I've been a long time member here at Soundgine but rarely post, sorry about that but I thought I would share my recent experience which members will find exciting. Apparently Soundgine has been working on networking and because i got an email from Electronic Arts wanting to buy some of my music outright with the opportunity of joining the team for some specific projects, not a full job but I'll take it.

At first I thought it was spam because the email said via Soundgine so I emailed Soundgine and they confirmed it was a real deal and part of a thing they are calling Industry connect. I asked why I never heard of it and why it's not listed on the website and they said it's brand new and that there will be more info on it via new website launch.

I'm super skeptical by nature but in the end, I got paid and this is a real thing. This came at a perfect time as I almost transitioned into selling Photoshop actions and brushes but this has really pushed me to continue music.

I want to thank Soundgine for putting creators first and giving me this opportunity
I wish everyone success and peace in these crazy times.

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Congratulations! I feel like this is something you have to pay into.

[quote=17500:@360]Congratulations! I feel like this is something you have to pay into.[/quote]

Nope, didn't pay anything for this.

Hopefully @Soundgine sheds some light into this soon as I can't find any info on this.

Congrats Berengere.

I was also contacted by an Indie film company in Los Angles, although it didn't work out because they wanted to buy out my music and I only lease it wasn't a fit. I did create them a custom soundtrack so that was cool.

I do applaud Soundgine for giving us the opportunity.

@Berengere Thanks for letting us know, wish @Soundgine would let us know about it.

@Blacksheep @Berengere I know it's a bit tacky but were these high paying gigs?

[quote=17507:@Breeze]@Berengere Thanks for letting us know, wish @Soundgine would let us know about it.

@Blacksheep @Berengere I know it's a bit tacky but were these high paying gigs?[/quote]

it's fine, the custom job was $1,200 that literally took me 3 hours, lol. I could have made much more but I'm not comfortable selling exclusive work at any price.

How do we opt-in?

So we don't have to market our beats anymore, you guys do it?

@OHLY This is fantastic, can't wait to learn about it fully!

@Jaytay Even though it's great that Soundgine is taking a proactive approach to selling your music, you can NEVER just sit back and let them handle the marketing. Consider this service as icing on the cake and I'm guessing there's zero guarantee that you get work or sales from this program.

I'm not downplaying this program, the fact that it doesn't cost you a dime and Soundgine doesn't take a percentage is effin awesome, absolutely zero greed on their part. Truth is, they could have charged a fee to be on this list or even taken out 20% for each connected job and it STILL would have been worth it, so it's a no brainer, but you CANT depend on this as your only marketing tactic.

@Berengere

Hook me up with EA's contact email (grin)

@Jaytay

The email is masked, guess they do that so companies don't get spammed all of a sudden. You get messaged within Soundgine, not Gmail for example.

Don't try to contact them and spam, that's a sure way to get blacklisted from them and it's unprofessional.

I met some of Soundgine's staff in Los Angeles at a film festival and they were hanging out with some of the bigger producers guys from Netflix, it's nice that they use their connections on us. Also had the pleasure to meet Ohly and it was clear to me that she knew literally everybody in the building.

It's almost like we don't have to move to Hollywood to catch our break, they bring Hollywood to us.

[quote=17512:@Marketron]I'm not downplaying this program, the fact that it doesn't cost you a dime and Soundgine doesn't take a percentage is effin awesome, absolutely zero greed on their part. Truth is, they could have charged a fee to be on this list or even taken out 20% for each connected job and it STILL would have been worth it, so it's a no brainer, but you CANT depend on this as your only marketing tactic.[/quote]

This.

I was commissioned to do music for a Youtube RED series.
Awesome? Yes
Depend on it? Don't

Truthfully, it's not the sales you get from Soundgine connecting you, it's the other doors that open up as a result.

@Kid V Can I ask how you got paid?

@Kid V Google paid me via Paypal.

I only have Paypal set up in my control panel. If I had Stripe set up they could have paid with a card as well I'm guessing. Both parties have to agree that the job is completed with the final price and the form gets submitted with Soundgine. This is how Soundgine gets a record then collect 10% from them.

I however get 100%...nifty.

@Kid V Does it show the employer email and contact?

@Kid V You already asked this question, perhaps you missed @Blacksheep response.

In short, the email address is hidden. The only way you can get a direct email contact from say Disney is if they give it to you personally.

In my case, they gave me their email because I was unable to send them attachments via Soundgine's internal messages but I'm guessing they are working on that. I ended up using Bitly links, no big deal.