Preeminent music supervision, licensing, and creative clearance company
We share a passion for music and media, and it is our priority to help producers make the most of their music budgets.
Creative Clearance
Working on a film, TV show, streaming media, a new app or live corporate event? We will find the right sound for your project and secure the necessary rights or legal permissions, so you don't have to
Music Supervision & Rights Clearance
Our supervision projects are not limited by any means. Our films range from independents to Academy Award™, sourcing music for lifestyle documentary to corporate presentations and brand campaigns. We negotiate and secure public performance licenses, grand rights licenses, streaming live events, and much more.
FEATURED PRODUCTS
At The Rights Workshop, we are equally committed to our corporate and branding/ad agency clients, helping them achieve the perfect mix of sound and visual for their media enterprises.
Corporate
CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS
We are proud to service numerous arts & non-profit performing organizations across the US with grand and digital music clearance needs.
Arts & Performing Arts
Publishing Administration
Our publishing services oversee and administer independent songwriters, labels, musicians, and artists. We assist with the complexities of monetary streams through exploitation and rights management administration.
CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS
Our Team
Brooke Wentz
Brooke is a music supervisor and rights executive who created The Rights Workshop after running ESPN’s music department. A graduate of Barnard College and Columbia Business School, Brooke brings over 25 years of experience in the music and media world. Prior she was a rights consultant at TechTV, manager of A&R at Arista Records and a former radio host. She produced numerous critically acclaimed recordings and won a Billboard Award.
The wealth of her contacts, combined with her knowledge of international music, launched Seven Seas Music in 2015. A graduate of Barnard College and Columbia Business School, Brooke brings over 25 years music business experience to the Bay Area.
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Maryam Battaglia
Maryam is a music licensing consultant who began her career in her native-Los Angeles working at coveted law firms including Davis Shapiro and King Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, as well as entertainment giant Live Nation. With degrees from both UCLA and California Western School of Law, her work combines a passion for music supervision and negotiations.
With joy and a sense of calm, she expertly assists a wide variety of clients navigate and license their project’s complex underlying intellectual property rights. She is an author, co-founder, mother, and wife.
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Publications & Guides
A Filmmaker's Guide to Music Rights and Licensing
Published by Focal Press
Music Rights Unveiled provides an inside look at the complex world of music rights for film and video and includes step-by-step guidance to navigate these tricky waters. Authors Brooke Wentz and Maryam Battaglia share their decades of expertise in this user-friendly guide, designed specifically with filmmakers and producers in mind. The book provides a brief history of the pricing of music in film, television and digital media markets, and explains the process by which music is licensed or acquired for films, highlighting pitfalls to avoid and strategies for success.
Music Supervision, Licensing and Content Acquisition
Published by Hal Leonard
Written specifically for musicians, this comprehensive compendium of real-life licensing and music placement examples will school the artists, writers, and potential content acquirer on the do’s-and-dont’s of music rights. Music licensing and rights terms are defined, and the clearance process is explained in clear detail.
We source music for our projects from a variety of traditional outlets — labels, music publishers, and licensing representatives to name a few. But the internet has empowered emerging artists, allowing them to publish and license music on their own, making music discovery and music discovery tools a crucial part of our business.
A Filmmaker’s Guide To Music Licensing
FILM INDEPENDENT
Filmmakers often feel so attached to a song that it becomes a crucial and indispensible element to the story. A scene, or even an entire film, can revolve around a single piece of music. What many directors don’t realize is that the process…
The Important Role of the Music Supervisor
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION
Music supervision is one of those coveted jobs by individuals who are passionate about music and who sense they can match songs with images. Driving in a car listening to the right soundtrack is sometimes no different from being in a movie…