Sync prep, sync pitching, and music-industry network access for indie bands, labels, and creative music projects. We don't just pitch sync — we put you in front of our entire industry network. Nobody else does that.
Pick your scope — see the price. Real pricing based on industry-standard sync prep + pitching rates.
Clean Stems
Instrumental, vocal-up, vocal-only, drums-out variants as needed. Properly trimmed, normalized, and exported in WAV.
Metadata
Artist, album, ISRC, ISWC, BPM, key, mood/genre tags. Tagged so any music supervisor's library tool can find your tracks.
IP Registration
Confirmation across PROs (ASCAP/BMI/SESAC) and publishing admin. PRO registration included free if you're not yet registered.
Cue Sheets
Sync-ready cue sheets with all the rights data a supervisor needs to license. No back-and-forth chasing missing info.
Most sync agencies stop at the pitch — they email your tracks to supervisors and wait. When you sign with Davy, you get more than that. You get put in front of our full industry network — labels, sync houses, festival bookers, fellow artists on our roster, ad-agency music supervisors, A&Rs we work with on release campaigns. The relationships we built doing release work for the rest of our roster open up to you immediately.
Music supervisors don't license tracks in a vacuum. They license artists with coherent brands, finished assets, and people in the room vouching for them. That's what network access gives you. Nobody else in Portland sync does this.
CD Baby, DistroKid, TuneCore, and most modern distributors have all rolled out some flavor of "sync licensing" feature. It's not the same product. What they offer is catalog inclusion — your tracks get added to a library that music supervisors can search. You're one of millions. Nobody is pitching for you, nobody is preparing your tracks for a specific brief, and nobody is on the phone with the supervisor when your track gets shortlisted.
That's a fine baseline — and if you're already on a distributor that offers it, keep it on. But it's a passive lottery, not a sync strategy. Here's what's different about working with Davy:
Distributor Sync Library
Your track sits in a searchable catalog. Supervisors browse millions of tracks. No prep work, no alt mixes, no lyric sheets, no introductions. Most take a percentage of any placement that does happen — often a steep one. Zero outbound pitching on your behalf.
Davy Sync Representation
We prep each track for sync (alt mixes, instrumentals, stems, metadata, cue sheets), pitch directly to supervisors and agencies we've built relationships with, and introduce you to our broader industry network. Flat-rate prep + pitching fee. You keep 100% of placement income.
Distributor Take Rate
Typically a percentage of every sync fee — sometimes 20-40% of gross placement income, sometimes a publishing-admin cut on top. Read your distributor's fine print. The fees compound over the life of any successful placement.
Davy Take Rate
0% of placement fees. You pay a flat rate for prep and pitching service up front. Whatever the licensee pays for your music — $500, $5,000, $50,000 — it goes straight to you and your collaborators. No long tail of admin cuts.
Distributor Pitching
Functionally none. The library is the product. Some platforms run occasional internal "briefs" but you're competing with the entire roster and there's no tailoring. No follow-up. No advocacy.
Davy Pitching
Active outbound to specific shows, films, ad campaigns, and trailer houses. We pitch tracks we believe fit a brief, follow up, send alts on request, and stay in the conversation when a track gets shortlisted. Curated, not catalog-dump.
What does sync prep cost?
Sync prep starts at $150 per track — clean stems, metadata, IP registration, cue sheet. EP-level (3–5 tracks): $500. Full-album (8–12 tracks): $1,200. Use the calculator above for an instant estimate including pitching and network access add-ons.
What's included in 'sync prep' exactly?
Per track: clean stem export (instrumental, vocal-up, vocal-only, drums-out variants as needed), proper metadata tagging (artist, album, ISRC, ISWC, BPM, key, mood, genre tags), IP registration confirmation across PROs, and a sync-ready cue sheet. We hand you a folder that any music supervisor or sync agency can drop straight into their workflow.
Do you actually pitch sync, or just prep?
Both. Sync prep gets your tracks ready. Sync pitching is a separate add-on: $500 for a single, $1,500 for an EP, $3,000 for an album-cycle pitch campaign. We pitch to a curated list of music supervisors, ad agencies, and sync houses we've built relationships with.
What's the network access add-on?
$1,500 standalone (free with full Davy engagement). Puts you in front of our entire music-industry network — labels, sync houses, festival bookers, fellow artists on our roster. Relationships we built doing release work open up to you immediately. No other Portland sync shop offers this.
How do sync placements actually pay?
You're paid by the licensee (film studio, brand, ad agency) when your track is licensed. Fees range from $500 for small indie use up to $50,000+ for major brand campaigns or featured film placements. Davy doesn't take a percentage of placement fees. We charge for the prep and pitching service. You keep 100% of placement income.
Do I need to be PRO-registered before sync prep?
Yes — you should be registered with ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC before pitching. If you're not registered, we include PRO registration as part of sync prep at no extra cost. Mention it during the discovery call.
How long does sync prep take?
Per-track: 1 week from receiving original session files. EP: 2 weeks. Album: 3–4 weeks. Pitching campaigns run 30–90 days post-prep. Network introductions happen within 7 days of signing.
What kinds of sync placements does Davy target?
Indie film, narrative TV, ad campaigns (especially boutique brands and music-aware agencies), trailers, video games, and curated music libraries. Davy's roster fits naturally into post-punk, industrial, indie rock, electronic, dream pop, and adjacent independent scenes — supervisors looking for that texture come to us.
Can I do just sync prep without pitching?
Yes. Sync prep alone is fine — many artists prep with us and self-pitch, or hand the prepped folder to their existing sync agency. We don't lock you into pitching with us.
Why not just use CD Baby, DistroKid, or my distributor's sync library?
Distributor sync features are passive catalog inclusion — your track sits in a library, supervisors browse, no one pitches. Most take a percentage of any placement (often steep) and offer zero per-track prep. Davy is the opposite: flat-rate prep + active pitching to specific supervisors we have relationships with, plus network introductions. We take 0% of placement fees. You can — and should — keep distributor sync on for passive exposure. Davy is the active representation layer on top.
Aren't Songtrust and CD Baby Pro the same thing as sync representation?
No. Songtrust, CD Baby Pro Publishing, and similar services are publishing administration — they collect royalties from PROs and mechanicals after a placement happens. They're useful and we recommend you have one. They do not pitch sync, do not prep your tracks for sync, and do not have direct supervisor relationships. Davy handles the pitching and prep. Then your publishing admin collects what comes in afterward. They're complementary, not competing.
Use the calculator above for instant estimate, or book a 30-min discovery call to walk through your catalog and pitch strategy.
