On Top Of a Cloud Announces Premier Licensing Agreement With Songtradr

STATELINE, Nev. - May 8, 2018 - PRLog -- On Top Of a Cloud is pleased to announce the licensing of Deirdre Leah Faegre's, "The Ice Won't Break," by Songtradr,  "the fastest-growing, music licensing platform in the world."

The Songtradr Overhead Licensing Program, collectively, [their] network of partners, reach the ears of millions people everyday.  Songtradr's world class content management system arms music makers with a comprehensive set of tools and services to professionally manage their careers, while [their] automated marketplace and talented music supervisors streamline the music discovery and licensing process.

On Top Of a Cloud Singer/Songwriter, Deirdre Leah Faegre was delighted with the announcement from Songtradr:

"'The Ice Won't Break' is an inspirational ode to figure skating with Celtic instrumentation and a lyrical focus on perseverance of the skating discipline. It was placed previously by the ISAI [Ice Skating Association of Ireland] in a promotional campaign for the 55th ISU [International Skating Union] Congress to Ireland."

Songtradr has built an extensive network of overhead music providers to which [they] provide content for streaming in various retail locations, such as supermarkets, shopping malls, gyms and spas.

Deirdre added:

"I was commissioned to write this for the video presentation by the Ice Skating Association of Ireland.  It was a pretty quick deadline and my Dad had very little time to engineer, arrange and produce the track for the 55th ISU [International Skating Union] Congress to Ireland."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkLezENtB2s



Songtradr connects music creators globally to film, TV, brands and other media in a fully-automated worldwide marketplace for music licensing. Music creators maintain complete control of their rights and are empowered with the tools they need to monetize their music assets. Using Songtradr's proprietary search and variable license pricing technology, music supervisors, brands, filmmakers and other creatives can now easily license music from the world's best emerging artists, bands and composers.

Songtradr will collect and distribute fees to participating artists based on their respective shares of usage and net subscriber fees in connection with the service to participating artists on a quarterly basis.

From Songradr:

"In this highly competitive space, music licensees often demand tight timelines, top quality and stringent data requirements. To assist [their] team to be most effective in licensing your music when deadlines are tight, they require immediate access to the best music on platform, the ability to negotiate on the behalf of rights holders and certainty that any songs they pitch meet requisite data standards. For these reasons, Songtradr is compiling a premier licensing roster for proactive pitching and for immediate overhead licensing opportunities. In some instances these opportunities require us to grant direct licenses, meaning our client(s) will collect all fees in relation to the services on behalf of participating rights holders, bypassing the local collection societies and getting your royalties back to you faster and more efficiently. To participate, rights-holders must agree to provide a non-exclusive direct performance license for only the services associated with [their] overhead licensing program. Participating rights holders do not give up their rights to performance, mechanicals or other royalties generally collected by local societies for any use outside the scope of the Songtradr Overhead Licensing Program."

Taxi, an independent artist and repertoire (A&R) firm that acts as a casting agent to the labels and Hollywood studios, variously describes Deirdre's songwriting:

"Another beautiful song!  A strong lyric theme...in my opinion, you are the best artist for these singer-songwriter or Classic Pop style[s]...This song has so many great elements. Fantastic catchy hook with beautiful lyrics and great musical ideas...very strong vocals...nicely produced...intro is really cool.  Good musicianship--great playing...You're quite expressive...I do hear the influence of the Beatles in both your music and writing...What impresses me is that you reach for vivid imagery in your lyrics...You have a cool style and sound going as well...This music is very unique and has very strong artistic identity!  I like the vocal performances a lot and I also really like the orchestral flair and arrangements...This music has an "Indie Pop" quality and also a "retro Pop" quality, but the voice keeps it sounding more fresh...and I certainly hear a potent artist emerging here...The music here is great...Very accomplished, well made, beautiful in fact...You have a lovely voice and a really unique melodic/lyric sense.  What a beautiful talent you are!  There are many interesting things happening melodically and musically...I will be paying attention to where you go from here...The lyrics express a heartfelt sentiment.  Great job giving the chorus a sense of release and a dynamic shift in gears. The chord progression is well-crafted, with natural transitions between sections. The mood conjured by the music is a good fit for the emotional tone of the words.  The musicianship is consistently impressive, and there is lots of tasty playing here. In particular, you create some great lush textures with the string orchestration."

"The Ice Won't Break" is available from iTunes, Amazon and other fine stores:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-ice-wont-break/1082190980?i=1082191200

https://www.amazon.com/The-Ice-Wont-Break/dp/B01NCOXL88

About On Top Of a Cloud

On Top Of a Cloud, LLC is a KTHO Broadcast Partner, Music Publisher, Record Label and Recording facility located in Lake Tahoe.

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