ABSTRACT
Music Supervisors are music experts who assist media producers with sourcing the right music for their project within budget. They broker deals between the production and the music rights owners. These individuals, generally independent contractors (unless they work in-house or on staff at a production company), are not affiliated with a label or publisher. They have a non-partisan relationship to catalogs. Their goal is to source the appropriate music and deliver it according to the legal requirements of the production team. A good music supervisor must be a good negotiator. They know when to push forward and when to pull back when dealing with major labels, publishers and occasionally managers. A supervisor who is consistently working is constantly in communication with music agents, publishers, labels and managers. Their days are filled with emails from licensors. All in all, a music supervisor can be an asset to any production—big or small. They have the relationships and know who to contact.
