Sync Gems
A podcast about people’s journeys to success in the sync licensing space. Top notch music composers, music supervisors, sync agents, label owners, and editors will drop gems and mindset hacks that will help you get to the next level in your sync career. Your host, Roy Matz, is a full time music composer for tv, film, ads and games. He is very passionate about decoding people’s mindsets and understanding people’s success. Say hi to roy at @roymatz
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Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
In this episode we take a deeper dive into custom music and get insights from a label partner. Bryan Nguyen from "Ghostwriter music" (Placements in Man In Black, Ready Player One, The newest Avatar, Mulan and many many more) is not new to the sync space. He talks about his journey to success in great detail, gives you an inside look from the label perspective, negotiating fees, and gives tips about being unique, and how he knows you can do it. He talks about his passion of helping artists to get to where they want, and throws down amazing gems left and right
You do not want to miss this podcast. It is so jam packed with insights.
2:55 From working in retail to full time music
9:00 When Bryan knew he could do music full time
10:20 What editors want- Things you haven’t thought of
13:40 Sync fees, negotiations, and rates labels negotiate
19:15 Negotiating low & high
20:26 What are custom tracks?
24:00 Community and why Bryan is so huge into community
27:20 approaching the sync world with close to nothing
28:00 [gem] Why you have to understand and capitalize on your strengths
38:00 Why the sync world wants your uniqueness
43:20 How composers can get into the movies they want
47:58 Mistakes producers make
49:00 Big gem for producers on the come up
51:50 Bryan’s production style
54:05 Big gem to close the convo
Bryan’s favorite free compressor
https://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-kotelnikov/
Alex Moukala (youtube channel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fb3nXuCo1k
Ghostwriter Music
https://ghostwritermusic.com
https://www.instagram.com/ghostwritermusicgroup/
Connect With Bryan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebryguy/
https://www.facebook.com/BryanNguyenMarketing
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
In this interview we talk about trailer placements, how long it takes and how many tracks Sigurd needed to have to achieve over 100 tracks placed in 5 years. We go on to talk about happiness, and we get into well being and the importance of rest.
we go on to talk about how to know your music is ready for pitching, working with upfront fees, and why it’s an amazing time to be an artist in the sync space
2:10 Becoming a full time musician
8:48 The first 2 years in the trailer game
14:00 How many tracks Does Sigurd have
19:40 Developing a Musical Identity & signiture
25:10 Getting the marvel placement
27:20 Happiness, celebrations and gratitude as a catalyst for success
43:20 3 top mistakes composers do
43:50 How to know your music is good enough
47:25 Working with libraries
50:20 Working with upfront fees
57:34 Being you in the sync business
Check Sigurd Out
https://sigurdmusic.com
instagram.com/sigurdthemusicdude
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Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
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
37:28 Extra gems from Erick
Connect with Erick
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3958050/
https://www.instagram.com/erickbolivar1/?hl=en
https://www.erickbolivar.com/home
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
This is the first time I record and release a podcast into the world so I'm super excited to see how this goes.
This podcast is about my goals with this podcast and what my goal is: bringing on the brightest minds to discuss the sync licensing world- from successful composers, label owners, A&R's, editors and more. I want to get these people to drop gems so we can all elevate and become better at what we do, and yes, we can also make some insane dollars in the process. That'$ for fact
I want to understand this world just like you do so I look forward to interacting with you on socials
@roymatz @syncgems (IG)
Roy Matz (linkedIn)
My site: https://www.roymatz.com