Ep 9 How To Choose The Best Publisher To Work With- With Grant Borland

Sync Gems - A podcast by Roy Matz - Thursdays

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In this episode we take a deep dive into different ways your music can be placed, and how you should approach choosing the right publisher for you. There are a lot of super practical tools in this episode so make sure to collect them gems! Grant Borland is a full time composer. He has placements in netflix, discovery, apple tv, Peacock, Universal & more. He talks publishers, how to choose them, and what to watch out for. We talk about the importance of connecting and genuine connection, we also talk about what editors want, and how to    2:30 How grant started making music for labels   6:26 Grant’s background and unique introduction to Sync   7:14 first lessons learned about sync, Know rules to break them   10:55 How music can convert and get to different placements you don’t expect   13:40 Know who to give your tracks to and how to research publishers   17:53 Red flags for choosing labels   19:09 Community and it’s importance   21:32 Collaborating on the higher levels   27:40 What Grant do if he started from scratch with $500 and a laptop   31:00 Creating unique sounds and why you should do it   35:22 What music editors like   40:28 The Job of a music supervisor     Grant’s site   https://www.grantborland.com   Sample packs (freebies as well) https://www.grantborland.com/store   Raum Reverb: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/effects/raum/