Creative Sync Licensing with Nelson K. Johnson

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When Songs Mean Business

Steph Belcher

28 episodes

1 week ago

When Songs Mean Business explores the intersection of real life, music creation, and business. Award-winning educator and business manager Steph Belcher interviews songwriters, producers, musicians, and industry reps to discuss their favorite songs, moments in their lives that inspired their love of music, and business lessons they've learned along the way. She also shares advice from her own experience as a music lover, tax preparer, mother of 3, and a spiritual being on this journey of life. https://www.facebook.com/groups/whensongsmeanbusiness https://www.stephbelcher.com

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Creative Sync Licensing with Nelson K. Johnson

When Songs Mean Business

39 minutes 57 seconds

3 years ago

Creative Sync Licensing with Nelson K. Johnson

This week I'm interviewing Nelson K. Johnson, a music producer and songwriter for film and TV. His credits include Netflix, Fox, CBS, AllBlk, WeTV, Facebook, VH1, OWN, NICK + More.

Nelson teaches music creators the best practices to get their music on TV & in Film, using unique strategies and smart approaches that cut through the noise & increase placement opportunities. He's the music supervisor for "Deadly Sexy", the composer for seasons 1-3 of Monogamy, he wrote the theme song music for Notorious Queens, and he runs a film and TV sync licensing education program called the super sync squad to help people break into sync licensing. This conversation is packed with valuable business lessons.

Key Moments:

02:35 - Sync licensing is perfect for introverts

10:40 - Poetry, beats, and Tupac

17:13 - Trying, Experimenting, and Learning

21:45 - The difference between sync licensing and composing

29:34 - Hard lessons learned

Follow Nelson and the Super Sync Squad - https://msha.ke/supersyncsquad/

Over on Patreon, Steph is thoughtfully curating a community of financially sound and successful musicians. Check it out at patreon.com/whensongsmeanbusiness

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