, buyers and the public to use.  These new filters have now replaced the Catalogs/Brands filter for the following reasons: 1.  Many catalog and brand names sounded more like genres instead of strictly artist, composer, catalog, collection or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/type-and-source-filters-on-find-music-page/</link>
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		<title>Pricing matrix import feature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article describes the new pricing matrix import feature which makes it possible to import various licensing profiles into the Pricing Matrix Edit console in your publisher&#8217;s account. To find this new feature, go to the Sales &#62; Licensing Profiles admin page and then select any Licensing Profile you already have there. If you haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/pricing-matrix-import-feature/</link>
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		<title>Tags and metadata management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article gives music publishers and library owners an orientation for setting up and managing either standard or custom tags, and related metadata, for each of their tracks. At top of the Tracks/Songs admin page (in your LicenseQuote publisher account), click Configure (text link) to open the Catalog Configuration console. You&#8217;ll also find the Edit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/tags-and-metadata-management/</link>
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		<title>Type and Source metadata for catalog organization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article provides a list with descriptions about the new Type and Source metadata used for the publisher&#8217;s own stores and the LicenseQuote and some new (upcoming) global search filters to be used on the Find Music page. Use of these filters in your own licensing store is optional (go to Tracks/Songs &#62; Configure &#62; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/type-and-source-metadata-for-catalog-organization/</link>
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		<title>Keys to music licensing success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article highlights some of the most important keys to music publishing and licensing success. It also shows how LicenseQuote helps music creators, publishers and libraries get the most from their music publishing, or subpublishing, and licensing success. First, some important criteria which are the full responsiblity of each publisher and library owner. Music composition, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/keys-to-music-publishing-success/</link>
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		<title>LicenseQuote activity report Nov 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This report is of interest to our publishing clients and any interested music supervisors and licensing buyers. We&#8217;ll provide an overview of the current LicenseQuote site activity, trends and provide some related commentary. Primary content providers Number of active publishers &#8211; 97 (includes library owners) Accounts with storage plans &#8211; 57% (LQ integrated storage) Accounts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/licensequote-activity-report-oct-2011/</link>
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		<title>New features and updates – Oct 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month, October 2011, several new features and options were developed and updated to the LicenseQuote site for all our publishing clients to discover and use. This article highlights several of the most important and frequently requested new features. Custom metadata fields On the Tracks/Songs admin page, you can now add and manage up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/new-features-and-updates/</link>
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		<title>The LicenseQuote business model</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LicenseQuote business model started and evolved from a focus on the ability for music publishers and their clients to easily calculate licensing costs and negotiate various licensing deals. This article explores some of the history and current trends that have shaped our music licensing solutions business model and service platform. Free calculator widget launched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/the-licensequote-business-model/</link>
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		<title>Promoting and growing your music catalog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally we get questions from our newer publishing clients how to best manage their music catalog growth, marketing and sales promotion.  If you are a publisher with an interest in promoting and growing your music catalog and licensing store, this article will give you an outline of tips and suggestions to help you get started, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/promoting-and-growing-your-music-catalog/</link>
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		<title>LicenseQuote activity report – August 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This report is of interest to our publishing clients and any/all interested music supervisors and licensing buyers. We&#8217;ll provide an overview of the current LicenseQuote site statistics, trends and provide some related commentary. Primary content providers Number of active publishers &#8211; 95 (includes library owners) Number of accounts with Monthly plan &#8211; 25 Number of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/licensequote-activity-report-august-2011/</link>
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		<title>How experienced music creators can increase their sales revenues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are an experienced music creator (songwriter, composer, producer, etc.) with a successful music licensing sales history from other music library services, this article will explain why and how you can increase your music licensing sales revenues and future income profits. Experienced music creators (see our Gallery) are using LicenseQuote to increase their existing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/08/how-experienced-music-creators-can-increase-their-sales-revenues/</link>
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		<title>New plans, pricing and updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week LicenseQuote released several new and updates which effects (mostly) our LicenseQuote publishing and library clients. Please review the items below for an overview plus an important reminder about completing the song/tracks Descriptions field. New plans and pricing There are several new standard plans starting with LQ 75 and ranging from LQ 2000 up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/08/new-plans-pricing-and-updates/</link>
