R&B Artists, Delta Blues, Sitar Instrumentals are needed
Published: Sun, 11/09/25
Updated: Mon, 11/10/25
by three great music licensing companies
Hey ,
Today's listings are below, but this is a tip I think is very pertinent for you and most musicians working in the music licensing field. Give me a short minute to explain.
I frequently preach the "zig when everybody else zags" mantra, especially when it comes to creating music that very few others have or will create, and here's why...
Our first request in this batch is for Sitar-based instrumentals. Most people would think, "I don't own or play a sitar. I'm out!"
Hardly anybody will submit, and there's a great chance the music library asking for this music will have very few (if any) sitar-based tracks for music supervisors to choose from in their catalog. People who have Sitar music in that catalog have a better chance of licensing their music because there's very little competition.
So, rather than passing this opportunity up, you could buy one of the cheap sitar plugins (free to $79), and create traditional Indian and Bollywood tracks, AND you could also create Sitar-based Dramedy tracks, Hip Hop tracks (which they need for this listing), and a bunch of other styles with an Indian flavor. You'd be a standout in a sparsely populated genre.
And you don't even need to know how to play a Sitar. But, I do have some advice... play your sitar parts by hand so they don't sound stiff and MIDI-driven or quantized.
To add a cherry on top, try overdubbing a little taste of Indian-sounding percussion (could also be samples) parts that are also played by hand! In most cases, the music supervisors are looking for Indian "flavor," and not a Ravi Shankar concert. Think travel shows, or scenes in films that take place in India. More often than not, the music sets a location, and it's not usually featured. That means they're looking for "vibe," and probably not a virtuoso performance.
And when the music library picks your track, which was forwarded by TAXI, I'd bet dollars to donuts that they'll ask you to create an entire album of Sitar tracks. When that happens, you'll practically own the Sitar/Indian genre in that catalog.
That's how strategic musicians think and operate.
Talk to you soon,
Michael
BTW, can you please take a second and reply to this email and let us know which genres you most frequently write and record? It helps us track down opportunities that will be most fruitful for you!
Today's listings are below, but this is a tip I think is very pertinent for you and most musicians working in the music licensing field. Give me a short minute to explain.
I frequently preach the "zig when everybody else zags" mantra, especially when it comes to creating music that very few others have or will create, and here's why...
Our first request in this batch is for Sitar-based instrumentals. Most people would think, "I don't own or play a sitar. I'm out!"
Hardly anybody will submit, and there's a great chance the music library asking for this music will have very few (if any) sitar-based tracks for music supervisors to choose from in their catalog. People who have Sitar music in that catalog have a better chance of licensing their music because there's very little competition.
So, rather than passing this opportunity up, you could buy one of the cheap sitar plugins (free to $79), and create traditional Indian and Bollywood tracks, AND you could also create Sitar-based Dramedy tracks, Hip Hop tracks (which they need for this listing), and a bunch of other styles with an Indian flavor. You'd be a standout in a sparsely populated genre.
And you don't even need to know how to play a Sitar. But, I do have some advice... play your sitar parts by hand so they don't sound stiff and MIDI-driven or quantized.
To add a cherry on top, try overdubbing a little taste of Indian-sounding percussion (could also be samples) parts that are also played by hand! In most cases, the music supervisors are looking for Indian "flavor," and not a Ravi Shankar concert. Think travel shows, or scenes in films that take place in India. More often than not, the music sets a location, and it's not usually featured. That means they're looking for "vibe," and probably not a virtuoso performance.
And when the music library picks your track, which was forwarded by TAXI, I'd bet dollars to donuts that they'll ask you to create an entire album of Sitar tracks. When that happens, you'll practically own the Sitar/Indian genre in that catalog.
That's how strategic musicians think and operate.
Talk to you soon,
Michael
Lots of SITAR-BASED INSTRUMENTALS with HIP-HOP Flavor needed...
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