At the age of 62, never having any music experiences , I recorded my first music video and wanted to load it on Youtube. I was introduced to Easy Song and despite being a dinosaur and not knowing how to approach anything whatsoever that is related to modern technology, I managed to navigate myself in the EASY ! EasySong website and had the very good fortune of being looked after by Mr Joe Jacob. He was friendly and patient and was very thorough. He guided me on how much to offer to obtain the syncing right to the song” I just died in your arms tonight’ by Cutting Crew. He explained the process in details and made no misleading promises.
Within just days, he came back with a surprise to say that I got the permission to use the song with my video WITHOUT charge.
There would be NO way otherwise for me to know any of this and get things done LEGALLY as it is my first time.
Just as important as getting a ‘ YES’ answer, it is ALSO important to get a ‘ NO answer.
I had wanted to get the syncing rights to use another song before knowing Easy Song and had reached out to EVERY avenue possible. I did not get a ‘ Yes’ nor a ‘No’ answer. When Mr Jacob asked if he could help with another song, I explained to him the situation.
He reached out to the copyright owners and within days, the answer was a CLEAR NO. But that did not matter. What mattered was he gave me closure and I could move on . And that is important. To be able to move on.
Thank you to the very kind and helpful Mr Joe Jacob and thank you Easy Song. The moment I have the funds saved to do my next music video which is a ‘WHEN’ AND not an ‘if’ I will be reaching out to Mr Jacob for his guidance.
Riard Wy
Malaysia