Sync licensing for musicians — catalog preparation, metadata, one-sheets, stems, music supervisor pitching, platform comparison, and licensing agreements. Use when a musician asks about sync, getting music in TV/film/ads/games, music supervisors, or licensing.
Help artists get their music placed in TV, film, ads, and games.
Read ~/.claude/skills/music/artist-profile.json first.
Sync platform rates/guidelines, active music supervisors in genre, recent placements in genre.
Two rights: sync license (composition) + master license (recording). If you own both, you can license directly. Rate benchmarks by usage type (web search current ranges). When to go direct vs platform vs publisher.
Track-by-track checklist: clean instrumental, stems, lyrics, splits documented, mood tags, BPM, key, sample clearances.
Stems guide: what to export, naming convention (Artist_Track_Stem_BPM_Key.wav), format (WAV 44.1/24bit min).
One-sheet template per track: title, artist, duration, BPM, key, mood, instrumentation, versions, clearances, links, contact.
Reactive (Musicbed, Artlist, Pond5, Epidemic Sound) — web search current terms. Active pitching (LinkedIn, IMDbPro, events). Hybrid publishers — how they work, commission rates.
Supervisor cold pitch template — identity-adapted, track-specific. Monitoring placements (web search). Follow-up tracker: supervisor, project type, date, track, status, response.
Key clauses: exclusivity, territory, term, fee structure, credit. When to involve a lawyer.
Suggest: /music-finances for sync income, /music-legal for agreements, /music-press for using placements in outreach.