Stephen Sutton

over 30 days ago

Greetings Patrick:

I just finished reading your comment about "Waking" and was intrigued by some of the points you made. I'm not sure that I'm an ideal candidate for your services although some of them interest me.

So in the in the interest of saving us both some time- you said you had some ideas I could use right away. Pick the best ONE and explain how it would help. After that we could chat and find whether or not there might be a solid foundation for a collaboration.

Regards, Steve

Patrick Bachana| Authenticated | Sync & Catalog Consultant

over 30 days ago

Hello Steve, it all gud to hear from you, and concerning what i said "some ideas You could use right away" well in that case! my observation with your Track "Walking" though the track is Quite suitable for sync placement for film score, but the issue is that when next you try to upload such track, the meta data should be fully stated, like specific Mood, Lead vocal, And also make sure you Overall page or track is 100% optimized, because it necessary for Supervisor to search, i noticed "walking" has none of these, and most of the tracks

Few question though, Are you currently looking toward for Sync licensing or More Audience Growth?
if you're interested for more ideas, i would welcome a brief conversation via gmail at patrickumeshsocial@gmail.com

Stephen Sutton

3 weeks ago

Hello Patrick and sorry about my delay in getting back to you.

You have some very valid points about what it would take to get my music into the "right ears", but I have had some folks approach me already with plans that have me paying for services that somehow don't seem to pay for themselves. I don't mind investing in myself if there's a clear path to licensing situations, but mostly I want to enjoy myself making music and avoid doing things that I don't enjoy (marketing myself probably being the #1 thing I avoid).

So here's the challenge if you want to take it up:

I have 300+ tracks on Broadjam and nearly 400 on SoundCloud right now and they're roughly listed with the most recent ones at the top of the list.

Pick any that you are interested in, do all the promotion and metadata stuff you want to do.

Figure out a placement strategy.

Give me a fair, measurable, and achievable goal for a timeline so that it's easy to judge if things are working.

And finally give me your proposed fee structure to do all this.

If this looks on your end to be more trouble than it's worth, I'd completely understand but perhaps this will be a good opportunity for both of us.

Patrick Bachana| Authenticated | Sync & Catalog Consultant

3 weeks ago

Hello Greeting's Stephen,
I appreciate the honesty in your message and I completely understand where you're coming from.
What you described is actually the exact situation a lot of serious catalog owners end up in... strong body of work, real potential, but past experiences with "pay first, hope later" services that don't translate into anything meaningful.
So let me address your challenge directly, because it's a fair one.
The only part I don't do is speculative work upfront, not because I'm avoiding the risk, but because with a catalog your size (300+ on Broadjam, 400 on SoundCloud), the real value comes from building a structured system around the catalog, not testing one or two tracks in isolation.
What I can do and what tends to work best; is start with a focused evaluation + positioning phase, where I:
Identify a small set of high potential tracks (based on sync viability, not just preference)..
Rework metadata and positioning to match how supervisors actually search...
Map those tracks to specific types of licensing opportunities..
Outline a clear placement approach and realistic timeline benchmarks...

That way, instead of guessing, you're working from a defined strategy you can actually measure.
From there, if it makes sense to move forward, we scale it across more of your catalog.
This keeps it controlled, measurable, and avoids the "throw money at it and hope" situation you mentioned.
If you're open minded to it, it's probably easier to walk you through how I'd approach your catalog specifically and what a fair structure looks like on my end.
Shoot me a note at patrickumeshsocials@gmail.com
and I'll lay it out clearly so you can decide if it's worth moving forward.

Either way, I respect the way you're thinking about this, it's the right approach with a catalog like yours.

Best Wishes,
Patrick

Stephen Sutton

over 30 days ago

Thank you so much. I'm pretty happy about it myself.

You're very kind to give me such nice comments.... you should pat yourself on the back.

Stephen Sutton

over 30 days ago

thanks for you kind words. I am a fan of yours now.... we have some musical similarities in the way we use repetitive (slightly static) musical elements as a background to more agile melodies.

A mutual musical admiration society!