music licensing

music & commercials of Super Bowl XLIV (Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire, The Who, Mini Kiss, The Heavy & more)

Tracy Morgan & Stevie Wonder (picture via Hipster Runoff) Super Bowl XLIV (44) took place Sunday night in Florida between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints…

Arcade Fire licenses 'Wake Up' to Superbowl for charity

Arcade Fire, Partners in Health, the NFL, Merge Records and Bank Robber Music have collectively agreed upon a unique 100% for charity Superbowl licensing of “Wake Up” from the band’s 2004 album Funeral…

This week in Music Licensing (De La Soul, the Dodos, Passion Pit, Black Lips, Matt & Kim, Mates of State & more...)

vs. AT&T. It is always a battle when these two giants square off with their :60 second spots in tow to prove which company provides the best cellular service and coverage…

This week in Music Licensing

Smashing Pumpkins @ United Palace Theatre, NYC(more by Chris La Putt) Lately it seems all Billy Corgan wants to do is either get involved in political battles or license his music for entertainment purposes…

This week in Music Licensing (Duffy, Justice, Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, Sea Ray & more...)

Duffy @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) The cola war has been heating up globally in the last couple of months with music as the weapon of choice…

This week in Music Licensing

The B.I.G.gest music licensing story last week was the release of Notorious, the film based on the life story of Brooklyn rapper Notorious B…

This week in Music Licensing

10. CLOUD CULT: “LUCKY TODAY” – ESURANCE.COM It’s a music video! It’s an ad! It’s a music videad! It’s the band Cloud Cult, fully animated in a TV spot for Esurance, but there isn’t a sales pitch to be found…

This Week in Music Licensing (Crystal Castles, Stars of the Lid, Elbow, Battles, Tokyo Police Club, and more)

This weekly post was really just meant to be an (arguably) interesting news roundup of where (mostly BV-covered) music and musicians are showing up besides in our stereos/computers/headphones/players/etc…

It's Not Selling Out Anymore -- This Week in Music Licensing

Gogol Bordello @ Irving Plaza (more by Jefferson) The second edition of this controversial new feature is back. “It’s Not Selling Out Anymore” (or is it…

It's Not Selling Out Anymore -- This Week in Music Licensing

Love it or hate it, licensing songs seems to be the new reality for “indie” bands (or any bands) looking to make money and gain exposure. As an avid music fan and Senior Director of Advertising & Video Games at Primary Wave Music Publishing, Ryan Barkan makes sure to stay on top of news related to artists getting their songs in ads, on TV, in movies, in video games and just about anywhere else a band would get paid to put a song…