S3.5/E45: Music Publishing Isn't Scary or Confusing + How to Land a Sync Placement w/ Award Winning Composer Matthew Wang

How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams

One of host & author Emily White's goals in life is for songwriters to be able to clearly define music publishing in a way that they understand and can communicate to others. As well as collect on their music publishing in full. As publishing is the #1 missing revenue stream Emily identifies in her years of conversations with musicians. This episode will simply break down exactly that as well as share best practices to put yourself in a position to land sync placements - songs in film, TV, ads, video games, web shows and more. To do so, there is no one else Emily wanted to speak to other than Matthew Wang whom Emily initially met when he was interning with composing legend Hans Zimmer. Wang has written music for a vast range of different projects—from the Pharrell Williams-executive produced Netflix kids program Brainchild (2018), to Shaquille O’Neal’s basketball animated short HeadNoise (2021), for which he was awarded a Hollywood Music In Media Award in the category Best Song for Short Film. His extensive television composing credits include NBC’s The Young Rock (2022) and New Amsterdam (2018-2022), Showtime’s Yellowjackets (2021-2022), Hulu’s Shrill (2019-2021), Netflix’s Ginny and Georgia (2021) and Glow (2019), HBO’s Mrs. Fletcher (2019). He found his first feature film in IFC Midnight’s thriller Centigrade (2020), which he co-composed alongside Trey Toy, and went on to co-compose the television films RENO! 911: It's a Wonderful Heist (2022) and RENO! 911: The Hunt for QANON (2021) with Craig Wedren. Wang has also worked with Devo & composing icon Mark Mothersbaugh. We hope you learn as much as Emily did from this powerful conversation with Matthew!

This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, whose mission is to shift the power center of the music industry into the hands of those who create - & those who support that creation - by giving them the finest and most comprehensive set of tools and services. Downtown is committed to building a more equitable music business. Downtown believes in partnership, advocacy, and helping musicians develop sustainable careers - so they don't require clients to give up ANY of their copyrights.

This season was recorded at Tower Records' new Tower Labs space in Brooklyn in partnership with The NY Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment’s New York Music Month. NYMM is the official celebration of New York City’s vibrant & dynamic music ecosystem & we are so grateful for the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment's support in making this season happen.

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We also want to deeply to thank to our partners over at The Ally Coalition for supporting us & the crucial work they are doing. Founded in 2013 by Jack and Rachel Antonoff, The Ally Coalition provides critical support for organizations dedicated to bettering the lives of LGBTQ youth and raises awareness about the systemic inequalities facing the LGBTQ population. TAC is committed to bettering the lives of LGBTQ youth through tours, social media campaigns & collaborative partnerships. To learn more, & how you can get involved, visit theallycoalition.org.

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CREDITS:

Creator, Executive Producer, Producer, & Host:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Emily White⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Project Manager: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Zimmerlich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Engineer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nathan Cain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: ⁠⁠Lilia Iza⁠⁠

Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matthew Wang⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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