There are more places for indie artists to license their music and get their music out. "Last Call" does look for emerging bands that it can grow with. "It's real A&R when there is no A&R," Daly said. Daly and music booker Davis Powers listen to new artists, scan YouTube and have partnered with L.A. venues like the Hotel Cafe to find new acts. "Yo Gabba Gabba" accepts song submissions and uses some, even though they create most of their own music.
-- More music supervisors are using production music because the rights are all cleared. Production music quality has also improved. Production music companies buy music from indie artists through different types of deals. Getty Images director of music product Larry Mills said, "Once you're in, you're in" and you can write more music for them. Universal Music Production Worldwide president Gary Gross said they sign mostly work-for-hire deals, so they own the rights for the songs. Occasionally production music deal can lead to label deal as it did for Gnarls Barkely on the hit "Crazy."
-- More music supervisors are using production music because the rights are all cleared. Production music quality has also improved. Production music companies buy music from indie artists through different types of deals. Getty Images director of music product Larry Mills said, "Once you're in, you're in" and you can write more music for them. Universal Music Production Worldwide president Gary Gross said they sign mostly work-for-hire deals, so they own the rights for the songs. Occasionally production music deal can lead to label deal as it did for Gnarls Barkely on the hit "Crazy."
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