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Background music for websites

July 13, 2012 in Developing, Themusicase, Tips & Suggestions

As a developer there are hundred of times that a client or a project needs to have a soundtrack or music as background.

There are many disadvantages playing music in a background on a website and many advantages.

When building a website in flash e.g. a photographer website or a movie – game presentation you have to pick a track and play it on background because it gets you quickly to the mood of the “product”.
But if you are building a website e.g. an eshop, a company website or even a blog i suggest not having background music except if your company is a gym or a design trend.

Working with flash and music is an easy part.

But what is happening working on html.
As you know html and generally server side sites are sending a request to the server and then the server serves the new page. So we have a new page on every link.
This is a major problem with the background music because clicking on a link reloads the player so the music too.

The solution of this problem is to develop your website with ajax methods.
So every request will be loaded on a certain div that is different from the div that holds the player.

With ajax methods you have some limitations on your SEO (there are some libraries out there that fix this problem) but sure better than building your website on flash that is totally seo unfriendly.

So we have the methods and we have decided that we want background music on our website.
What is happening with the music track.

I am sure that many of you out there, you are just grabbing a commercial song and put it on your website.
Well that in NOT LEGAL. Because you do not have the license to use this track on your project.
If you have the license then it’s ok.

There are too many libraries out there that does this Job.
They called Royalty free music libraries also known as stock music libraries.

Please be aware of the term. Royalty free doesn’t means free. It means that you just paying a single fee and no other royalties.

At http://www.themusicase.com you can find a thousand of tracks that will fit your needs that cost about 30 $ per track for usage as background music on your website (royalty free music silver license)

Now what is happening if you do not want to pay nothing.
Well many royalty free music libraries have sections that offers totally free the license to use their music (or certain tracks) on your website.

In most cases they offer free background music for websites with ready made code that you just grab it and paste it on your website source.
Try one here free Royalty Free music for websites

That is a good thing because you do not have (as a developer) to do nothing. Neither building an mp3 player not paying any royalties.

And yes you are legal.

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OsTicket Staff Reply from Email Technique

May 25, 2012 in Developing

We have recently installed osticket 1.6 for support ticket system.

One of the features that osTicket 1.6 does not have is the ability for the staffs to reply on a ticket thought email.

Think that you are on vacations and a customer creates a ticket that you receive on your smartphone and the answer is something that you can send it right away.

Well with a little hack this can be done so i am posting here the solution.
This technique only works if you enable piping.

on /api/pipe.php
osTicket 1.6 code Line 93
$ticket=null; if(preg_match ("[[#][0-9]{1,10}]",$var['subject'],$regs)) { $extid=trim(preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", $regs[0])); $ticket= new Ticket(Ticket::getIdByExtId($extid)); //Allow mismatched emails?? For now hell NO. if(!is_object($ticket) || strcasecmp($ticket->getEmail(),$var['email'])) $ticket=null; } $errors=array(); $msgid=0; if(!$ticket){ //New tickets... $ticket=Ticket::create($var,$errors,'email'); if(!is_object($ticket) || $errors){ api_exit(EX_DATAERR,'Ticket create Failed '.implode("\n",$errors)."\n\n"); } $msgid=$ticket->getLastMsgId(); }else{ $message=$var['message']; //Strip quoted reply...TODO: figure out how mail clients do it without special tag.. if($cfg->stripQuotedReply() && ($tag=$cfg->getReplySeparator()) && strpos($var['message'],$tag)) list($message)=split($tag,$var['message']); //post message....postMessage does the cleanup. if(!($msgid=$ticket->postMessage($message,'Email',$var['mid'],$var['header']))) { api_exit(EX_DATAERR,"Unable to post message \n\n $message\n"); } }

