What is Licensing Port?

Licensing Port is the ultimate music resource that gives you access to over 400 of the worlds top music supervisors and music buyers around the world for TV, Film, advertising and computer games. It comes with DETAILED information on how the industry works and step by step guides on what you need to do to get your music placed by music supervisors and music buyers.

What music supervisors do you have listed in the Licensing Port database?

We have music supervisors that have worked on the top TV, Film, advertising and computer games projects around the world, from London to LA, Detroit to Australia and many more. The supervisors listed and music buyers have worked on projects ranging from ‘The Fast and the Furious’, ‘The Twilight Saga’, ‘DJ Hero’, ‘MTV’, ‘EA Sports’, ’Nike’ and hundreds more.

How often is the directory updated?

The directory is at the beginning of January, April, July, and October each year.

How is Licensing Port different to other resources?

Licensing Port was created as a one stop shop or ‘Port’ for record labels, artists, and composers & songwriters that want to exploit the growing area of music revenue today. You could waste hours browsing the internet and paying hundreds of dollars to get all the resources you need or you could just use Licensing Port.

The database contains full and direct contact information to music supervisors, as well as a summary on the type of music and projects they work with. It features complete mailing addresses, phone, and email information. Many of the contacts also contain a summary on the type of music and projects they work so you can quickly decide if they would be useful for your requirements.

Who else uses Licensing Port?

Many of customers are independent record labels, artists, and composers & songwriters form around the world that need to get into contact with music supervisors. They need access to the latest information on industry and need a database of music supervisors to place their music with.

Record Labels

As a record label you need to maximize your revenue for your artists. You can help promote the artist with cross promotion by getting music placed in a TV/Film project for your artists.

Artists

Its not as easy as it was to make a career out of just selling albums and playing gigs. There are new avenues to expose your music in the syncing industry. Getting your music placed in the right advertising campaign or film could be your break in the industry.

Composers & Songwriters

You might be making great music for recording artists, but you might not get it in front of a music supervisor for a placement opportunity unless you do it yourself. You can use Licensing Port to create relationships with music supervisors to utilize existing music or create new songs to fit for a specific project.

How do you use Licensing Port?

Best place to start is the Portal. This leads onto the 6 main sections of the site. If you are new to the TV/film synchronisation licensing industry you are going to want to start with ‘Sync licensing explained’ section and then move through each section. If you are savvy with how it all works and want to get stuck in we would suggest starting at preparing music as it will guide you through the easiest way to submit your music that supervisors prefer.

Does lifetime access to Licensing Port actually mean lifetime access?

Yes, lifetime access means you can have access to the website and database for life. It is not subscription based. Think of it like buying a book. Except that you don’t have to keep paying every year for that same book and it keeps updating itself for you.

Why do you use PayPal? How do I get a PayPal account?

PayPal is one of the most secure online payment systems and it is probably the most widely recognized online payment system in the world. Licensing Port uses the PayPal external billing service in order to ensure the security of your personal information. As a result, we have no access to your credit card number or to other sensitive information.

PayPal offers you the ability to have your purchases charged to your PayPal account, or to your credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). This also lets you make payments in your own currency (as converted by your credit card). Plus, you can feel confident knowing that the PayPal system incorporates additional security and dispute resolution services.

To become a PayPal user, register at their Web site (www.paypal.com), and use their service to store your personal and credit card information. This is a very safe and easy way to protect your personal identity, and it is a completely free service to you.

I lost my password, what do I do?

Go to the Login page and click on the ‘Request new Password’ tab, enter the email address you signed up with and we will email you a new password.

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Please email customer-care@licensingport.com with details of the error and what browser you are using.

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