What We Do
We've got more than 35 years of real world experience. That means our clients do too.
From the smallest art videos, to Hollywood and Olympic productions (literally), Copyright Music & Visuals is the complete, professional service to get the right music, and any type of copyright clearance you need.
Here to save you time and money in the production of:
- Feature film, documentaries
- TV, video, art
- Live stage productions
- Commercials
- New technologies
- Corporate
From research to Music Cue Sheets,
each aspect quickly and expertly attended to.
Licenses & Permissions:
Synchronization, Master Use, Dramatic Performance, Mechanical, Subsidiary, Photos, Clips, Likeness, etc., etc., etc.
You won't get stuck dealing with only some publishers, no record companies, no agents or unions. Through Copyright Music & Visuals, you access any of them - worldwide.
You'll get the best strategy based on budgets, artistic objectives and the players involved.
(And you won't chase after Grand Rights if you don't need them.)
Flat Fees:
Copyright Music & Visuals does not take a percentage of the license fee. Clearly, your interests are represented throughout the negotiation process.
Music Consulting & Supervision:
What good is suggesting music that can't be cleared or is too expensive? As useful as clearing music that doesn't work creatively.
John Ciccone blends his lifetime as a multiple genre musician and audio engineer with leading expertise in copyright.
The results are a win for everyone.
- Artist/song placement. A special artist, genre or era that makes a difference.
- Access new Indie artists or the biggest hitmakers.
- Composer selection & review.
- Script spotting; temp tracks; music editing.
- Public Domain consultation (for those who know they have to be careful out there).
- Custom in-house built systems for tracking, and accessing global information.
- 'Ballpark' numbers for concept and budget development
- Tip: Stock Music can save a budget. But knowing where to find the good tracks makes the difference. Traditional well-known, full symphonic classics to contemporary... and some surprisingly well-known artists (Ennio Morricone, John Barry and Stéphane Grappelli to name a few).
Music & Audio Production:
- Onsite Private Studio: Sound Design; re-recording; mixing; music editing.
- Successful re-records of known music to capture the original spirit, or arrange for a different feel.
- Original music scoring & adaptation.
- Locate, remix and edit masters.
Copyright Administration
& Acquisitions:
John Ciccone has been on both sides of the table.
- Successfully steered one of the most prominent copyright issues in Canadian history: 'The Hockey Night In Canada Theme'.
Over the course of 14 years, administered all rights, and built the value of 'Canada's Second National Anthem' from meagre hundred-dollar earnings to a multi-million dollar price tag.
- Protected the rights of artists like Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and Laurel MacDonald in licensing for national U.S. commercials, TV broadcasts, and Hollywood productions.
Music Cue Sheets:
Timing, listing, and final distribution to performing rights organizations and licensors for contract requirements.
