so i'm watching TV, and my own music pops up in a commercial

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:05 am

a really wierd thing just happened.

I'm surfing through the 5 TV channels i have, and i graze one of those Esurance cartoon commercials. All the sudden i hear that the backing music is a remix i did (and was long ago paid for, and paid well, but optioned out of licensing) like 4 years ago of Soren Larue. The track is called "Innerchild - Adam Jay's Searching Remix".
You can check it out here: http://trustthedj.trackitdown.net/artist/107927.html

anyways, it was very surreal. I hunted down the commercial online, and you can see it here:
http://www.esurance.com/home/tv2.asp 5th one down "Erin hides out...."

its all legit and everything, but the original owner of the publishing never informed me, so it came as a total surprise. I see that he is promoting the TV spot on his myspace though.

wild!

eyeknow · Post by **eyeknow** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:13 am

Ok, that's about the coolest thing anyone can say!

congrats!!!!

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:18 am

i think adam is still in a daze from the surreality of it all...

hehehe...who knew SG1 could be so enlightening?

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:40 am

nice!

corneliusw · Post by **corneliusw** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:00 am

I think that's really bad sportsmanship for this dude not to inform you.

What if you disapproved of the product/company? I've had a remix used for a TVC. I was happy to be contacted. Fortunately there was no dispute and the original artist was so pleased that I ended up getting a % from the licensing - even though I didn't need to get paid. That's the way it should work!

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:05 am

the way it should work and the way it does work are totally different though.

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:06 am

corneliusw wrote:I think that's really bad sportsmanship for this dude not to inform you.

What if you disapproved of the product/company? I've had a remix used for a TVC. I was happy to be contacted. Fortunately there was no dispute and the original artist was so pleased that I ended up getting a % from the licensing - even though I didn't need to get paid. That's the way it should work!

Had i disapproved, i would still not have any say on if the music made it to the final product or not. I took the option at the time for a larger advance in exchange for future licensing rights.

Yea, it would have sucked if i didn't approve, but i knew that situation would be possible when i signed the agreement and accepted payment.
Thankfully, i'm cool with this product though. And the SF based marketing company that makes those cartoons is pretty cool too.

I'm not mad, or upset. Just surprised.

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:36 pm

How did your mix translate to your boobtube?

ohmpow · Post by **ohmpow** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:40 pm

nice!

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:43 pm

sorry, Adam, as cool as that is, I can beat it.

A couple of years back I was surfing the 200 channels of crap I have (already one up eh?) and stumbled across some laughable softcore porn where a girl was squirting silicon bath sealant on herself !
yes, really ! If you have ever used the stuff you know how stupid that is - so that made me stop and watch ..then I realised .. that music .. it's me!
very strange.

So, my music was used as porn background music to a low price silicon sealant pervert video.

pwned I think

gafferuk · Post by **gafferuk** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:46 pm

Angstrom wrote:sorry, Adam, as cool as that is, I can beat it.

A couple of years back I was surfing the 200 channels of crap I have (already one up eh?) and stumbled across some laughable softcore porn where a girl was squirting silicon bath sealant on herself !
yes, really ! If you have ever used the stuff you know how stupid that is - so that made me stop and watch ..then I realised .. that music .. it's me!
very strange.

So, my music was used as porn background music to a low price silicon sealant pervert video.

pwned I think

That is funny

weapons · Post by **weapons** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:54 pm

oh shit whatup adam its steve used to play dnb as headstrong i stayed out in indy with doug a few times back in the day before he moved here just wanted to say whatup

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:35 pm

Angstrom wrote:sorry, Adam, as cool as that is, I can beat it.

A couple of years back I was surfing the 200 channels of crap I have (already one up eh?) and stumbled across some laughable softcore porn where a girl was squirting silicon bath sealant on herself !
yes, really ! If you have ever used the stuff you know how stupid that is - so that made me stop and watch ..then I realised .. that music .. it's me!
very strange.

So, my music was used as porn background music to a low price silicon sealant pervert video.

pwned I think

Well, how did your mix translate to the boobtub?

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:03 pm

Sales Dude McBoob wrote:
Angstrom wrote:sorry, Adam, as cool as that is, I can beat it.

A couple of years back I was surfing the 200 channels of crap I have (already one up eh?) and stumbled across some laughable softcore porn where a girl was squirting silicon bath sealant on herself !
yes, really ! If you have ever used the stuff you know how stupid that is - so that made me stop and watch ..then I realised .. that music .. it's me!
very strange.

So, my music was used as porn background music to a low price silicon sealant pervert video.

pwned I think
Well, how did your mix translate to the boobtub?

I think Sales Dude actually got one up on both Adam and Angstrom with that comment... nice one McBoob...

Surely no-one would do that with silicon. Maybe they filled the tube with skincream or something. Otherwise I reckon that lady would be stuck to everything she touched. I used some on my bath which is apparently guaranteed for 35 years - so do you think you could use it as a skin replacement?

Hmm.

mercyplease · Post by **mercyplease** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:17 pm

AdamJay wrote:a really wierd thing just happened.

I'm surfing through the 5 TV channels i have, and i graze one of those Esurance cartoon commercials. All the sudden i hear that the backing music is a remix i did (and was long ago paid for, and paid well, but optioned out of licensing) like 4 years ago of Soren Larue. The track is called "Innerchild - Adam Jay's Searching Remix".
You can check it out here: http://trustthedj.trackitdown.net/artist/107927.html

anyways, it was very surreal. I hunted down the commercial online, and you can see it here:
http://www.esurance.com/home/tv2.asp 5th one down "Erin hides out...."

its all legit and everything, but the original owner of the publishing never informed me, so it came as a total surprise. I see that he is promoting the TV spot on his myspace though.

wild!

Your not the copyright owner of a remix and unless your contract states otherwise your not entitled to any airplay royalties. Thats the rule in the uk so it might be different in the states?

so i'm watching TV, and my own music pops up in a commercial

so i'm watching TV, and my own music pops up in a commercial

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