Indies…Come & Get It!
Are you an Independent Artist or Label seeking placement of your music into Film, TV, Commercials and Games? 
PressPlay Media is currently have songs being represented for Placement into two feature films, a mobile phone commercial, a promotional CD, web sites, fashion TV show and another commercial. In 2010 they will have representation in the USA to license our Australian music.
What about earning on-going royalties from your music to be copied onto the music systems playing in the Hospitality & Retail Industries?
PressPlay Medis supplies our music to Australia’s largest Background Music Providers. Their clients include thousands of Retail Chains, Gyms, Cafes, Restaurants, Clubs, Pubs, Hotels etc Australia and WorldWide.
Pressplay Media provide a music licensing service on behalf of our Artists including: Sync/Placement into Film, Television, Commercials & Games AND Reproduction of their music into Hospitality and Retail.
Wendy Small of Pressplay Media; “In 2009 an opportunity came our way which has opened the door for our Independent Artists giving them the chance of exposure and on-going royalties. In 2010 a roll out of our music will commence into the Retail and Hospitality Industries”
“Pressplay Media is not a Publisher. We do not “Re-Title” music. We do not ask our Artists to “License Back” their music to APRA. Our Artists retain 100% of their rights and ownership. We encourage our Artists to be members of APRA and AMCOS so they may collect 100% of their Public Performance and Broadcast royalties”.
So what about this OPPORTUNITY for Artists?
When clubs, restaurants and hotels want to play background music, they have to pay a license fee to the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), which represents major music labels and recording artists and The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), who represent the Composers and Writers.
From December 1, the PPCA increased the tariff required every year by all clubs, hotels, restaurants and cafes wanting to play background music. The scheme will have increased some license fees from around $500 to almost $36,000.
Businesses have decided to turn off tunes licensed by the record companies and play the music of artists that are not signed to major labels.
One of the larger businesses making this decision: Clubs Australia have announced a scheme to play and promote music by independent artists, instead of those registered with the PPCA, in a bid to avoid the higher fees. A new scheme to play and promote independent artists may spell the end to mainstream Australian music at clubs and restaurants.
Clubs Australia set up a program to source and distribute the music of artists not signed to major record labels and who are consequently exempt from the restaurant tariff. This program includes the use of music by Artists signed to Pressplay Media that are provided on the Venue Music Solutions CDs and Music Systems.
Please either go to the Pressplay Media web site (www.pressplay.com.au) or this link for more information http://www.clubsnsw.com.au/Content/NavigationMenu/PolicyIssues/ClubMusic/default.htm
This will mean the Artists receive royalties paid quarterly plus APRA performance fees AND through Pressplay Media and Venue Music Solutions there will be an opportunity to perform live across these Clubs!
The music provided by Pressplay Media does not always have to end up in a PPCA Free playlist. Pressplay Artists also have the opportunity to have their music playing along side Top 40 music in commercial venues.
Join Pressplay Media and make money from your music with a Sync Fee and a Reproduction Fee. Keep 100% of your copyright and earn even more from your APRA Public Performance fees and AMCOS fees!
Sign on and submit your music for consideration!
