Wednesday Dec 07, 2022

Ep 2 Sync Licensing Masterclass With Eric Bolivar

In this episode we take a deep dive into sync libraries and communication fundamentals. This episode is pure gold for people who want to get more familiar with sync libraries, and also amazing for people who want to understand the mindset of a very successful producer in the space.

we go through the fundamentals of how to communicate with publishers, how he got his first placements, and how you can learn to improve from the feedback you get. He speaks to the importance of mentorship and the reasons you should always look forward instead of focusing for too long on one piece of music.

Erick bolivar’s music has been featured in places like HBO, CBS, NBC, Fox, Bravo, Telemundo, National Geographic, Animal Planet, History Channel and MTV (and these are not all actually)

He is the real deal and I recommend To listen carefully and take notes

Timestamps:

2:15 Erick’s Background and how he started in music

6:35 Starting in the Sync world

10:15 Erick’s first placements and his advice for royalties

14:00 Communicating with the sync world, and pitching to publishers

18:05 Mistakes Erick made in the beginning of his journey

23:45 Placing mediocre tracks

27:10 Ericks Biggest Goal

28:45 Erick’s Routine, work process and hacks

34:35 3 words that describe Erick’s production style

36:07 Contact with Erick