Replace with new code
$ticket=null; $response_stuff=0; $staff_id=0; if(preg_match ("[[#][0-9]{1,10}]",$var['subject'],$regs)) { $extid=trim(preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", $regs[0])); $ticket= new Ticket(Ticket::getIdByExtId($extid)); //Allow mismatched emails?? For now hell NO. if(!is_object($ticket) || strcasecmp($ticket->getEmail(),$var['email'])){ //$ticket=null; $sql="SELECT username,staff_id FROM " . STAFF_TABLE . " WHERE email='" . $var['email'] . "' "; $query=db_query($sql); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) { $senderUsername = $row['username']; $staff_id=$row['staff_id']; }

if (!$senderUsername){ $ticket=null; } else { $response_stuff=1; } } } $errors=array(); $msgid=0; if(!$ticket){ //New tickets... $ticket=Ticket::create($var,$errors,'email'); if(!is_object($ticket) || $errors){ api_exit(EX_DATAERR,'Ticket create Failed '.implode("\n",$errors)."\n\n"); } $msgid=$ticket->getLastMsgId(); }else{ $message=$var['message']; //Strip quoted reply...TODO: figure out how mail clients do it without special tag.. if($cfg->stripQuotedReply() && ($tag=$cfg->getReplySeparator()) && strpos($var['message'],$tag)) list($message)=split($tag,$var['message']); //post message....postMessage does the cleanup. if($response_stuff==1){ if(!($ticket->postResponse($ticket->getMessageId(),$message,'none',false,true,$staff_id))){ api_exit(EX_DATAERR,"Unable to post message \n\n $message\n"); } } else { if(!($msgid=$ticket->postMessage($message,'Email',$var['mid'],$var['header']))) { api_exit(EX_DATAERR,"Unable to post message \n\n $message\n"); } } }
on /include/class.ticket.php
add this function

function getMessageId(){ $cur_mes_id=0; $sql ='SELECT max(msg_id) FROM '.TICKET_MESSAGE_TABLE.' WHERE ticket_id='.db_input($this->getId()); if(($res=db_query($sql)) && db_num_rows($res)) list($cur_mes_id)=db_fetch_row($res); return $cur_mes_id; }

and add this on function postResponse
function postResponse($msgid,$response,$signature='none',$attachment=false,$canalert=true,$_staff_id=0){ global $thisuser,$cfg; //global $cfg; if($_staff_id!=0){ $ip="0.0.0.0"; $thisuser=new Staff($_staff_id); } else { $ip=$thisuser->getIP(); }


if(!$thisuser || !$thisuser->getId() || !$thisuser->isStaff()) //just incase

return 0;

$sql= 'INSERT INTO '.TICKET_RESPONSE_TABLE.' SET created=NOW()'. ',ticket_id='.db_input($this->getId()). ',msg_id='.db_input($msgid). ',response='.db_input(Format::striptags($response)). ',staff_id='.db_input($thisuser->getId()). ',staff_name='.db_input($thisuser->getName()). ',ip_address='.db_input($ip);
the rest are the same…..

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Get your music licensed

April 25, 2012 in Uncategorized

Ok, now you have you new record ready for the masses. At the same time you discover that you have also produced some great tracks on the past, which are kept safe on hard disks. Your fans friends, family are eager to listen to all your great stuff and wait for your official release!

BUT is that all?

Did you know that music apart from entertainment is also essential for creating emotions inside various productions?

In the modern music industry, a new distribution channel that could boost your awareness and also be a significant income is “licensing” your music to all creative people out there that produce videos, adverts, podcasts, websites, video game and need great music to enhance the impact of their works.

Imagine one of your tracks as background in a YouTube video that ends up having thousands or even millions of views. The video producer in order to legally use your music and upload the video with your tracks as background should have purchased the right to do it. This is called: Synchronization license. You, apart from being paid for licensing your music to the producer are now exposed through your music to all these people watching this video.

Now multiply the above scenario with more than one YouTube videos, Podcasts, Advertisements etc. Your presence in all these productions could generate income and also raise your popularity.

