Orchard Music Services (OMS) serves labels and artists to maximize the revenue from their songs by ensuring all monies owed from digital sales are collected and remitted. OMS also works on a non-exclusive basis to help place songs for synchronization and other forms of commercial exploitation.

OMS offers valuable assistance for...

1. Mechanical Licensing and Royalty Administration
2. Song Sync Placement (film, TV, advertising, games, etc.)
3. Royalty Collection
4. Copyright / Publishing Administration
5. International Label Deals

The Orchard represents a growing catalogue over 1,000,000 tracks from thousands of record labels. Many of these labels have enlisted OMS to consolidate and focus their income opportunities.

MECHANICAL LICENSING AND ROYALTY ADMINISTRATION

If you want to digitally sell your music worldwide, and do so legally, you first have to make sure that any third-party copyright holders are properly compensated. If your catalogue includes compositions that require licensing from original rights-holders, OMS can quickly and effectively clear those compositions for worldwide distribution. OMS administers and pays publishing royalties through reciprocal society agreements between HFA and international author's rights societies, as well as directly back to your local copyright holder / publisher.

SONG SYNC PLACEMENT

Why let OMS place your songs?

1. Our service is non-exclusive. We won't tie up your rights. When you sign up for OMS Song Placement, you're free to license your music elsewhere.
2. Our size, experience and speed. Music supervisors and producers of film, television and commercials increasingly recognize The Orchard's catalogue as one of the largest and most diverse in the industry. These busy decision-makers seek quick, flexible and experienced licensors to provide song and master use rights for all of their licensing needs. OMS fulfills that role, with the shortest turnaround time in the industry.
3. International exposure. The Orchard maintains offices in 28 countries. An international team of experienced professionals will actively solicit supervisors and look for other placement opportunities for your songs.
4. We are delivering value. In 2005 alone, we distributed synch revenue of over six-figures to the "pilot" group of labels who signed on for OMS.

ROYALTY COLLECTION

Each day, your catalogue is earning extra revenue that you might not even know about. OMS will make sure that you get paid everything – not just a portion – that you are owed. Specifically:

Performing Rights Royalties: Every time your music is played on a non-interactive digital medium, you are entitled to performing rights royalties. Sources include digital cable, satellite television, DMX, Music Choice, Muzak, webcasters and satellite radio such as XM and Sirius. Millions of dollars of performing rights royalties are paid around the world on behalf of labels and copyright owners every year, but large sums sit unclaimed because labels are either unaware of their rightful share, or do not know where to find their money. We will go get your money and deliver it to you.

Audio Home Recording Act Collection (Hard Drive Levy): The U.S., and other territories around the world, collects royalties from manufacturers and importers of digital copying devices and blank digital media. These royalties are divided among sound recording copyright holders and performers on recordings. But this money often sits uncollected. OMS will help you claim the royalties that are rightfully yours.

Other Global Sources. Because OMS has secured relationships with the major global music rights societies, OMS can offer sound recording copyright holders a way to collect royalties in territories throughout the world – money that is most likely laying fallow in "black boxes," never to be distributed back to you. We specialize in collecting royalties for works created inside the U.S.

Digital distribution gives you more royalty rights than ever before. Take advantage of and protect your rights as a copyright holder by collecting income due to you throughout the world!

COPYRIGHT / PUBLISHING ADMINISTRATION

OMS offers a complete suite of copyright and publishing administration, including the collection of worldwide royalty payments and licensing administration.

Our experienced staff of music publishing professionals specialize in assessing and establishing client priorities and implementing the best possible programs to meet your needs and achieve the most cost-effective and profitable results.

INTERNATIONAL LABEL DEALS

OMS actively seeks new, up-and-coming musicians and bands that exhibit a strong potential to break internationally. Thanks to our extensive global distribution network, we can campaign for lucrative traditional record label opportunities in territories around the world, in addition to licensing and commercial opportunities.

If you are interested in licensing music for a project, click here or fax your request to 877 598 6628, or mail it to 100 Park Ave, 2nd Fl, NY NY, 10017, attn: Licensing.

For more information, please email oms@theorchard.com.