Music Cue Sheet

What is a Music Cue Sheet?

Music Cue Sheets have all of the track information about the music in a video

It is VERY important that music cue sheets are 100% correct because these documents are submitted to other organizations to pay the musicians - think of them as a paycheck for the artists, and any typo or mistakes affect if or how much that artist gets paid!

"WHY DO WE NEED TO FILL OUT MUSIC CUE SHEETS & A MUSIC SECTION ON THE REDSHEET TOO? ISN'T THAT REPETITIVE?"

Nah, it isn't. Music Cue Sheets tell us the track info, usage & exact time-codes where the track is used in a video, but they don't tell us the rights information for those tracks - the media, territory & term for which the music was licensed. This information is only found on the Redsheet in the music section, which is why we need BOTH.

How do I fill out a Music Cue sheet?

Once your video is locked, you will create the music cue sheet.

FIRST

Fill in the video data into the top section of the music cue sheet - the video title, name of editor, project ID, name of whomever completed the music cue sheet, the total running time of the video & the premiere date of the video:

NEXT

Your Editor should export a report (called an EDL) from the project file of the music used in the video.

This report gives the timing information for the music used. The editor or AP should copy & paste the track titles & cue timing information into the music cue sheet - see below:

If you are using licensed music in your video, you will need to get the artist, writer, publisher & performing rights society information from the music licenses - contact the music licensing team to confirm that your information is correct!

LAST

You'll need to put in the usage information. At the top of the music cue sheet, there is a Usage Key with the abbreviations you will use for this.

Some examples of usages:

• If a track has no one singing (just instrumental) - you would use “BI”, for Background Instrumental
  • Jingle Punks & Audio Network are usually “BI” but always confirm with the actual audio.
• If a track has people singing on it - you would use “BV”, for Background Vocal
• If you licensed a music video & song, or if someone is performing the song on-screen - you would use “VV”, for Visual Vocal

ONCE COMPLETE - Upload to your video’s VL2 entry on the R&C tab under the Music Cue section!

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSIC CUE SHEETS?

Email Jackie Palazzolo (jackie.palazzolo@vice.com)

UPDATED 4/13/2018