Seattle orchestra contracting, production, engineering and session services
Recording an orchestral film or video game score? Need musicians in the Seattle area? These are the people to talk to.

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PERFORMANCE RIGHTS & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
  • ACDA - American Choral Director's Association
  • AES - Audio Engineering Society
  • AFM - American Federation of Musicians (musician's union)
  • AFTRA - American Federation of Television & Radio Artists
  • AMPAS - Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Oscars) organization
  • AMS - American Musicological Society site contains links of interest to musicologists
  • AMTA - American Music Therapy Association.
  • Arts USA - American Council for the Arts. A non-profit advocate for all the Arts
  • AOSA - American Orff-Schulwerk Association: music and movement education
  • ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
  • ASMC - American Society of Music Copyists. No current web presence.
  • BMI - a Performance Rights organization
  • CCLI - Christian Copyright Licensing International
  • CFMA - Cajun French Music Association
  • CISAC - International Confederation of Societies of Authors & Composers
  • CMRRA - Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd
  • CMS - College Music Society
  • DCI - Drum Corps International
  • GFA - Guitar Foundation of America
  • Copyright Clearance Center - a non profit organization
  • Grammy Awards - the Recording Academy
  • HEAR - Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers. a non-profit
  • HFA - the Harry Fox Agency, Inc. provides a service for licensing musical copyrights
  • HRRC - Home Recording Rights Coalition
  • IATSE - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, British Columbia and Yukon territories
  • ICA - International Clarinet Association
  • IHS - International Horn Society
  • IJFO - International Jazz Festivals Organization. An umbrella organization to leading jazz festivals worldwide.
  • ISME - International Society for Music Education
  • ITG - International Trumpet Guild
  • MENC - the National Association for Music Education
  • MIAC - Music Industries Assoc. of Canada
  • MMA - The MIDI Manufacturer's Association
  • MOLA - Major Orchestra Librarian's Association
  • MPA - Music Publisher's Association of the US
  • NAMM - National Association of Music Merchants
  • NEA - National Endowment for the Arts
  • NEDCC - Northeast Document Conservation Center
  • NFA - National Flute Association
  • NMPA - National Music Publisher's Association
  • NAPAMA - National Association of Performing Arts Managers and Agents
  • NATS - National Association of Teachers of Singing
  • PAS - Percussive Arts Society
  • PTG - Piano Technician's Guild
  • RMA - Recording Musician's Association
  • SBE - Society of Broadcast Engineers
  • SCA - Seattle Composer's Alliance: a non-profit professional organization made up of working composers, students, and others interested in professional music composition
  • SIBL - Songs Inspired By Literature (SIBL) Project, Inc. is a nonprofit producing advocacy and educational materials for the literacy movement. Uses music as a vehicle to engage, inspire and reinforce the magic of literature and the power of reading.
  • SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
  • TUBA - Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association
  • SOCAN - Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada
  • WAMS - Wolverine Antique Music Society
PRODUCTION MUSIC, SOUND EFFECTS, LOOPS & BEAT LIBRARIES
  • AAMediaMusic - CD collections of royalty free music loops and short themes and custom interactive music.
  • Accent Music Productions - Royalty free / buyout production music for film, video, TV, radio and multimedia applications.
  • Acidfanatic - the Acid music resource site. Loops, beats, basslines, synth textures, robot voices and more.
  • Arcadia Production Music - from the U.K
  • Atmosphere Music - from the U.K
  • Atomicaudio - a web designers audio resource with a large selection of pre-recorded voice-over lines and sound effects for Internet use. Customers can write their own text for recording by professional voice-over artists.
  • AudioMicro - Royalty Free Music for use in creative audio-visual projects including YouTube, TV, Film, Websites, PowerPoint, Animations, All Media.
  • Audio Monsoon - Raw oscillator multisampled CD-Rom of 3 classic analog synthesizers. Contains WAV and MIDI   formatted loops of Arpeggios, Bass and Keys/Strings. HALion 2 presets. MP3 previews.
