Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Originally Posted By: Robertkc
Joe,

....My only thought was on the length; the third verse rounds out the song on an upbeat note, but makes it a little long for tv?

Robert


Good point that I overlooked. TV might spend 30 seconds on a "long scene".... but I have seen where they spend 60 seconds if it's really dramatic such as a sad scene. I don't watch the show you're pitching too, but I can imagine the breakup scene is dramatic and sad and could easily be 60 seconds or perhaps slightly more.

They will edit the song to fit, so run time isn't as critical as it would be for an artist radio placement. Still, 3 minutes is a better length. Be sure to give them good, clean edit points.

Also, a really good idea is to have an instrumental version ready to go. Lots of times they will just want the music to play with no vocals. Having it ready shows you're on top of the details. Having a long version, a shorter version, an instrumental version and a few cue cuts would be excellent.


Joe and Herb,

Reference the link and edit points. What I've done on the most recent songs we've submitted is send a full length with vocal (assuming their is a vocal), full length with no vocal, a 30 second instrumental clip, a 60 second instrumental clip and then the complete musical bed as stems. With stems, the music director can remix the song any way he/she desires if none of the other formats we submitted were suitable for their needs.

Just a thought FWIW.

Alan

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