Mushroom Music is Australia's largest independent Music Publisher. We have a vast Australasian and International Catalogue. We are more than happy to license music to advertising, film, television, video and premium CD's projects.
Please feel free to contact us if you are looking for specific ideas for projects that you are working on. We welcome requests for song pitches based on the specific requirements of your project. Alternatively if you have a specific request in mind you can send us your license request.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. What are the most common licenses that Mushroom Music Issues? Synchronization Licenses - which as the name suggests, allows you to synchronise a publishing copyright to other audio/Visual material. Usually in relation to the following media:
Film
Television
Video
Advertising
Sell Through Video
Corporate Video
Internet
Premium CD's - Giveaway CD's Lyric Reprints - for use in books, website etc.
2. What permissions do I require to use a song in my project?
There are two copyrights that need to be cleared in order to license an original song for use - the publishing copyright and the master recording copyright:
Publishing - for the use of the musical work, the lyrics and music written by the song's composer. The composer's publisher usually controls rights to the song.
Master Recording - the actual recorded performance of a song, whose main exploitation usually appears on a commercially released CD. The recording artist's record company usually controls rights.
3. How do I find who holds the Publishing and Master Recording Copyrights?
If you wish to find out who hold the relevant copyrights to a song, you can contact the Research Department at AMCOS.
http://www.amcos.com.au
You will need to fill out an AMCOS Research form, which can be found at:
http://www.apra.com.au/license/MlaPdfs/RecResearch.pdf
If you are looking for the composers names or the performers of a particular song, you can do a search at the APRA website:
http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworks.stm
4. What if I wish to do a re-record for our production?
You will only require a Publishing license for the use.
5. How much will a license cost?
There are a number of factors we need to consider when formalising a quote for you. The best way for us to formalise a ballpark quote for you is if you fill in the ‘Licence Request Forms’ that you will find on the Television, Film or Advertising & Corporate licensing pages of our web site.
Keep in mind that we use the following parameters when formulating a ballpark quote, and that any use is subject to final approval by the composer on all fees, context and details:
- ‘The Song’
- What sort of project you wish to use it in (Film? TV? Advertising? Corporate Video? Short Film? Giveaway CD?)
- How long you require the license for.
- Which different mediums you require your license to cover (TV, Film, Video, DVD, Radio, Premium CD, Corporate Video etc)
- The popularity of the song you are requesting.
- Which Territories you wish to licence for your project (Aust/NZ/Worldwide)
- How much of the song you wish to use and how you wish to use it.
- Whether you wish to change the lyrics in some form or if you wish to re-record the song.