But how a producer could actually find your music in order to proceed to licensing it?
Because of this new trend a new market has grown called “royalty free music”. Composers can upload their music in royalty free music platforms where thousands of producers are visiting in daily basis in order to find what fits best for their productions. With very attractive prices such as 40 $ for use in websites or YouTube and 150 $ for use in adverts or documentaries (non exclusively , the same track can be licensed several times during a day , — ok this is the best scenario but it already happens for many composers) marketplaces selling royalty free music (or stock music) are increasingly popular.

Royalty Free Music Library www.themusicase.com is one of the leading platforms worldwide for stock music licensing to producers across the globe. All music is handpicked (is uploaded after approval) and you can learn more here

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Royalty Free Music Beds for Media Productions

March 19, 2012 in News, Themusicase

The term Royalty Free Music Beds refers to music backgrounds widely used in all kinds of productions whether they are YouTube videos / Weather Broadcast scenes / Advertisements. Every use of music as “music bed” requires relevant Sync Licensing from the music creator (composer/ producer etc).

Themusicase.com selection of Stock Music Beds ready for immediate licensing for use in every media production comes along with a full licensing service. Purchasing a license directly from our themusicase.com library, clients are 100% eligible of using the music in their productions. Every purchase comes along with a License Agreement fully describing the potential music uses.

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Royalty Free Music for Mobile Apps

October 19, 2011 in Themusicase, Uncategorized

Themusicase.com Royalty Free Music Library is providing legal use of Stock Music for Mobile Apps.

Application Developers for all mobile operation systems such as

Android (Mobile & Tablets)
iOS (iPhone & iPad Devices)
Blackerry
Windows Mobile
Symbian

Developers may purchase themes of their choise and legally use them in their apps. All our licenses are valid for unlimited mumber of app installations and for unlimited mumber of years.

Mobile App licenses are covered by the Platinum License.

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Stock Music

August 5, 2011 in Themusicase

What is Stock Music and how can be legally used?

Alltough Stock Music term has been around for quite a long time and thus familiar to many people in the production music industry worldwide, this small article attempts to shed some light to the term especially for those that have not used stock music so far in their projects or do not know yet what is all about.

As the word “stock” explains, stock music is music that has been pre-recorded and is not “custom made” for a specific project. Of course music may have been used or may have been custom made in the past for some particular production but if composer of this music has the rights to do so, music can be licensed to various other projects as well.

Stock music is available in Stock Music Libraries or Royalty Free Music Libraries usually in a pay per track licensing scheme costing around 40 – 120$ depending on media where tracks are about to be licensed for. In most cases licensing a track from a music library does not give the exclusive right to the producer to use this music only on his project. The same track may be licensed to various other customers / producers at the same time for use in other productions. Thus, you may hear the same track in numerous different productions around the globe.

Exclusivity can be bought in some cases where a producer may decide to negotiate a price with the composer and the stock music library for acquiring the exclusive rights for a certain region or a certain time period. Prices in such cases can be really high as tracks are removed from any other database that are also available for licensing.

Stock Music composers are in most cases professionals on media music production being occupied by themselves as production music composers, composing, mixing and distributing through stock music libraries their works. Each track may appear in commercial cuts ready for client to use it in 30sec’s or 60 sec’s version of a jingle or advertisement.

During last years the stock music industry has grown significantly comparing with the traditional way of ordering custom music (work for hire) from a composer. Media composers also are shifting to royalty free music libraries facing a new opportunity to exploit already made music tracks.

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Royalty Free Classic Remakes

July 27, 2011 in News, Themusicase

We have just added 21 brand new classical remakes in a new category on our stock music library. Producers can now license these tracks for use in every media. Featuring classical composers such as Beethoven, Bizet, Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart and more all remakes define a new orchestrational approach on these classical cues.

All arrangements are made by Production Music Composer Alex Khaskin.

Direct Link to tracks: http://www.themusicase.com/library/Royalty-Free-Music/Classic_Remakes/

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Themusicase.com Production Music Desktop App

June 8, 2011 in Themusicase, Tips & Suggestions

Royalty Free Music Library www.themusicase.com has just released the first Adobe Air Application.