  • Audio Online - Individual sound effects for sale
  • Audio Factory - from Germany
  • Beat Suite, the - Royalty free production music library offering mp3 production music tracks, flash loops and interface sounds for multimedia, creative, business and broadcast. Instant preview, purchase and download.
  • Beats 4 Tracks - Download production music from producers around the world. Create your own profile and upload beats today. Rap, Hip Hop, Dirty South, East Coast Beats, West Coast Beats, R&B.
  • Bits and Pieces - sound effects library, sound design, and acoustics consultancy.
  • Bluezone Corporation provides pro audio sample packs, sample CDs and sound libraries, beats, loops, sound effects, drums, atmospheres and instrument sounds available for instant download
  • British Audio - High quality, great prices. Available immediately via searchable, digital downloads or fast shipment of CDs. Ambient, Blues, Edge & Attitude, Extreme, Industrial, Latin, Orchestral, Rave, Rock, Romantic Flamenco Pop, Smooth Jazz, Techno, Trance, Trip Hop, World.
  • Carlin Production Music - from the U.K.
  • Cheerleading Music - the world's hottest custom cheerleading music.
  • Crank City - premium royalty free production music library. Jay Rose, Contributing Editor, DV Magazine writes: "I'm impressed... excellent musical values... some of the best orchestral writing I've heard in buyout music."
  • Chameleon Communications
  • ClipJingles - downloadable royalty-free & buy-out sound clips and background music.  Various customization services available.
  • DeWolfe production music and sound effects libraries.
  • Digital Redux - Sample libraries developers for producers and artists.
  • Discovery Firm - sound effects, drum loops, and more.
  • East West - retailer of samples, loops, sound effects, etc
  • Editor's Music - original royalty free buyout production music available for download.
  • Epic Sound - production music library and custom music, sound design and voice acting for commercials, film, games and multimedia.
  • First Call Music - high-quality production music / custom scoring for film, video, and multi-media presentations. Library music in both "leased" and "buyout" forms. Provides a unique "Audio Morphing" service, which creates new sounds from core elements of existing sounds and instruments.
  • FirstCom - 13 production music libraries containing over 30,000 contemporary titles. Available for search, audition and download.
  • Flying Hands Production Music - royalty free
  • Foto Search - allows users to search for thousands of royalty-free stock music tracks. Music and sounds from companies like, Music Bakery, Twisted Tracks, Studio Cutz, NoiseFuel, Crank City Music, Communication Data, and many more. With these audio tracks artists can complete their recordings legally and royalty-free.
  • Free-Loops - provides free loops and audio clip downloads to the music production community. Hip Hop, RnB, Drum Loops, Bass Loops, Synth Loops, Fruity Loop Sounds, Techno Loops, Flash Audio Loops, Video Game Loops and many more.
  • FreshLoops - Download loops legal for commercial production.
  • Fresh Music Library - royalty free
  • Galerie Chapuza Royaltyfree Music - German sounddesign gallery, offering royaltyfree electronica for broadcast, film and media.
  • GBA Music - "Prime Cuts" production music buy out library
  • Gefen Systems - retailer for all major sound effects libraries
  • Gemafreie Musik - leading music and sound effects provider in Germany. Royalty free music, Jingles and Sound effects - Predownload music, fast Archivbrowser, easy licensing. German language website.
  • Gemafreie Musik Online - Gemafreie and Royalty free Music for Web, Video, TV, Radio and multimedia. German language website.
  • Erik Haddad Production Music - unique, high-quality production music and flash music loops available for instant licensing and download.
  • Hip Hop Samples - Modern Beats is a leader in high quality downloadable hiphop sound libraries for virtually every music creation software and software sampler on the market. Download high quality sounds, loops and beats. Stay modern with today's hiphop.
