New MusikPitch contest: theme song for the Influentials.net team, contest details here - http://ping.fm/jJUD5

Show Me the Music Songwriting Contest 2010 http://ping.fm/ATjek

Music Mountain Springwater Songwriting Contest: http://ping.fm/g0ha5

USA Today holding a song contest for songs about the tragic oil spill, submit here: http://ping.fm/110MV

Duane Schwingel song chosen for the Oil Spill Disaster Song Contest, listen here: http://ping.fm/v2GPi musicmonday

Nashville Film Institute Green Screen

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New MusikPitch song contest: Vocal experimental collaboration http://ping.fm/TRbaf

Unique Gift Giving Ideas - Finding Your Inspiration with Music http://ping.fm/1GuPJ

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Try that again: Can Crowdsourcing Solve the 3 Toughest Issues of Music Licensing? http://ping.fm/P7JUf?

Can Crowdsourcing Solve the 3 Toughest Issues of Music Licensing? http://ping.fm/yDrWb?&id=4538653

Music Licensing - The New A&R (great read) http://ping.fm/JyCzo

The 4th Annual INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL OF NASHVILLE currently accepting works by student filmmakers: www.ibffnashville.com

The Nashville Film Institute Open House this Saturday, June 26th from 11:00a.m. – 3:00p.m, I'll be there: www.thenfi.com

The Great Lakes Songwriting Contest continues in its seventh year, over $2000 in cash prizes: http://ping.fm/L18bY

Songs composed about the oil spill disaster, which is your favorite? http://ping.fm/eVwnB

How to get custom advertising jingles on MusikPitch (Video) http://ping.fm/6KaFv

The 2010 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Session II is now Open http://ping.fm/Ykynh

Get Custom Songs Composed on MusikPitch How-To Video http://ping.fm/Uel89

Custom Songs For Film - Live Music Versus Digital http://ping.fm/cz713

Top 5 Music Licensing Myths Debunked http://ping.fm/zDa9r

New Twitter page design complete, how does it look? http://ping.fm/YZXj8

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Custom Songs - How To Get Custom Songs for Movies and Video http://ping.fm/UNnnk

Calling All Songwriters, the New York Songwriters Circle Wants You! NYSC annual Songwriting Contest http://ping.fm/g101Y

Great discussion from YouTube's Margaret Gould Stewart on how YouTube deals with copyrights http://ping.fm/Z4heG

Sweet, our new homepage is up! Thanks for the feedback from everyone and thanks to www.redundantdesigns.com for the design http://musikpitch.com/

Top 5 Music Licensing Myths Debunked http://ping.fm/zDa9r

Deciding on our new homepage today, which design is your favorite? http://ping.fm/b4A8i

Top 5 Music Licensing Myths Debunked http://ping.fm/wlnzT

Great Lakes Songwriting Contest open for entries until AUG 15th: http://ping.fm/dcw3f

Help MusikPitch pick their new homepage design, what number is your favorite? http://ping.fm/SIC4M

What are the options for getting music for my video or film? http://ping.fm/Q4Zqh

MusikPitch is seeking an intern for a summer position to continue into the fall: http://ping.fm/AHIvf

Waffle House song contest, 3 finalists chosen will win a WAFFLE HOUSE prize package http://ping.fm/lYO82

Excellent discussion ongoing, Songwriting: How Much Money Can I Make?: http://ping.fm/TMIe6

Redesigning our homepage, know a designer? Submit designs here: http://ping.fm/BbZCw

New contest: write a song about how the oil spill disaster makes you feel http://ping.fm/JCE2F

Francis Filmmaker Needs Music For His Film!

Francis Filmmaker had a great idea for a film but he needed money to pay for it. So he decided he would create a film trailer to pitch his idea to investors. He was trying to save as much as possible but still create the best trailer he could. One thing he needed was a great underscore for his trailer and film!

Francis new that he had a couple of options to choose from to get music composed for a trailer.

He could hire a film composer to create a unique score for his movie. He was worried though as this would take him many hours to locate the most appropriate composer and he knew it would cost a lot of money. Francis was also worried that he may not be happy with the final product!

So Francis then decided he could try a music library to find an appropriate song. Francis wasn't the best at searching all the options as he didn't know what some of the terms such as tone or genre were that he needed. He also was hoping for something original to really capture the spirit of his movie.

Francis then heard about a new option available to filmmakers - crowdsourcing! Francis visited MusikPitch where he ran a song contest for his movie trailer underscore. He described the type of music he was looking for in his own words and even uploaded some of the footage from the movie. Francis then set the price he felt he could pay and sat back while songwriters around the world competed to write his music. Francis loved logging in everyday to hear the newest tracks that had been uploaded as music for his film. After two weeks, Francis chose the winning song and got a license to use that song from MusikPitch.

Francis added the music to his finished movie trailer and pitched to some big time producers in L.A. They loved it! Francis Filmmaker had his movie!

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Compose a song: how you feel about the oil spill disaster http://ping.fm/sBhgx

GREAT LAKES SONGWRITING CONTEST http://ping.fm/TvAm3

Big Top Chautauqua’s Third Annual Songwriting Contest Call for Entries: http://ping.fm/JbojC

THE FOLK CELLAR SONGWRITING CONTEST http://ping.fm/4sfbR

Top 5 things to know about licensing music for your film project: http://ping.fm/kfLq4