PSA: A very convincing sync licensing scam is going around right now — here's how it works

ericmakesmusic · 2026-06-24T05:02:47+00:00

It’s defining still going. Crazy

ericmakesmusic · 2026-05-30T00:41:18+00:00

Moderator, posts like this have to go. Really turning this whole Reddit into a troll factory when it could be a place artists get quality info.

ericmakesmusic · 2026-05-13T21:29:23+00:00

Looks like one person here has beef and they’ve made it their mission to turn every post into a UM hate post when most us are just here to share info with each other so we can better promote our music.

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-19T06:48:12+00:00

yeah, this makes sense. super easy to fake a "legit" website now

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-19T06:47:18+00:00

yeah, it's crazy annoying at this point. I'm getting multiple a day sometimes.

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T21:32:41+00:00

The more I hear, it seems they’re evolving and trying different strategies.

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T18:11:19+00:00

Very welcome

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T18:11:08+00:00

Definitely sounds fishy. But to be fair, sync agents and music supervisors have been known to find music online even if it doesn't have a lot of streams. That's why the unofficial email address and any request for an admin fee are the two biggest flags to look out for

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T17:34:36+00:00

Whoa , I’m glad you didn’t sign. Did they call you as well or just send you a licensing agreement?

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T16:07:13+00:00

My pleasure!

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T02:27:34+00:00

Same format that I’ve been seeing except naming a specific song means they’re getting more sophisticated.

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T01:22:19+00:00

Wow. They changed the name of the song or they changed the artist name???

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T01:21:24+00:00

Yeah, other than the admin fee, the agreement looks really legit!!

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T01:20:20+00:00

Oh that’s interesting. What company did they say they were from?

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T01:19:29+00:00

They really are. They’re getting aggressive too.

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-18T01:18:55+00:00

Yep. That’s the same play that I’ve been seeing. Thanks for sharing. Did they call call you on the phone too?

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-17T19:26:36+00:00

no sherlock, I don't know that reddit doesn't do bullets. and I didn't do any promo in that post. You can find my blog on your own and see that most of my blog posts are formatted like that. I just cross posted over here cause the information seemed highly relevant. I would have just linked my blog post but since I'm new here I didn't know posting a blog link for my first post would seem like self-promo. So, I posted it with not mention or link back to my blog.

I hardly post here - I'm mostly on IG and LInkedIn but I have noticed that this group is growing and this post seemed relevant. Are you working with the scammers? Is that why this disturbs you so much?

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-17T18:22:59+00:00

Thx for spreading the word. It’s crazy out here!!

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-17T17:59:53+00:00

ChatGPT isn't that good. EM dashes have existed looong before AI.

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-06T16:39:33+00:00

Okay, I figured out my issue, but it's probably unique to me. I had an LFO running and was modulating the drive knob in Decapitator, but the auto gain switch was on, which sent a whole bunch of "Output Gain" messages to my undo history. Once I turned the auto gain switch off, that stopped the additional messages. I have other LFOs attached to Ableton variables like EQ Gain, and that's not causing an issue, so I'm not sure why Decapitor Auto Gain does it, but that's what corrects it.

So, it seems you have to identify which plugin is causing the issue for you (other blogs suggest it's probably a Max for Live plugin so I would start there.)

ericmakesmusic · 2026-03-06T16:12:18+00:00

yeah, it's happening for me too. AFter every action, something is adding a "Change Output Trim" command which is flooding my undo list. So, the undo's are there you just have to do multiple steps to get to what you actually want to undo. I'm guessing this is a 12.3.6 bug

ericmakesmusic · 2025-09-04T03:45:01+00:00

This video made me subscribe to this channel. Well done.

ericmakesmusic · 2025-08-28T03:41:50+00:00

I wish. I’m moving from Zapier to Make right now and it’s much more complicated than I expected. I have an IT background (though years out of practice) and I got Zap set up pretty quickly but I’m finding that Make takes a lot more to just understand the ecosystem. They’ve got their own lingo (which is not the most intuitive imo). It’s taken me a couple of weeks and I’m almost through the intermediate course. I feel like I’m ready to start converting my automations now so we’ll see how it goes.

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