Music Supervisor (Multimedia Producer)

Music Forward Foundation

California (SAA)

Documents

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Work Process Schedule

Work Process Content

On the Job Training

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Skills

Selecting Music to Contribute to the Vision of Visual Media Project

Demonstrate ability to meet with the director and producers to discuss how music can contribute to the vision of their project.
Demonstrate ability to suggest different styles of music to capture the correct feel.
Demonstrate ability to “spot” the visual media by going through the rough cut and indicate needs for background music.
Demonstrate ability to work closely with the production’s composer to determine what scenes will need an original score, a unique theme song, or pre-existing music.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to choose existing music or secure artists to write new songs or cover old ones.
Demonstrate ability to possess a wide knowledge of music and music history to be able to suggest potential music to match a project’s time period and/or cultural backgrounds.

Determine technical requirements of productions or projects

Demonstrate ability to attend music screenings of current feature productions or media projects with the sole purpose of creating a music cue sheet.
Demonstrate ability to enter song data input into music rights management system for all score cues on a music cue sheet.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to execute use of the step-by-step processes for screenings and creation of cue sheets.

Collaborate with others to determine technical details of productions

Demonstrate a working understanding of how to serve as a point of contact on relevant Productions for all inquiries regarding music research, disputes, counterclaims, as well as questions from outside parties.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to a draft service memo to publishing administrator, defining rights obtained and pertinent agreement details.
Demonstrate ability to participate in and prepare for post-mortem meetings with all parties involved in music business affairs regarding the completion of specific Productions.

Licensing Music and Understanding Creative Rights

Demonstrate a working understanding of how to select, negotiate, and license music.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to navigate the maze of rights holders, intellectual-property laws, music licensing, and the public domain.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to keep within the production’s budget when negotiating music rights.
Demonstrate a working understanding of licensing and creative rights, including who gets royalties, who owns creative rights to particular songs, and which songs are in the public domain.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to negotiate with artists and record labels for song rights
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to listen to pitches from licensing companies and musicpublishing companies to accurately find the types of songs the companies want to use.

Assessing and Distributing Music Royalties

Demonstrate a working understanding of how to ensure royalties are distributed by creating an accurate “cue sheets”.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to maintain the cue sheets to ensure all artists are credited properly and receive royalties for any music used in the production.

Obtain copyrights or other legal permissions.

Demonstrate a working understanding of how to review composer agreements, songwriter agreements, and other music documents prepared by attorneys for various agreements.
Demonstrate a working understanding of how to prepare Assignments of Copyright (transfer of rights) by analyzing various agreements for relevant information

General Practices

Demonstrate a working awareness of music from all genres and periods.
Demonstrate a working understanding of general musicology and terminology (tempo, bpm, genre, et cetera).
Demonstrate a working understanding of leading industry companies and practices.
Demonstrate a working understanding of general customer service skills.
Demonstrate ability to work with different types of people (creatives, customers, executives, finance, et cetera)
Demonstrate ability to utilize excellent communication skills, written skills, and email etiquette
Demonstrate a working awareness of music from all genres and periods
Demonstrate a working understanding of general musicology and terminology (tempo, bpm, genre, et cetera)
Demonstrate a working understanding of leading industry companies and practices.
Demonstrate a working understanding of general customer service skills.
Demonstrate ability to work with different types of people (creatives, customers, executives, finance, et cetera).
Demonstrate ability to utilize excellent communication skills, written skills, and email etiquette.
Demonstrate a working proficiency in Microsoft office.
Demonstrate ability to utilize excellent time management and organizational skills with an extreme attention to detail.

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