We are HIGHLY selective in our choices of music and composer/producers we work with.
If you feel you have the chops and quality to produce music that stands alongside the work showcased on our site and in our music library, please read further.
If you’d like to be considered for the monkhood, please keep in mind that you must own 100% of the copyright of all work submitted and the master rights to the recording. If you need a refresher on how copyrights and revenue streams for you work, this is an excellent brief article and chart.
How The Music Store Works
Our production music library offers a fast, easy way for visual creatives such as Indie Filmmakers, Ad Agency producers, Flash animators, Corporate video producers, etc. to find and use high quality music in their productions. Our clients purchase a license for the synchronization rights to put your music to their images.
You as the Composer are able to earn a percentage of this licensing fee AND in some cases (broadcast) you can earn performance royalties paid through your performance rights society (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, PRS, etc.)
Upon Acceptance
- You will have an additional revenue stream from work already created and under-utilized
- Non-exclusive – you can sell your music to anyone else at anytime. Just let us know if you sign an exclusive deal somewhere else so we can remove your track(s).
- Equitable profit sharing – 50/50% net income split (after credit card processing fees and any commissions to affiliate sites)
- Payments – We pay you EVERY MONDAY – (NEW) – if you had any sales the week prior.
- Publicity –Links to your catalog
- On our list for custom scoring opportunities with advertising agencies, film studios, independent producers and more.
- We reserve the right to choose tracks, presentation, editorial comments, genre description.
- We reserve the right to set prices
Guidelines
Samples should not sound like samples. Electronics should not sound synthy unless intended. You should have a studio where you can produce music quickly to a creative brief. You can work in any sequencing environment you like (LogicPro, ProTools, DigitalPerformer, Nuendo, etc) as long as you can produce high quality results. If your works are songs with vocals, please also include instrumental versions – these often sell better as the lyric content can get in the way of voice overs and narration.
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Hi 300 Monks,
I am interested in submitting music for your consideration. I work with Cubase in my studio and own my masters. Do you require a CD submission or can I point you to links for review?
thank you,
mez
As a writer, performer, producer and arranger I am on 100 million records. Also I’ve scored feature films and series TV. Check the web site for credits.
Thanks
JOHN
As a writer, performer, producer and arranger I am on 100 million records. Also I have scored feature films and series TV. Check the web site for credits.
Thanks
Thanks John. Will take a look and listen. 100 million records!
Can I send Mp3 to your email for submission or does it have to be a Cd??
You can send us links to MP3s.
Please DO NOT ATTACH MP3s as they will crash our email server.
Send direct links to 2 or 3 of your best work in your best style/genre.
Please use this email for submissions: submissions @ 300 monks.com
Remove the spaces.
Would be ok to send DVD data with WAV files ?
Thank you , Alex
WE NO LONGER ACCEPT PHYSICAL SUBMISSIONS.
I would also like to submit some of my music for your consideration. I will follow the instructions and you should have an email in a moment.
Thank you for taking the time to open the door
can i give you my music tracks?
miss matilde, Italy
Hi, my names Tom Bailey, and I’m a composer, producer, song writer and multi instrumentalist from Brighton, UK. I have attached a link to some examples of my work. Hope to hear from you soon!
Tom
http://www.youlicense.com/Artist/ArtistStore.aspx?ID=235665
I found where I can upload sound tracks for your approval but it doesn’t say what quality you require. I am on dialup so wav or high quality will be out of the question for me.
I notice that you ask for a maximum of 2mb each for sample soundtracks, most of mine go well over that at 128kbps, do you want me to send cut down versions so they will come in under 2mb?
Yes – please send short segments. If we like what we hear, we’ll ask for more.
My uploaded music samples contain vocals, of course all songs are available without vocals as well.
Cheers!
Hello,
I want to know wich are the ways that 300 monks pay the royalties ?
I am a professional musician from Argentina and there is many ways, i want to know that.
thank you very much
Manuel
We use either PayPal or check by mail (for US residents only).
Hello Monks!
I am interested in submitting some of my samples, so I recently posted three mp3 samples of my work above for further review. Thank you:)
Best wishes
Please use the submission form. All other links will NOT be listened to.
http://www.300monks.com/submit-music/
I just used your upload form…it said it was uploading then the fields just went blank.
It didn’t say if the upload/submission was completed. I guess I’ll try again.
Can you tell my if my upload went through please?
Tried again…still no confirmation.
Please let me know, thanks
Just checked the form – everything’s working. Are you sure you’re not trying to upload more than 2mb total? You can just upload short 30 second samples of your work – we’ll get the idea really fast whether you have the sound, quality and marketability we’re looking for.
2 MB Really? Listen I don’t mean to be a jerk here. But it would be nice if you guys were a little more musician friendly. We Artists have to spend so much of our time dealing with the idiosyncrasies of every library platform we upload and submit to.
More than half the time we have to be creating music goes into filling out metadata, checking boxes and dealing with non-uniform standards. It’s a real pain in the ass.
But one thing is for sure, every library out there does not force you to drag your songs into editing software and spend time trying to figure out what parts to cut just so you can submit to one library. It would be really GOOD KARMA for the Monks if they would allow musicians to just upload their mp3s without making their lives anymore tedious than they already are. Can you please just do what every other library out there does and let us upload our submissions without having to spend over an hour doing it? Not just for me, but for every musician that comes after me?
Hello,
I am a composer, producer, arranger from South Africa and would like to be considered as an artist on your site. Do you currently accept new submissions from composers? If so, which way of submitted material is preferable?
Kind Regards
Linda Botha
HI! just uploaded 3 tunes via the submission form on this page – hope they made it to you.
Best,
Andy
hi,I want to know wich are the ways that 300 monks pay the royalties ?
I am a professional musician from Argentina and there is many ways, i want to know that.
thank you very much
We pay every Monday via PayPal.
Hello i just uploaded 3 tracks in this form, hope to you like it.
@Davizlogic