The New Music Business with Ari Herstand
Music:Music Interviews
Hip Hop Artist with Over 1,000 TV, Film and Video Game Placements with Vo Williams
Today's episode features Vo Williams, an incredibly successful hip-hop artist based in Los Angeles. Vo is originally from Sarasota, Florida and has been very successful in getting his music synced in film, commercials, TV shows, and video games. He has thousands of sync placements and makes a lot of money from them.
We go in deep to discuss practical, tangible, actionable steps you can take to get your music synced. Break out your notepad because you're going to learn a lot.
Ari's Take Academy: Advanced Sync Strategies for Film, TV and Video Games with Vo Williams (use code NMB for 10% off): https://aristakeacademy.teachable.com/p/advanced-sync-strategies-film-tv-video-games
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Quick links:
2:00 - About Vo Williams
7:40 - When Vo thought he could pursue music professionally
11:41 - Vo’s focuses at his performing arts high school
14:27 - Vo’s next steps after he won a number of rap battles
23:47 - Vo’s ghost writing and first time seeing music get synced
28:15 - When Vo moved out of Florida and to Los Angeles
30:55 - When Vo started getting into sync licensing
35:06 - Vo’s first sync
38:24 - Breaking down Vo’s first sync deal, payment, and royalties
44:43 - The difference between a sync licensing company and a music library
49:54 - There’s a lot of money in the backend royalties for sync licensing
57:47 - How Vo went direct to various brands independently
1:02:10 - Thinking about emotions when writing music and how they can be placed in sync
1:03:43 - The production techniques that work really well in picture and why it works so well
1:11:53 - More on how Vo got syncs independently
1:14:14 - How to contact music supervisors and get started in sync licensing
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