  • Hip Hop MPC Samples -  MPCsounds.com offers hip hop music samples for Akai MPC samplers.
  • The Hollywood Edge - high quality sound effects libraries and royalty free music.
  • Hollywood Sound Factory - specialty and custom sound effects libraries.
  • iamusic.com - royalty free production music in MP3 format
  • Immediate Music - one of the industry's leading providers of music designed for use in motion picture advertising.
  • Impact Music Library - buyout library
  • Jewelbeat.com - large selection of royalty-free music tracks & free sound effects for any production - advertising, education, videos, photos, YouTube, etc.
  • Jingle Monster Jingles - this Australian based music production company produces music for radio, television and the internet.
  • Killersound - buy-out music and pre-recorded licensable sound sets and loops for websites, presentations, etc
  • Kool Music - royalty free production music
  • licensemusic.com - downloadable production music tracks for sale online
  • Loop Library - Royalty free downloadable loops and samples. Free downloadable loops
  • Megatrax - production music library. Purchase music in LiquidAudio™ online
  • Mix Me Entertainment specializes in royalty free music as well as custom sound design for commercials, television shows, promo videos, PSA's and multimedia.
  • MusicFox - Gemafreie Musik für Ihre Projekte. (Germany)
  • Themusicase.com - royalty free music for all media. Current selection has thousands of handpicked production tracks in commercial cuts. Pricing depends on media where music is to be used and prices start from 29 Euro.
  • Music + Images - sound effects and music libary collections or individual effects
  • Music Bakery - buyout production music library
  • MusiCues - Music for Plays - an online library of music created for theatrical productions, offering member organizations unlimited music downloads and performance licenses. The range is vast, the quality is high, and the cost is low.
  • Music for Video - production music library for video, television, film, commercials and multimedia: extensive catalogue and free sound effects. Italian language version of the site also available.
  • MusicRevolution - royalty-free production / stock music at affordable prices for TV / radio broadcast, film, corporate video, retail & website background music, on-hold music, and other business music applications. A collaborative online marketplace, MusicRevolution also provides professional and aspiring musicians the opportunity to license their music.
  • Nash Music Library - Japanese production music library
  • Net Music Library - Royalty free downloadable productions music and sound effects
  • Network Production Music - sound effects and production music libraries
  • Nightingale Music Productions - Music & sound effects for film, t.v, multi-media & internet use. Original music or license from an extensive library of songs, background music and sfx.
  • NonStop Music
  • OGM Production Music
  • Opuzz Production Music - Royalty-free (buyout) production music & Loops. Bebop to Hiphop, Dance to Trance, Rock to Classical. Preview before purchasing.
  • Orangegroove - Gemafreie Musi music für Imagefilme und Telefonwarteschleifen. (Germany)
  • ProductionMusicLibrary  - Superior quality Urban & Hip Hop production music library for film, television, radio, multimedia and artists. Urban & Hip Hop background music and instrumental music. Home of Urban Dropz.
  • Production Music Library - Hollywood Production Music (HPM) : original, high quality royalty free production music library | stock music & sound effects for download. Quickly buy professional background music, instrumental or vocal music, sound effects, music rises & stings for your commercial music needs, including audio-visual projects for YouTube, websites, TV, film, presentations & games.
  • ProductionTrax - offers a music library for filmmakers and multimedia producers access to the world's largest network of composers, sound designers and musicians - all in one place - to create custom soundtracks and underscores.
  • ProMusic Library
  • Quest Worldwide Production Music (QWPM) - online production music library / publishing company that provides audio for the television, film and multimedia markets. QWPM is an MCPS registered music library (not a royalty free music library), therefore providing top quality audio to the premium sector of the market. QWPM is owned by Quest Worldwide Publishing and represented worldwide through subpublishers who provide premium quality production music.
  • Rocksure Soundz - a library of royalty free production music and sound effects with unbeatable pricing and regularly updated content from New Zealand.