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		<title>Interview with a music supervisor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article features some excellent advice for music creators from professional music supervisor Wendy Levy about placing music in television, which can also be applied to film and other media. This expert testimony Q &#38; A interview article was published on the Berklee College of Music site under the title: Advice from a pro about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/08/interview-with-a-music-supervisor/</link>
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		<title>Music Publishing And Licensing group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article gives an introduction to the Music Publishing And Licensing group, it&#8217;s purpose and a survey of some of the Discussion topics among our professional members. LicenseQuote founded and manages the Music Publishing And Licensing group on LinkedIN with the following general description: Music PAL is a professional group for music publishers, music supervisors, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/music-publishing-and-licensing-group/</link>
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		<title>Dick Dale music business advice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This LicenseQuote article includes a YouTube video and transcript of an interview (by Tommy Liberto) with the legendary king of surf guitar about the music publishing and commercial licensing business. The basic principals of Dick Dale&#8217;s advice can be applied to most music composers, singer-songwriters, bands and record producers, etc. There&#8217;s lots to learn in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/dick-dale-music-business-advice/</link>
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		<title>Find Publishers feature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Find Publishers search page makes it easy for music supervisors and licensing buyers coming to LicenseQuote to find your publisher listing to learn more about your music publishing and licensing business. The new features and updates described below will help you get familiar with these powerful new search engine tools that help promote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/find-publishers-feature/</link>
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		<title>Sold licenses: typical license types, terms and pricing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article lets you explore a sampling of typical music licensing deals which have been transacted via the LicenseQuote global stores used by our member publishers, library owners and their clients. For each transaction we list the license type, selected usage terms and sold license price.  For convenience the sampling of typical sold licenses (listed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/sold-licenses-typical-license-types-terms-and-pricing/</link>
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		<title>Additional FAQs about LicenseQuote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We frequently get new and different kinds of questions from music industry people, publishers and libraries about how our LicenseQuote subscription service works and how it will benefit them. This article provides a list of typical questions, some which have not been covered yet, or completely, on our FAQ page. If we get more we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/additional-faqs-about-licensequote/</link>
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		<title>Evil vs Good new music industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article explores some of the bad, questionable and evil practices and elements of the music industry. As an active long-standing member since 2002 of the Just Plain Folks music organization, I and many JPF members have seen nearly every kind of music industry sharks and scams imaginable surface for &#8220;discussion&#8221; (i.e. blatant self-promotion and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/evil-vs-good-music-business/</link>
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		<title>Sound effects can promote your production music library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LicenseQuote has found that publishers offering free sound effects could effectively increase both their website traffic and music licensing sales. For music licensing clients that will need a variety of production music tracks, it can increase SEO value as well as customer relations and service value. By using popular music industry keywords on your website, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/sound-effects-can-promote-your-production-music-library/</link>
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		<title>Starting your own successful music licensing store</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year we&#8217;ve been getting an increasing number of inquiries from various music industry people who&#8217;d  like to start an online music licensing store to help musicians (artists, bands, composers, songwriters,  etc.) license their music. Often they are songwriters who already have a small catalog, but would like to grow it more rapidly, and sometimes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/starting-your-own-music-licensing-store/</link>
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		<title>Welcome music licensing buyers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for visiting LicenseQuote! Recently we launched our global stores search feature so you can easily find music for your advertising, audio production and any other media projects. Get instant quotes, place bids, request pricing, negotiate custom deals and license directly from a growing network of hundreds of music publishers, brands and catalogs. LicenseQuote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/welcome-music-licensing-buyers/</link>
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		<title>Find music – search features and tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LicenseQuote now has a Find Music page which offers a variety of powerful, dynamic music search features. This article provides an introduction with helpful tips for our music publishing clients and their existing (and potential new) music licensing clients coming to LicenseQuote to find and source music to license for their various commercial projects. Introduction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/find-music-search-features-tips/</link>
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		<title>Find music by genres</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to find music from LicenseQuote powered stores. You can search by brands, (e.g. artist/composer names) catalogs, genres, subgenres, tags and various track description keywords which includes the song/track title and any portions of the file names. Of course one of the easiest and most popular ways to find music to preview [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/find-music-by-genres/</link>
