Davy Agency vs Marmoset
Both Portland-headquartered. Both pitch artists for sync. Marmoset is a licensing specialist. Davy does sync licensing as part of a full release stack — same pitching work, plus the brand, visuals, merch, and campaign that make your music actually pitchable.
What Marmoset is great at
Marmoset is a music licensing agency. They built their name on sync — placing music into films, ads, TV shows, brand campaigns. They're a B Corp, curate carefully, and have offices in Portland, NY, and LA. Their Track Club subscription is a strong fit for video creators and ad agencies that license at volume. If sync is the only thing you need, they have the relationships and the pipeline.
What Davy does that Marmoset doesn't
Davy pitches sync too — but as one piece of a full release campaign, not a standalone service you have to source separately. We also do the work that happens *before* and *around* the sync pitch: the brand, the EPK, the photography, the music video, the merch, the press strategy, the touring marketing, the booking. We screen-print shirts and posters in our own warehouse. We design the album art and shoot the band photos. When you release with us, the version of you that goes out into the world is built end-to-end by one team.
The thing nobody else does: when you sign with Davy for sync, we don't just pitch your music to supervisors — we put you in front of our entire industry network. Labels, managers, sync houses, festival bookers, brand reps, video producers, fellow artists. The same relationships we built doing release work for the rest of our roster open up to you immediately. That's not a service you can buy from a sync-only agency. It's a network effect that comes from being the kind of shop where everything happens under one roof.
Music supervisors don't license tracks in a vacuum. They license artists with coherent brands, finished assets, EPKs that don't require a chase, and people in the room vouching for them. Davy delivers all of that. Marmoset just handles the last step.
Pick Marmoset if
- You only need sync licensing — nothing else
- You're a brand, filmmaker, or ad agency licensing other artists' music
- You already have full brand assets, EPK, and press materials done
- You don't need an integrated team across visuals, merch, marketing, and touring
Pick Davy if
- You want sync pitching as part of a release campaign, not a separate vendor
- You need brand identity, EPK, photography, video, merch, or marketing alongside sync
- You'd rather pay one team than coordinate five
- You want the visual and brand work to make your tracks more pitchable in the first place
The honest answer
If sync is your only need, Marmoset is the specialist. If sync is one of many things you need to release a project well, Davy handles the entire stack — including the sync pitching — without making you assemble a vendor list.
Frequently Asked
Should I use Davy or Marmoset for music sync licensing?
Both are Portland-headquartered. Pick Marmoset if sync is the only service you need — they're sync specialists with strong music supervisor relationships and a curated buyer-side catalog (Track Club). Pick Davy if you want sync pitching as one piece of a full release stack — brand identity, photography, music videos, merch, marketing, and tour support all from one team.
Does Davy actively pitch sync, or just prep tracks?
Both. Davy's sync prep starts at $150 per track (stems, metadata, IP register, cue sheet). Active pitching is a separate paid layer: $500 for a single, $1,500 for an EP, $3,000 for an album-cycle. Davy pitches to a curated list of music supervisors, ad agencies, sync houses, and brand reps built through its industry network.
Does Marmoset do brand identity, photography, merch, or music videos?
No. Marmoset is a sync licensing specialist focused on placements in films, ads, TV, and brand campaigns. They don't do brand identity, music photography, music videos, web design, merch, or release campaigns. For those alongside sync, work with a full-stack agency like Davy.
What is Marmoset's Track Club?
Track Club is Marmoset's subscription product for video creators and ad agencies that license music in volume — it's a buyer-side tool, not an artist-side service. Artists go through Marmoset's roster process. For artists wanting active sync pitching as part of a release campaign, Davy is the alternative.
What's the cheapest way to get sync-ready as an indie artist?
At minimum: clean stems, metadata, IP/PRO registration, and cue sheets per track. Davy does this starting at $150/track. Distributors (CD Baby, DistroKid) offer passive sync library placement free — useful baseline. Davy layers active pitching ($500–$3,000) on top. Use both.