Creative and Strategic Music Support from Concept to Clearance
From early-stage planning to final delivery, I help creatives, productions and brands actively shape, supervise and license music that fosters world-building, tells their story with intention and the right tonality, all while working to respect the culture behind it. In my work, I offer the following services and capabilities:
Creative Music Consultation and Pre-production Budgeting Processes
This service provides early-stage creative music consultation and pre-production music budgeting for film, television, advertising, and branded content projects. It supports creative teams during the earliest phases of development, before a music supervisor or composer is formally engaged.
The process focuses on shaping a project’s musical identity through sound world development, tonal direction, and musical references. Collaborative sessions allow producers, directors, and agencies to brainstorm creative ideas while receiving practical guidance on music budgets, licensing considerations, and production pathways.
This offering helps align creative vision with practical execution by clarifying music strategy, licensing scope, and budget planning early in the production process. The result is a more efficient music supervision workflow, reduced budget risk, and a stronger foundation for music licensing, clearance, and original composition later in the project lifecycle.
This service provides end-to-end music supervision and music production support for film, television, advertising, and branded content projects. It encompasses the full process of integrating music into a project, from creative song selection and music research to music licensing, rights clearance, and final delivery.
Music Supervision and Music Production Services
The offering includes coordination of licensed music and custom music production in collaboration with composers, artists, and production partners. Each project is guided by a strategic music supervision approach that ensures all music is emotionally resonant, culturally relevant, legally cleared, and fully aligned with the narrative, brand identity, or storytelling goals of the project.
By managing both the creative and administrative aspects of music supervision, this service helps producers, directors, and agencies streamline workflows, mitigate legal risk, and deliver music that enhances storytelling while meeting production timelines and budget requirements.
Music Licensing and Clearance
This service provides comprehensive music licensing and music clearance support for film, television, advertising, and branded content projects. Working in close coordination with music supervision and music production, these services ensure that all music used in a project is legally authorized and properly cleared for its intended use.
The process includes negotiating music licenses, reviewing and managing contracts, and securing approvals from rights holders across both master and publishing rights. Each clearance strategy is tailored to the creative scope, distribution plan, and budget requirements of the production.
By handling music licensing and clearance efficiently and strategically, this service protects productions from legal and financial risk while securing the best possible terms to support creative intent, production timelines, and long-term usage needs.
Music Curation and Playlisting
This service provides strategic music curation and playlisting for brands, campaigns, experiential projects, and hospitality environments. It focuses on highly selective, intentional song selection that aligns with a brand’s identity, project goals, audience, and desired emotional tone.
Music curation services can support creative briefs, internal presentations, marketing and branding initiatives, experiential events, and sound design for public or hospitality-facing spaces. Each playlist is developed with a clear narrative approach, using music to communicate ideas, reinforce brand values, and shape audience perception.
By approaching playlisting as a form of storytelling, this offering helps brands and creative teams create immersive sound experiences that enhance engagement, elevate atmosphere, and deliver cohesive, culturally relevant musical narratives across physical and digital environments.
Historical and Cultural Research Services for Music-Driven Projects
This service provides in-depth historical and cultural research for music-driven projects across film, television, advertising, and brand storytelling. It supports creative teams working on projects where music plays a central role in shaping narrative, authenticity, and audience connection.
Research and analysis focus on historical accuracy, cultural context, time and place, and musical lineage to ensure that creative decisions are informed, intentional, and resonant. This service helps filmmakers, studios, and brands make confident music choices that honor the eras, communities, and stories they aim to represent.
By grounding music strategy in rigorous research, this offering strengthens storytelling, enhances credibility, and reduces creative risk. The result is a cohesive narrative framework that supports music supervision, licensing, and creative direction from development through final execution.
Interim Departmental Music Support for Creative Studios, Agencies and Brands
This service provides interim music department support for creative studios, advertising agencies, and brands during high-volume production cycles or transitional periods. It offers day-to-day music supervision expertise to ensure continuity across projects when internal teams are scaling, restructuring, or temporarily understaffed.
Support includes cross-functional collaboration with creative, production, legal, and marketing teams to manage music-related decision-making, approvals, and workflows. All music supervision, licensing, and creative direction remain aligned with brand voice, client standards, and overall creative intent.
This offering is available for remote engagement or on-site support within major metropolitan areas with a minimum of two weeks’ advance notice, providing flexible, senior-level music supervision support without the need for permanent staffing.