Thanks for doing the right thing and getting permission to use my songs! It helps me keep writing.
1. Permission – Sync Rights
If you want to do one of these:
- post a video recording of a live or virtual choir/ virtual ensemble performance of a single song to social media platforms (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, etc.) for non-commercial purposes.
- Stream a video online (not for permanent download) with a song playing in the background, using an original recording or a purchased recording of the song.
Then here’s how to pay the sync license fee:
- One License members: if you have the add-on OneLicense Podcast/Streaming License, just report as usual to One License.
- Otherwise: if you don’t have that add-on license,
- Contact Augsburg Fortress if the song is administered by them.
- Contact me if no one else administers the copyright. 1) Fee: $30 for 3-months, $50 for 6-months, and $75 for a lifetime license. 2) Credit line: And you must also include “posted by permission of Bret Hesla” on the video usage itself. Send payment either via PayPal, or Venmo or snail mail a check to Bret Hesla, 3520 20th Ave. S; Minneapolis, MN 55407. USA
2. Permission to Make Copies or Project lyrics:
A. One License member: If you are with an organization that has a One License agreement, all my songs are covered. Just follow the usual One License protocol. And don’t forget to tell them what you used so I actually get reimbursed.
B. Not a One License member?
- Contact Augsburg Fortress if the song is administered by them.
- Contact me if no one else administers the copyright. Then follow these three (3) steps:
- Include the credit line with each copy. For example:
© [date] Bret Hesla. bret.hesla@gmail.com. Used with permission. - Calculate Fee: For any song, $0.10 per copy, or per participant if you’re projecting the song image or lyrics: with $5 minimum and $25 max.
- Send Payment: either via PayPal, or snail mail a check to Bret Hesla, 3520 20th Ave. S; Minneapolis, MN 55407. USA
3. Other Copyright Holder:
Heads up. For a few of the songs you’ll find on this website, you’ll notice that I do not hold the copyright. In that case, please contact the copyright holder.
Thanks!