The Service
Niklas Aman offers an easy, user friendly and fast 24/7 high end music catalogue pre-cleared for film and broadcast. Music licenses are based on seconds of use from music reports, similar to production music and needledrop licensing, but without any project timeframes or annual renewals. There’s also blanket options, which gives you unlimited use and no need to do music reports. You’re of course welcome to request a more tailored model that meets your specific needs, contact Niklas Aman to learn more.
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- Express License – USD, EUR, GBP, SEK
- Music Report
- Invoice Payments – USD, EUR, GBP, SEK
- Pricelist – USD, EUR, GBP, SEK.
- Terms
Music previews
Featured music previews in Soundcloud player are 128kbps mp3s. Other previews are flash based in lo-fi 64kbps mp3 format. When logged in to the music catalogue mp3 previews are in in original 320kbps and wav previews are resampled to 128 kbps mp3 format.
Use multiple tracks!
Licenses are based on seconds of use only, meaning you can take full advantage of using multiple songs, the price will be the same no matter how many songs you use in the same project.
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Rates below are in USD per second of use. Also available EUR, GBP or SEK.
Corporate Internet*: Small $1/s, Medium $3/s, Large $5/s.
Corporate dvds: Amount divided by 100 + license above, ie 10000 units = $100 + license above.
Internet Documentary Film (projects, artistic, etc): $1/s.
Short Internet Ads/Promos: $5/s.
TV Documentary/Show: Local $1/s, National $2/s, Continent $3/s, World $5/s.
Feature Film Trailer: National $15/s, World $50/s.
Feature Film: Budget divided by 100k, ie $500k = $5/s, $7M = $70/s, $50M = $500/s, etc. Request a quote.
Film festival (100 copies): national $1/s, world $3/s.
TV Ads Local: $5/s.
TV Ads National, one channel: $15/s, includes internet use.
TV Ads National, all channels: $45/s, includes internet use.
TV Ads Continent (ie Europe, North America, Asia, South America): $100/s, includes internet use.
TV Ads World: $200/s, includes internet use.
Radio Ads: local $2/s, national $10/s.
Audio Logos, when any of the music/sounds are used as a permanent sound logo: Small $10/s, Medium $50/s, Large $100/s.
Blanket license: Unlimited usage, no music reports, could be for any period, i.e. 1/3/5/10 years. Request a quote.
*Definitions of Corporate sizes
Small: Local business and/or 0 – 100 employees.
Medium: National business and/or 100 – 1000 employees.
Large: Global business and/or above 1000 employees.
All rates are negotiable. Discounts on large orders and returning customers.
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No license fee on non-profit projects or organisations working for human rights/aid, green initiatives, wildlife sustainability and peace initiatives. Note – from a license perspective, religious and political organisations follow the same rate card as “Corporate” use.
Personal/student non-profit use: You won’t get a music catalogue account, however you can use my music in your films under the following conditions:
- Buy the tracks you need at Niklas Musicshop, iTunes or Amazon.
- In return I want proper cred in the film, ie Music by Niklas Aman and a link to my site http://niklasaman.com on the page showing the film.
- Your productions must not violate human rights or be harmful to others in any way. You may not use my tracks in any pornographic material or political/religious propaganda.
- Be aware of that in some countries additional pro-fees might apply (ie ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN, PRS, GEMA, STIM, etc), so check with your country’s performance rights organisation first. Niklas Aman and Brusbox Music are both registered with STIM (pro in Sweden).
strong>Is there any hidden charges like annual renewals?
No, if not stated differently it’s a one time fee only per project/production without valid in perpetuity.
The License and rights included
The standard license gives client upon payment the non-exclusive right to use the music, use of the master recordings, to do edits, to synchronize music to film or other visual media and the duplication right to make copies of your work, on dvds for example. If not stated differently, all licenses are per project based, valid in perpetuity.
Additional Public Performance Rights
The license doesn’t include rights to public performances, for instance a broadcast or a theatrical release. This is handled by each country’s PRO (performance rights organization), i.e. BMI, ASCAP, PRS, STIM, SOCAN, GEMA, etc. This usually doesn’t affect you as a film maker/producer since most broadcasters have blanket deals or similar with their PRO. In some cases on certain projects this is negotiable between composer-client, contact Niklas for more info.
PRO (STIM)
On broadcast and theatrical releases, please provide the airing station/producer with proper cue sheets, ie Tracknames, Composer: Niklas Aman (STIM), Publisher: Brusbox Music (STIM).
Bespoke/Custom Music can be made for exclusive or non-exclusive use. Non-exclusive means you get a tailored track but others can license it as well. Exclusive means you only have the right to use the track.
Invoices and payments can be made with most major currencies according to the current exchange rates at xe.com in relation to USD.
VAT
My service and music production company Brusbox is based in Sweden. There is no VAT on international orders or EU customers with a valid EU-VAT number. On orders from Swedish and non EU-VAT# customers 6% VAT will be added.
How does it work – instructions?
Login, preview and download the tracks you are interested in (no preview on master wav files, download only). Upon usage fill in the easy online music report or use the express license option or simply send me an email. You will then be invoiced and payments are made through PayPal, IBAN or Pg/Bg. Finally a proof of license will be sent to you.
The Payment Process at the Express License page with multiple currencies:
1. Select type of license.
2. Fill in song and project details.
3. Click “Add to Cart” (you’ll be redirected to the PayPal page).
4. At PayPal page, change quantity to the number of seconds used.
5. Select “Continue shopping” to add more tracks or “Proceed to checkout”.
6. Pay using your PayPal account or credit card.
7. A proof of license will be sent to you within 24h.
Do I have to pay extra when using the same music in different films or versions within the same project?
No, but it depends on the project. Generally speaking the license is per project based based on amount of seconds used, so you don’t have to pay extra as long as it is within one coherent project. There are some limits though. A unique project can’t last more than 2 years and gaps between working on/off no longer than 3 months. Still there’s a workaround – a “rate x 3″ one-time fee option to cover all future sub-projects to the same end user client. Also if you use longer parts of music in the future to the same client, the difference only from first order will be invoiced. To use this option to its fullest extent will give you an opportunity to “buy out” some tracks to be used as a trademark or part of the brand for the end user client.
Wishlist
If you feel any type of music or genre is missing, please feel free to send a request and I’ll add it to my todo list, trying to come up with something interesting within reasonable time.
Format
Logged in clients can choose between 48 kHz/24 bit or 320kbps mp3 files. Contact Niklas Aman if you need other formats.
I’m a music catalogue client, can I change my password?
Yes, go to the settings menu and change it to what suits you best.
I’m a music catalogue client, what’s the rate on personal use?
For clients having a music catalogue account, using the music in occasional personal projects, the license is free of charge. In return I want proper cred in the film and a link to niklasaman.com on the page showing it.
I’m just interested in listening to your music, where can I buy your music?
Niklas Aman’s music is available on iTunes or Amazon. Furthermore in Niklas Musicshop you can order any of the albums, tracks from the music catalogue, or a mixed selection of albums and tracks.
