In Production: Music to documentary “Shadow of the Condor”
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It has been a good start, the first week of initial drafts to Shadow of the Condor – a documentary film on the recovery of the California Condor.
For starters it has been all about getting into the story, to go through the scenes getting a grip on the general tone and feel. It already features a bunch of my songs from the library, but some scenes calls for new edits and custom work.
Watching the clips on the magnificent Condors in flight, I got very inspired and first out came an idea to the song “Natural View” based on mandolin, zither, acoustic guitar, bass and electric guitar swells.
Music Search
Below you can search and preview music within specific moods or genres. Mp3-previews are in the html5-format currently supported by Chrome, Safari, iPad; iPhone, Mercury.
Genre
acoustic, action, alt rock, chill, children, commercial cuts, corporate, drama, drones, electronica, experimental, featured tracks, funk, fx, minimalist, new age, orchestral, rock, romantic, scary, sports, spy, suspense, top 20, urban, world
Mood
action, active, adventure, attitude, beautiful, busy, calm, chaotic, chase, cheerful, colorful, concerned, cool, crazy, cute, dark, determined, dreamy, driving, eerie, emotional, energetic, evocative, excitement, family, fantasy, foreboding, friendly, fun, happy, hopeful, innocent, issues, joyful, jumpy, light, love, meditative, melancholic, motivated, mystic, nightmare, optimistic, polyrythmic, peaceful, pensive, playful, positive, pulses, quirky, reflective, relaxed, romantic,
sad, serious, soft, space, stylish, strange, subtle, successful, suspense, tense, thoughtful, thriller, travel, up, upbeat, upbuilding, uplifting, urgent, vacation, vocals, warm, whimsical
Tempo
slow, medium, medium up, fast
Instruments
bass, cello, cither, drums, flute, guitar, harp, mallets, marimba, piano, pizzicato strings, strings, synth
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New album “Above the Clouds”
Enjoy my new album “Above the Clouds” on iTunes, feat 12 subtle and reflective instrumentals. This time focus has been on doing light arrangements with piano, harp and guitar, to make space for the listeners thoughts, ideas and dreams. Travel by ear!
New music tag search, direct downloads and html5 previews
The music catalogue has been re-tagged and recoded:
- Now you can search for a combo of multiple tags at once! Visit the music tag search page to learn more.
- Logged in clients can download high-res mp3 and wav files directly. Login at the music server and then return to the music catalogue and voila downloads available at lightning speed!
- All audio previews has been recoded as html5 embedded mp3 audio in the catalogue, meaning you can preview clips on your iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices as well! Most internet browsers are also supported (currently not Firefox & Opera). This is also a way of adjusting to new future releases on the tablet market. Music server high-res previews will remain flash based. The old flash players are still available at http://niklasaman.com/music/download-demos/.
Competitions & Filmfestivals special offer
A new music license option is available for filmmakers doing contributions to competitions and festivals. Get a music license for 10% of eventual prize money. Risk free and no additional fees if you don’t win, ie if you want to use it as a personal reel/demo on Vimeo, YouTube, etc. If you prefer you can of course license it at standard rates instead of sharing the prize.
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Updated music catalogue
Filmmakers, enjoy the new music library at http://brusbox.se/login. Sign up if you don’t have an account.
FAQ
The Service
Brusbox a offers an easy, user friendly and fast 24/7 high end music catalogue pre-cleared for film and broadcast. Music licenses are based on seconds of use from music reports, similar to needledrop but without any project timeframes or annual renewals. There’s also a blanket option, The Gold License, which gives you unlimited use and no need to do music reports. You’re of course welcome to request a more tailored model that meets your specific needs, contact Brusbox to learn more.
License rates
Rates below are in USD per second and are set upon how many est viewers (M=millions) your project will have.
Film & Broadcast: 0-10M views $1/s, 10-50M views $3/s, 50-100M views $5/s. Above 100M views Request a Quote.
Corporate & Internet: 0-1M views $1/s, 1-10M views $3/s, 10-50M views $10/s, 50-100M views $20/s. Above 100M views Request a Quote.
Promos & Commercials for broadcast or movie theaters: 0-10M views $10/s, 10-50M views $30/s, 50-100M views $50/s. Above 100M views Request a Quote.
The Goldlicense, unlimited use, no reports: $5900/year.
Personal and non-profit use: $0.10/s.
Invoices and payments can be made with most major currencies according to the current exchange rates at xe.com in relation to USD. No VAT on international orders outside EU or customers with an EU-VAT number.
How does it work – instructions?
Download the tracks you are interested in. Upon usage, choose between using the License Shop, or fill in the easy online music report, or simply send an email. Using music report or email as method, you will then be invoiced and payments are made through IBAN or PayPal. Finally a proof of license will be sent to you.
The Payment Process at the License Shop:
1. Write the song name or licensed to in the box.
2. Click “Add To Cart”.
3. Change “Quantity” in the shopping cart to the number of seconds used (for music licenses only).
4. If you’ve used multiple songs simply repeat the 1-3 process.
5. Check the “I agree..terms” button.
6. Press the yellow button “Check out with PayPal”.
7. Log in to PayPal to purchase, or use your credit-card by clicking Continue to the left of the log in frame in the section “Don’t Have a PayPal account?”.
