iStockphoto seeks submissions for new microstock audio offering
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
May 15, 2008 at 6:20am
iStockphoto is offering images online for prices as low as US$1 and has announced it will add royalty-free audio tracks to its collection of downloadable stock content in September.
In so doing, iStockphoto will become the first company to offer stock imagery, video footage, vector illustrations, Flash files and audio for purchase under one payment model, on one site, says Bruce Livingstone, founder and CEO of iStockphoto. The company is looking for composers, performers, musicians and audio technicians to submit music, spoken word/voice, instrumental, ambient and sound-effect audio track submissions.
The iStock user community of more than three million members will be able to purchase audio tracks for one to 25 credits each, depending on complexity and can be used in web site production or to complement video footage and presentations. Every time an audio track is downloaded, 20–40 percent of the revenue will go to the contributing sound artist.
Sound artist applicants can review a tutorial and take a brief quiz. The artists will then be asked to submit three 5–30 second audio tracks for review and approval. Once accepted as artists, contributors may submit tracks that range from five seconds to four minutes in length. All tracks will be individually reviewed for quality and legality before being approved for sale. If you’re a member of a performing rights organization, (e.g., SOCAN, ASCAP, BMI etc.) anywhere in the world, you’re not eligible to submit audio content to iStockphoto, as this precludes the content from being royalty-free. Those who are members of a performing rights organization are welcome to submit to iStockphoto’s sister site, Pump Audio.
Sound artists can choose to be exclusive immediately and will earn 20– 40 percent on the sale of each track depending on the number of downloads they have achieved, says Livingstone. For more information on the process or music and sound categories, go here.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
