As part of the process for the music video, we have had to request permission to use the song in our production. The reason for this being that to use any song you must request rights or you will be taking credit for that material without permission.
First, we decided that we would look at an existing email that was sent to a production company by a girl who is in the year above us and also produced a music video in her A2 studies last year. We looked at this template which we were given to ensure that we complete all the relevant information and do not miss anything out. Also using this as a template allowed us to ensure that it sounded professional and clear in our intentions of using the song and who would see it.
Although we probably won't get a reply, it is still important we send off for permission.
We started by researching our song. 'So Sick' by Ne-Yo. We found here that the rights of the song belong to and are produced by the production company who has worked with the likes of Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Drake and many more big artists. We then went on their website and couldn't find an email address where we could contact them and so we had to do some research of what bigger company they are under and who owned them so maybe we could find a contact address to email them directly.
We found that Deaf Jam records are under Universal Music Production and so from here, we went on the frequent FAQ's where someone had previously asked how we go about contacting them about using the track, here they provided a link which led to the page shown on the left, however this was for people who were located in the US and so it redirected us to the UK site where we found the head of the responsibility of music rights and there we found the right email address we would need to request permission to use the song 'So Sick' in our video.
Here is the email we sent:
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