Submitting to Music To Espn , And Other

Submitting Music To Espn - Real Music Opportunities (RMO) is looking for great songs to be featured in ESPN National Television 2011 College Football programming with exposure to millions of potential fans around the world. RMO and ESPN will choose 20 songs from the submitted music to be featured on the ESPN.com/music website with links to the band's website or their Reverbnation page and 8 of the 20 songs (1 per week) will be featured on ESPN National Television for College football "plays of the week" programming.

Artists/Band Compensation: Promotion on ESPN.com/music website for 20 Artists/Bands for 2 months and use of 8 of those songs in ESPN College Football Television programming (1 per week), in “plays of the week” shows including repeats. Artists/Bands will receive on screen credit. Some of the remaining 12 songs chosen may be used for other ESPN College Football Television programming.

Important Info: All submitted music must be cleared for non-exclusive use without financial compensation and chosen Artists/Bands will be obligated to sign a release agreement granting permission to Real Music Opportunities for the use in ESPN programming.

All styles of music are accepted - upbeat positive songs preferred. Please make sure to submit your music ASAP for the November selections!

Submission requires a free ReverbNation account and active subscription to ReverbNation Press Kits.

• Background music. The music you hear in the background during the highlights is called Support Music, and almost all of the time it’s instrumental. Most Support Music comes from ESPN’s Music Library, a database of thousands of compositions which Kevin helps oversee by working with composers to create original music for the library. According to Kevin, a lot of the is mid to up tempo, like rock, hip-hop, or electronic music. Support Music’s biggest job is pretty self-explanatory, it’s to support the the sports highlights and the attitude of the particular ESPN program. “If it’s doing it’s job, you don’t even know it’s there,” says Kevin.
• Curating popular music. Commercial Music is what you hear more often on ESPN during live sporting events or right before and after commercial breaks. It includes songs by popular artists, up-and-coming acts, and sometimes, even music recorded by an artist specifically for ESPN. (Rapper 50 Cent once recorded custom verses in conjunction with The Heavy for his song “We Up” and The Heavy’s song “How You Like Me Now,” to be used during the NFL Draft.) According to Kevin, the commercial music is curated by both the music team and the show’s producers when they’re looking for something specific. “We’re out there searching the web for new bands,” says Kevin, “and getting stuff from management, labels, and publishers.”