So you’re an independent musician managing your own music career, and trying to balance a job that pays the bills with your music and all the managerial activities that come along with it, as well as whatever other time-demanding life activities. It feels like you have NO spare time! So when someone tells you that in order to find success in sync licensing, you need to network and build relationships with music supervisors and put in the research around this, you are overwhelmed to say the least.

Well, lucky for all us overwhelmed musicians that feel they can’t fit in one more thing to their schedules, that’s where building a rockstar team of pros who can help you reach your goals. Sync agents and agencies are here with the pre-built connections, contacts and relationships to those supervisors, and if you can find an agent or agency who loves your music, they’ll take the weight off your shoulders and help you get those placements.

Ryan M. Carroll is an independent sync agent who is here to help us see just how helpful an agent can be in our music journeys. Ryan started his independent sync licensing company, Melody Haunts Reverie in 2018. Representing current artists across multiple genres in addition to a growing vintage roster, we pitch music for placement in TV, film, ads, trailers, and promos.