Themusicase.com App is a new workstation for the current and features clients of TMC Publishing providing a Desktop solution fully customized.

Each user may have its own app installed on his PC/Mac and use all features that are currently on website and many more.

Themusicase.com application adds a significant distribution channel (apart from the website itself) for themusicase.com and helps in deeper engagement with clients.Application now carries over 45,000 high quality royalty free music files and sound fx for use in all media productions.(cloud technology).

The app is available for FREE download here:
www.themusicase.com/app

For free download.

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Composer of the month – Michael Kakhiani Interview

May 2, 2011 in Themusicase

Themusicase.com invites film composer Michael Kakhiani to an interview regarding his experience so far in production music and trends on global music licensing.

Hello Michael. I would like to start this discussion by asking you how and when you got involved in the production music industry.

I got involved in the production music industry in 2008, though I’ve been writing and performing music from my childhood. Coming from a Classical Piano background, I have never really heard about library music, until I enrolled to Berklee College of Music, where I had a Songwriting / Jingle Writing class with an accomplished Production Music composer. That’s when I started to think about getting into this side of composing, luckily, I’ve found one royalty-free music site, where I uploaded several tracks, and I was extremely happy that they started to sell, after that I did a research to find many more libraries and things started to grow from here.

Where are you based and where has your music been placed so far?

I currently live in my hometown, which is Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Though I have lived in the USA for some time, as well as in London, U.K.

As far as placements, I mostly have a lot from royalty-free sites and don’t really know where they end up getting used, but I had some major placements too, like Advertising spots for Castrol (North America), Nissan, Braden Group and some others. I also did some film music for several local filmmakers as well as Solar Light Films (USA).

Do you do custom music (by request) or you are active only in the stock music library market?

Yes, I definitely work on custom music, and I try to get more involved in this kind of activities, especially in film music.

Is there any particular style of music that sells more for you in the royalty free music library market?

I would say that it’s Corporate and Motivational tracks, though I have several Cinematic tracks that sell quite well.

How did you decide to participate as an active composer in royalty free music libraries?

I’ve just tried once, and got stuck for years It’s like gambling, but a lot better, because here you never lose, just gain. I really love the feeling you get when you see your music has been sold, and it’s great that in today’s era it’s possible to be on the other side of the planet and make your music heard and used worldwide and also to see your sales and statistics real time. It gets you motivated to do more and better than before.

As last question I would like to ask for your opinion about the future of music production. Do you see that composers will become more active in the global market offering their music through digital platforms in even lower prices or they will try to develop their “brand” in local markets charging a lot more than representatives as royalty free music companies do?

I guess in the future, the quality will decide everything, there are a lot of composers today that are writing quality production music and selling through digital platforms, but also there are many mediocre ones, but as the number of libraries grows and the number of contributors and their music tracks grows too, I guess it will eventually filter down. I think there will always be a market for “low-priced” music, which is used by people and organizations mainly for online videos, ads, and websites (youtube etc.), and who can’t afford to pay more for better quality. But there will also always be a market for large productions, who will always pay more for the best quality they can get.

Michael Kakhiani Music is available at themusicase.com for global licensing here:
http://www.themusicase.com/search/Royalty-Free-Music/Michael_Kakhiani/

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Xavi Duch Llurba Royalty Free Music – New Production Music Composer

April 20, 2011 in Themusicase

Themusicase.com stock music library announces new entry -production music composer Xavier Duch Llurba.

Xavi started his musical carreer at the age of 12 and on 1994 started his first home studio purely for music production. He has been a member of groups such as “Sahara,” “Spaghetti pal ratti”, Josep Cuadras trio, “Ellipse”, Albert Aguiar trio.

Xavi is now working in music for adverts, documentaries, sound design, and production for groups and signers in his own studio.

Direct link for Xavi tracks at :
http://www.themusicase.com/search/Royalty-Free-Music/Xavier_Duch/

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