  • Royalty Free Music - available for every sound use: multimedia, industrial, corporate, videos, documentaries, film, television, flash, Power Point presentations, trade shows, presentations, broadcast etc.
  • Royalty Free Music & Loops - royalty free musicand loops for immediate download.
  • Royalty Free Background Music For On Hold Phone Systems and Productions offers the highest quality buyout and production music. This music library is used by major film companies, cable and television networks, colleges, universities and schools.
  • Royalty Free Tunes - high quality royalty free, copyright free music available for online licensing and instant MP3 download. Suitable for films, video and television productions, radio, multimedia, websites, games, slide shows, telephone on-hold systems, E-brochures, corporate presentations, podcasts, etc.
  • SFXsource Sound Effects offers thousands of professional grade sound effects and music tracks to download for use in media productions.
  • SMARTassMusic - provides royalty free production music downloads. Many different genres available.
  • SmartFX - find and play digital sound effects on a personal computer. Win95 and NT
  • Sonic-options - sound library for web sites and CD-ROMs, custom music and sound design for multimedia.
  • SonicArt - library of original musical compositions in multiple genres all fully licensed and ready for placement in TV, film, video games, advertising, larger music libraries and everything else.
  • SONiVOX (formerly Sonic Implants). A premier provider of virtual instruments and sound samples for musicians and composers.
  • SoperSound Music Library - royalty-free downloadable production music and CDs.
  • SoundBible - offers free and royalty free sounds for video editors, game designers, schools, non profit agencies and even weekend audio warriors.
  • Sound Dogs - retail source for all the best sampling and sound effects libraries
  • Sound Effects Hub - Professional imaging elements from publishers such as Sound-Ideas, Hollywood Edge, and BBC. Sound effects cds for radio, film, video games, and music.
  • Sound Effects Gallery - online auditionable sound library - search and download any effect or music sample.
  • Soundelux - sound design and sound effects for film.
  • soundfx.com - retail source for sound effects for movies, multimedia, music, videos, broadcast, TV, etc.
  • SOUND FREQZ Volume One from D'Agostin Productions is a fresh, new, ear grabbing collection consisting of over 100 tweaked-out sounders, stagers, audio attacks,assorted bed loops & a multitude of other audio workparts. Sound Freqz is royalty-free with no ongoing usage/license charges.
  • Sound Ideas - comprehensive sound effects and production music libraries
  • Soundrangers - extensive online library of professional sound effects and royalty free music designed specifically for video games and interactive media. Sound Rangers is also an award winning developer of custom audio for video games and interactive media.
  • Soundsnap - over 120,000 pro quality sound effects and loops from some of the industries top sound designers.
  • Soundtaxi - royalty free music for film and game productions for the international market. High quality, handpicked music from a variety of great artists which can be previewed and easily licensed.
  • Soundtrack Express - Search, preview, license and download the highest quality music from leading record labels, publishers and independent artists.
  • Stock Music - royalty free music with an edge.
  • Toninsel Musikproduktion - Professional individually composed royalty-free tracks / songs and music elements for film, artists and commercials. Contact Nico Flohr (German language website.)
  • TVMUSIC - (Valentino Production Music and Sound Effects) - high quality production music and sound effects libraries.
  • Urban Dropz - Urban / Hip Hop production music library for film, television, radio, multimedia and artists. Urban & Hip Hop background music and instrumental music.
  • Webtones Music - a leading royalty free music & commissioned audio provider.
  • Westar Music - production music for broadcast, audio video and multimedia use. Part of of the Sound Ideas catalog.
  • Xpress FX - Search, preview, purchase and download sound effects from a diverse catalog. Use high speed preview platform to manage and share media projects.
  • X-Ray Dog Music  - a leading industry provider of music specifically designed for use in motion picture advertising. Their extensive list of Film Trailer credits can be seen here.
REFERENCE SITES FOR MUSIC & AUDIO