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In Atlanta - NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session -w- Affix's Horrocks (Electronic Arts, Delta Airlines, Warner Bros. Pictures)

Aug 15, 2018

Harness the Power of an Independent Commissioned Sales and Marketing Agent to Exploit and Monetize Your Music!

A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Synch Agents

SIGNED! Seven NARIP Members Get Synch Rep Deals

Is your music getting to decision-makers - people who can say YES and write a check?

The Synch Agents* featured in NARIP Pitch Sessions are among the top sales and marketing executives who actively place music owned by songwriters, composers and independent music publishers. Many music buyers – directors, producers and music supervisors – name these Synch Agents as among their go-to music providers. These Agents, who NARIP has researched and interviewed, have placed thousands of songs in blockbuster films, hit television shows, trailers, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and video games. At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet and pitch Synch Agents for current placement opportunities and representation, and get immediate feedback. Come meet these career-makers. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured over 1,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and trailers for NARIP members. NARIP members have also secured publishing deals and formed creative collaborations too numerous to mention as a direct result of these NARIP's Sessions. Topics

Trends in synch licensing and agent deals
Exclusive, non-exclusive, single-song deals
Budgets and fee ranges
Royalties, copyright ownership, rights retention
Fees and deal points between synch agents and their clients
Which synch agents seek a transfer of copyright(s) for their services, and under what circumstances
Song re-titling

Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At hundreds of NARIP Sessions, we asked every guest music supervisor how to better market music to them. Their one consistent piece of advice? Get representation! At NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the synch agents and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for possible representation and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. * Synch Agent: A synchronization or “synch” agent represents music copyrights – either the composition, the sound recordings, or both. They pitch music to buyers and their representatives, including to music supervisors. Synch agents are typically compensated on a commission basis and do not own or control the copyrights they represent. While synch agents usually focus on entertainment and media exploitations, traditional songplugger services also include placement of represented songs with recording artists. WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION: PREPARATION IS KEY As with NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions, NARIP's Synch Agent Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest's then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit 7 songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the guest, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Synch Agent Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. In addition to pitching for current placement opportunities, NARIP's guest Synch Agents will consider music pitched for representation. Good luck and see you there!

BEFORE NARIP’S SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION:

NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available.
Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace.
You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session.
You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission.

DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION:

You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one.
NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand.

AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION:

NARIP provides guest music supervisor with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest music supervisor’s interest in specific tracks.
If requested by guest music supervisor, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him.
If approved by guest music supervisor, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants.

DON'T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed over 1,000 placements to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. OVER 1,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS

Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed over 1,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP'S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP's biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below.

ABOUT SIMON HORROCKS

As an artist and a business professional, Simon has 20+ years of experience in the music industry. He began as a performing musician and writer in Detroit, and relocated to Chicago to study music business in the Columbia College Art’s Entertainment and Media Management Program. While there, he began creating and selling tracks to House Music legend, Larry Sherman and writing songs for the Latin Dance group TKA. Shortly thereafter, Simon negotiated and signed a production / publishing deal with Chris Blackwell for Island Records. After 5 records and 8 years of nationwide touring with Capricorn Recording artist The Freddy Jones Band, Simon transitioned from artist to manager, handling on behalf of Alliance Artist such clients as Survivor, Bad Company, Wayne, Blue Epic and the Grammy-nominated Howard Tate. Since 2004 he has been entrenched in Atlanta’s Urban music scene as a management consultant for Multi-Platinum and Grammy-nominated artist Ciara, and as General Manger for Upfront / Universal Records where he spearheaded projects for four-time 2008 Grammy nominee Akon and Chilli (TLC). Simon Is Co-Founder of Affix Music, an LA-based music licensing company specializing in placing quality independent Urban Music in Television, Film, Advertising, Games and Digital Media. Affix uses the term "Urban" to represent the broad spectrum of today's cutting edge sounds and their lineage - Rap/Hip-Hop, R&B/Soul, Pop, and Electronic, as well as Jazz, Blues and Gospel. The company has placed Urban Music with some of the biggest brands in the world, including The Walt Disney Company, HBO, Warner Pictures, EA Sports, NBC Universal, Turner Broadcasting, ABC Television, Clear Channel and Verizon, In January 2010 Affix launched its music licensing platform that greatly simplifies search, audition and music licensing process for media clients. He is also a member of The Recording Academy Los Angeles Chapter (The Grammys) and Co-Founder of Georgia Music Partners. Come meet this career-maker. TESTIMONIALS

Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made over 1,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here.

Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE

THANK YOU Special thanks to SAE Institute of Technology in Atlanta for hosting this event.

WHEN Wednesday, August 15, 2018 6:30 p.m. – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. – Program begins 8:15 p.m. – Break 10:00 p.m. – Program ends WHERE SAE Institute of Technology 215 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30303 Enter building from Andrew Young International Blvd. (behind Hard Rock Cafe). Latecomers please ring buzzer for entry. NOT IN ATLANTA? SIX (6) SPOTS RESERVED FOR NARIP MEMBERS WHO WISH TO PITCH VIA SKYPE If you can't be here in person, at most locations we can accommodate pitching via Skype, or we can present material and provide the guest music supervisor's feedback to you directly. If you have questions about this, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com. Since we wish to give NARIP Atlanta members first opportunity to pitch in person, we will reserve up to six (6) spots for NARIP members who wish to pitch remotely. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST No Pitch (observe only) $15 NARIP Members $25 Non-members With Pitch (receive detailed description – a “brief” – in advance of Simon's current music needs, pitch your music at NARIP's session and get his immediate, direct feedback):

$145 NARIP Members $195 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone.

2 WAYS TO REGISTER

1. Online: NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Phone: 818-769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. All ticket sales final. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT!

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