8. Press the yellow button “Return to Merchant”. You will now be forwarded back to the Thank You page. Additionally you will also get a mail with download links (if tracks has been ordered) and a PayPal receipt.
9. Fill in project details and or download the files (if you’re a customer outside the full access system a high res track will be sent to you within 24h) .
10. A proof of license will be sent to you within 24h.
The Payment Process at the Express License page:
Use the PayPal forms below, available in the currencies USD, EUR, GBP and SEK.
1. Choose “Type of license”.
2. Fill in “Licensed to” and “Project details.
3. Press “Add to Cart”. You will be redirected to PayPal.
4. At PayPal page, fill in the amount of seconds used in your project.
5. Checkout or simply repeat process if you want to add more..
6. If you’re a customer outside the full access system a high res track will be sent to you within 24h.
10. A proof of license will be sent to you within 24h.
PRO (STIM)
On broadcast and theatrical releases, please provide the airing station/producer with proper cue sheets, ie Tracknames, Composer: Niklas Aman (STIM), Publisher: Brusbox Music (STIM).
VAT
BrusboxBrusbox is based in Sweden. There is no VAT on international orders or EU customers with a valid EU-VAT number. On orders from Swedish and non EU-VAT# customers 6% VAT will be added.
Use multiple tracks!
Licenses are based on seconds of use only, meaning you can take full advantage of using multiple songs, the price will be the same no matter how many songs you use in the same project.
Is there any hidden charges like annual renewals?
No. It’s a one time fee only per project/production without end user time limit, ie no annual renewals!
Do I have to pay extra when using the same music in different films or versions within the same project?
No, but it depends on the project. Generally speaking the license is based on amount of viewers so you don’t have to pay extra as long as it is within one coherent project. There are some limits though. A unique project can’t last more than 2 years and gaps between working on/off no longer than 3 months. Still there’s a workaround – a “rate x 3″ one-time fee option to cover all future sub-projects to the same end user client. Also if you use longer parts of music in the future to the same client, the difference only from first order will be invoiced. To use this option to its fullest extent will give you an opportunity to “buy out” some tracks to be used as a trademark or part of the brand for the end user client.
Wishlist
If you feel any type of music or genre is missing, please feel free to send a request and I’ll add it to my todo list, trying to come up with something interesting within reasonable time.
Format
Logged in clients can choose between 48 kHz/24 bit or 320kbps mp3 files. Demos and dowloads available for all are in low-res 64kbps mp3 format, the “low-res” is especially notable on acoustic tracks. Contact Niklas Aman if you need other formats.
I’m a music catalogue client, can I change my password?
Yes, go to the settings menu and change it to what suits you best.
Terms of use
For you only
The Full Access library is offered in confidence. The music is intended for visual media and visual productions like broadcast, film, games and multimedia.
License type
The standard license gives client upon payment the non-exclusive right to use master recordings and synchronization rights to visual media, such as film, videos, broadcast, webpages, photos, slideshows, software, apps to iPhone, iPad or Android devices, multimedia, showcases, art and events. Included is also the duplication right to make copies of your work, on dvds for example. If not stated differently, all licenses are per project based, limited to estimated viewers but without any end date.
The license doesn’t include rights to public performances, for instance a broadcast or a theatrical release. This is handled by each country’s PRO (performance rights organization), i.e. BMI, ASCAP, PRS, STIM, SOCAN, GEMA, etc. This usually isn’t a problem though since most broadcasters usually have blanket deals or similar with their PRO.
Definition of limits to a project
A unique project can’t last more than 2 years and gaps between working on/off no longer than 3 months. Still there’s a workaround – a “rate x 3″ one-time fee option to cover all future sub-projects to the same end user client. Also if you use longer parts of music in the future to the same client, the difference only from first order will be invoiced. To use this option to its fullest extent will give you an opportunity to “buy out” some tracks to be used as a trademark or part of the brand for you or the end user client.
Workflow and usage
Download the tracks you are interested in. Upon usage, fill in the online music report or send an email. You will then be invoiced and payments are made through IBAN or PayPal. If you prefer you can use the express license. Invoices and payments can be made in USD, EUR, GBP or SEK.
PRO (STIM)
On broadcast and theatrical releases, please provide the airing station/producer with proper cue sheets, ie Tracknames, Composer: Niklas Aman (STIM), Publisher: Brusbox Music (STIM).
Non allowed use
Your productions must not violate human rights or be harmful to others in any way. You may not use my tracks in any pornographic material or extreme political/religious propaganda. You may not use the music or parts of the music in other music productions.
You may not sell, give away, lend, lease, copy, publish on network or distribute the music to other parties in any form apart from being naturally included when licensed to your film or visual media.
Brusbox in English
Brusbox.se will from now on be in english instead…
Full Access prislista 2011
Här är Brusbox full access prislista för musiklicenser från Niklas Åman’s musikkatalog 2011. 6% moms tillkommer på samtliga belopp.
Standard: 7kr/s – för användning i film, dokumentärer, broadcast och radio. Gäller också för företagsfilm/internet med mindre än 1 miljon besökare.
Reklam & Promos: 70kr/s – alla typer av broadcast och bio reklam samt promos. Gäller också för företagsfilm/internet med fler än 1 miljon besökare.