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		<title>LicenseQuote serves and supports a large variety of music publishers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LicenseQuote serves and supports a large variety of music publishers, each having their own unique business model, catalog specialty and related marketing objectives. This article surveys the most common kinds of  music publishing activites and specialties of music publishing and licensing. Music Publisher definition and background If you are new to the music publishing or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/music-publisher-types-and-specialties/</link>
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		<title>TV Advertising – License music for television advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article introduces the most common uses relating to the TV Advertising (License music for television)  License, one of the many LicenseQuote standard music license types. Television advertising background and uses Advertising revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately owned television networks. The vast majority of television advertisements today consist of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/tv-advertising-license-music-for-television-advertising/</link>
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		<title>Royalty Free Music – definition and common usage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some, but not all, music libraries use the term Royalty Free or Royalty-Free to describe the kind of licensing terms they offer with their stock music services. Though the term is broadly used and exact usage varies from one music library to the next, we&#8217;ll explore the background of this term and how its definition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/royalty-free-music-definition-and-common-usage/</link>
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		<title>Can’t argue with real music success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last month we&#8217;ve had some lively discussions on our Music PAL (Publishing And Licensing) group on a thread for Positive Solutions to Marketing, Selling Music &#38; Copyright in the Digital Age.  To date we&#8217;ve had over 70 comments centering around our industry observations, challenges and suggestions for moving ahead with positive ideas and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/cant-argue-with-real-music-success/</link>
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		<title>Film Sync License – License music for a movie production</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article introduces the most common uses relating to the Film Sync License, one of the popular LicenseQuote standard license types. Film sync license basics Basic title: Film Sync License or just Film Sync. Short description: License music for a movie production. Usage detail: This license is for any video or film project which will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/film-sync-license-license-music-for-a-movie-production/</link>
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		<title>Search tips to find and play music previews for your projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Searching and finding the right stock music (songs, tracks, cues, etc.) for upcoming projects is mission critical, especially for busy advertising creatives, music supervisors and licensing buyers who need to find and play music preview files to quickly narrow down their music production options. This article provides guidelines, examples and tips for using the music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/search-tips-to-find-and-play-music-previews-for-your-projects/</link>
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		<title>Valuation of music licensing catalogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last several years LicenseQuote has been researching and analyzing some interesting statistics about the estimated valuations of differant kinds of publisher&#8217;s music collections ranging from small boutique catalogs and labels to large libraries. Though the valuations can appear to run all over the board for any given catalog or sales period, with enough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/valuation-of-music-licensing-catalogs/</link>
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		<title>Licensing recordings of famous hits and popular standards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Licensing recordings of famous songs and popular hits is very common and frequently done in today&#8217;s music and related arts, media and advertising industry.  There are several approaches to this side of the publishing and licensing business which we&#8217;ll survey in this article. Introduction to cover songs First, to get a reference point on licensing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/licensing-master-recordings-of-famous-hits-and-popular-standards/</link>
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		<title>Delivery of watermarked master files</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned in the first article on this series about watermarked music files, Activated Content, one of the inaudible, undetectable and indelible watermarking services (recommended by LicenseQuote) provides an online marking and delivery service called RubyDS.  This makes it possible for copyright owners (i.e. publishers) to deliver unique transaction-registered master files to their end-user licensing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/delivery-of-watermarked-master-files/</link>
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		<title>When music buyers come to LicenseQuote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We aren&#8217;t a bit surprised why music supervisors, ad agencies and various licensing buyers come to LicenseQuote to check out our site and publishers. Besides our name &#8211; designed to prompt potential licensing buyers to inquire with our publishers about pricing for their projects, it&#8217;s also the service element that most of our members (i.e. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/when-music-buyers-come-to-licensequote/</link>
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		<title>What people are saying about LicenseQuote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a sampling of the feedback we&#8217;ve been getting from our LicenseQuote publishing clients and some of their music industry friends. These quotes and feedback are unsolicited and are sent to us by email or from our online feedback form. Thanks for everything you are doing! Thank you so much for everything and the great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.licensequote.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/what-people-are-saying-about-licensequote/</link>
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