Tips on How to Get in Touch with Music Supervisor

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In my previous article, I explained how music supervisors can help put your music in films, TV shows, video games, ads, movie trailers, and all visual media. So if you want your songs to be in the next Netflix’s big hit, you have to make sure that music supervisors heard about you. But how do you do that? Well, let me give you some tips on how to approach music supervisors.

No Cold Emails, Please

You did your research, you found out the names of music supervisors that live in your area, and you managed to get their email address. You should just email them, right? Well, I’m not saying that it won’t work. It did work for some people in the past, but sending cold emails gives you a lower chance of getting noticed. Can you imagine how many emails a music supervisor gets in a day? Dozens… even hundreds! It’s very easy to skip your email in one scroll. So instead of sending random emails, I would suggest you try and meet them at a music or industry event. Introduce yourself in person, so they can put a name to a face. Once you meet them, then you can follow up with an email. This way, you have a better chance of them clicking your email and listening to your stuff.

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Be Unique and Make Yourself Memorable

If you meet a music supervisor wearing a neon green dress, they will remember you. And when they see your email, they will click it. That’s the power of being unique. You stay in people’s minds. So, use your uniqueness to get their attention. You could also apply this on the subject of your email. An attention grabbing email subject will definitely have a bigger chance to be opened compared to a boring one.

Be Concise and Don’t Make Them Download Stuff

What should be included in your email to the music supervisor? Of course your bio, your music, and your contact info. But don’t make your email super long like a trilogy novel. Again, they are busy and they get hundreds of emails a day. If they click your email and see a lot of words, they will close it immediately. Also one thing that you should remember, give them links to listen to your music instead of attaching your mp3 to the email. It’s a lot of effort to download stuff, plus you might end up spamming their download folder. If your music is just one click away, they will definitely be happy to give it a listen.

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Include Music Videos

If you have music videos, include them in your email to the music supervisor. After all, their job is to put music to visuals, so having your music in a video will give them a better idea on how it sits in a film. I wrote an article about how to shoot your own music video. But if you are really short on time or budget, you can always use royalty-free stock videos that’s widely available online. 

Good luck getting in touch with music supervisors. It might be challenging, but it’s worth it once you get in. And who knows, a big director might fall in love with your music and use it in their next film. If that happens, don’t forget to thank your music supervisor.

This article was published on Evolution website, November 17, 2023