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Thousands of commercial music songs for use across Advertising, TV, Films, Corporate, Games and more

Music for Commercial Use

Who We Work With

We are an established sync agent working directly with music supervisors, broadcasters, TV production companies, advertising agents and games publishers worldwide licensing music and earning our rights holders revenue.

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Support real independent artists from all over the world by partnering with them as background music for your content. Strengthen your overall brand including the sonic brand by soundtracking your videos with real artists constantly releasing new music to keep your content fresh and up to date at affordable prices. Tell us what artists you like and what you’re looking for and our team will curate and send over some options for your consideration.

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Discover your brand’s sound

Licensing a song for a commercial can increase the emotional impact of your brand’s message. Showcase your product with an uplifting, energetic pop track or tell a story and tug at the heartstrings with beautiful, soulful music. With a huge library of high quality advertisement music as well as the ability to create bespoke music with real artists, we’ll get you the impact you want and drive the results you deserve. 

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Broadcast Commercials & Advertising

 It’s no secret that studies show an increase in creativity, empathy, emotion and the way audiences retain information when it comes to using music for commercial use. If you want to look at advertisement music from real artists within your adverts, chat to a member of our team who can advise you on creative direction and send over options for you to test at production before licensing. 

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Buy Songs for Commercial Use

There are so many commercial songs it’s easy to pull a song from your favourite band or artist to place within your project. If that’s something you’d like to do, you’ll need someone to get the commercial music rights for you before your production airs so that you’ve got the correct agreement in place to use the song. We can help you get the perfect tracks and advise on your other options to successfully manage your budget and your outcome.

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What our members are saying

“I’m a daily user, whether that’s checking briefs or pitching for sync. I’ve used other systems and I’ve disregarded them all in favour of Music Gateway.”

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Tom Wells

Sync & Licensing manager

“I like the proactive route MG takes, daily opportunities and the way I can pitch specific music instead of just uploading my library.”

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Paul (1812 Music)

Producer / musician

“I've been a member for 2 years. I upgraded to their Influencer tier a year ago and with this one sync alone it's paid for itself many times over.”

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Jackson Snapp

Producer / DJ

"Music Gateway reflects the reality of today, movement, freshness and technology at the same time. I love it."

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Pamela Pagano

Publisher, OML Sync

“Since joining during the early days, it’s rapidly grown into an impressive music licensing hub. Equally, the team hasn't lost their personal touch!”

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Kathy Brown

Singer Songwriter

"The new generation of sync platforms online such as Music Gateway are a really good way to find clients"

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Amanda West

Songwriter

Tom Wells, Head of Sync at Mayfield records using Music Gateway for storing music, managing metadata & sending files.
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Pamela Pagano is a label manager at One More Lab who loves the technology Music Gateway use to empower independent creatives
Kathy Brown is an independent Singer Songwriter who has been using Music Gateway for a number of years
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License Music For Commercial Use: Our Guide 

Licensing a song for a commercial can increase the emotional impact of your brand’s message. Showcase your product with an uplifting, energetic pop track or tell a story and tug at the heartstrings with beautiful, soulful music. The process to license music for commercial use can be difficult. So let’s break down how to buy music license for commercial use.

How To License Music For Commercial Use

To license music for commercial use, you must first obtain approval from the rights holders and agree a fee. You will need both a sync license and a master license from the recording label. Once you have got these licenses you are good to go. 

What Music Can I Use For Commercial Use?

You can use any music that you want, so long as you have permission and the correct licenses. For advertisement music, you will need a sync license and master license in order to use a specific song. Alternatively, you could use stock music or ‘royalty free music’. 

Can I Use Copyright Free Music For Commercial?

While the term copyright free music doesn’t really make sense since all music is technically copyrighted, you can use ‘free to use’ music for commercial purposes. Some may have terms, such as crediting the artist, so be wary of that. 

How Do I Get Permission To Use Copyrighted Music?

How to buy songs for commercial use is one thing, but first you must get permission. You must get permission to use the sound recording from the company that owns it – usually a record company. Contact information for music publishers are often found on performing rights societies. 

This is due to the fact that all professional songwriters and music publishers belong to one of these organizations. ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC are the main organizations, and members can only belong to one of them.

Once you’ve tracked down the copyright holder you can then contact them. This is usually done by writing a letter or email. The main thing is to identify yourself, the song/original music you want to use, and explain that you will be using it for commercial use. Finally, you can ask them to sign and return the letter by way of agreement, or contact you to negotiate for the music rights.

How Can I Legally Listen To Music In My Business?

You can apply online to get a music license. TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS allows a business or organisation to legally play music through the radio, TV or other digital devices This also includes hold music on phone systems. This additionally covers live performances of music too.

How Music Gateway Can Help

Here at Music Gateway, we have a huge library of high quality advertisement music. Additionally, we have the ability to create bespoke music with real artists. You can count on us to get you the impact you want and drive the results you deserve. 

With the help of our industry leading services, we can help you get the perfect tracks and advise on your other options to successfully manage your budget and your outcome. Get in touch with us to find out how we can help you specifically!

Our Final Thoughts

In summary, we’ve gone through how to license a song for commercial use, and the various licenses you need. We’ve also touched on how you can legally buy commercial music rights to use in a business environment. 

Music Gateway can help you get the best song for your commercial with our wide array of commercial songs ready at your fingertips. Be sure to get in touch with us today to make your project a success!

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