I’ve been so busy that I had a bit of a break from my VLOG’s, but this topic was worth making time for. In this episode, I

We stumbled across this wonderful story about the resurrection of what was apparently the first all-girl rock band, straight out of Haight in the sixties. It’s amazing

Do Influencers need to pay for a sync licence when they use songs in their posts? Today I address an interesting question posed by one of our

The verdict is finally in! Universal won big and the judge crucified Clive. He might have saved over a million dollars if he had called us first.

Yes, we went to a real concert with performers and an audience! Featuring Australia's indie darling Julia Stone, who gave us a kick-arse show. Wonderful that it's

Are expert witnesses (musicologists) helpful if you go to court? Not if they cancel each other out. Plus final closing arguments from both sides. The case now

The man himself, Australian politician Clive Palmer, gives evidence in the copyright infringement case brought against him by Universal Music. Number 8 of 9 episodes in a

Can we work effectively from a campervan? Can we provide our usual music search and sync licensing services for advertising campaigns from the Australian Outback? Is it

From a Campervan! More commentary on the Universal vs Clive Palmer copyright court case, while we travel around Australia. Well OK, maybe just the state of NSW

Ep 28, Part 6 of the Palmer vs Universal court case. Dee Snider from Twisted Sister appears in court, as does Andrew Jenkins, the top dog from

Ep 27, Part 5 of our commentary on Palmer vs Universal - Day 2 of the court hearings. This time we look at a key plank in

How much did Clive Palmer spend on the campaign? And what did expert witness Karina Masters have to say about the impact of a potential "negative association"

Ep 25 - The third in our mini-series analysing Palmer vs Universal. Covering my bold predictions for the outcome of the court case, and the “Golden Rule”

Introduction to Australia’s Donald Trump – Clive Palmer. The scary litigant who features in the Twisted Sister court case. I thought I should explain why I need

I finally found a meaty court case where a music company is suing a brand for infringing copyright. This one is a cracker - a global multinational

Initially, we found and contracted Harts to re-record the theme song for the T20 Cricket World Cups. Then they asked him to perform the song at the

Are "artist searches" the same as "music searches"? Mostly yes, but a little different. In this episode we discuss our successful search for an artist to re-record

This is the second in our four-part mini-series focusing on a particular sync licence case study – the use of “Get Up And Dance” for the T20

In this episode, Bruce discusses the magical microsecond when a song pops into the head of a creative working on an advertising campaign. In this case, the

And now for something completely different. In between finding songs and clearing copyrights we managed to find time to take on a puppy. Not sure yet if

Gloria Jeans – do you need a music licence to post User Generated Content (UGC) as part of a competition? Bruce and Clare discuss the ins and

A mini case study on how tiny differences in the lyrics in cover versions of songs can change the copyright. If you are doing a sync licence

We offer them bags of money and sometimes they say No. It can be bewildering and really frustrating when the client has fallen in love with that

Today we discuss Bruce's favourite TVC - Salt n Pepa belting out "Push It" with a suburban mum in the SUV. Wonderful imagery and great messaging. From

Bruce has been talking to a lot of people in the advertising industry across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. In this episode he summarises how it's all

A nostalgic reminder of the good old days. Pre the dreaded COVID lockdown, where we were free as birds. Well, free enough to all squeeze up together

There are always risks associated with licensing a song for an advertising campaign. This video blog episode provides advice from the experts at Music Mill, by looking

Discussion on the impact of lockdown on music supervision, our advertising industry clients, and our personal lives. You’ll find the full transcript below: Bruce: Today we discussed

From back in the day when we could all go to gigs. Really missing this now. You’ll find the full transcript below: Bruce: Hi everybody. Once again,

We continue to look at the fundamentals of song copyrights. Eps 6 & 7 looked at the rights inherent in the publishing and the master, and this

Continuing on from the last episode, this one looks at the difference between Publishing and Master copyrights from the perspective of a young lad learning the piano.

What's the difference between the Publishing and Master copyrights? Do you need both of them to use a song in an ad? Today Bruce presents an explanation

It's the day for our big date, but all the restaurants and pubs are closed. So we went down to the park for fish and chips, discussed

Ep 4 continues on from Ep 3, discussing the re-record of Powderfinger's iconic song by Australian indie singer Megan Washington. Plus we get all dressed up for

Today we look at a fantastic campaign produced by VMLY&R for Brisbane Marketing, using a superb version of Powderfinger's "My Happiness" - first time it's been synced

This was the original launch video. It was supposed to be the first episode, but some eps were filmed a while ago and then we got busy

Welcome to our new Video Blog, where we talk about all sorts of remarkable and stimulating matters pertaining to the intersection between advertising and songs and advertising.