The songs which form the basis for an iAttachment speak to one of the traditional personal or seasonal greeting occasions. Our library has no limit to the number of songs which can be posted to mate with a film maker.

In order to submit a song for consideration, you need to have 1) rights to the recording (and arrangement), and 2) music publishing rights. If you donʼt have publishing rights, you need to get your publisher to agree to participate in our program (it immensely benefits them as well, so this should be an easy sell unless the publishing company is a behemouth, in which case itʼs hard to get their attention on anything).

• This is an entirely new source of revenue for the song
• There are no exclusivity restrictions for use of the song other than when combined with the iAttachment film
• The song is streamed, not downloaded (itʼs like getting paid for radio play; the songwriter/ publisher get paid plus the record does, too)
• The use of the song promotes the song and the songwriter

The recording owner and the publisher must grant a simple, non-exclusive snyc right and public performance license to iAttachments. Thatʼs all. We canʼt guarantee that a film maker will choose to make a film with all the songs.

We seek original, unpublished songs, or under- appreciated, previously published songs for inclusion in the library, as long as the lyrics pertain to a greeting occasion (see greeting occasion list within the song list section). We appreciate songs with superior, thoughtful lyrics. Hip- hop songs with two lines of lyrics repeated for three minutes wonʼt be accepted.

• The songs can be recorded in Garage Band, as a studio demo, piano dub, or with live musicians. In the case of analog source recordings, some inherent hiss and original surface noise may be noticeable, but they wonʼt be processed because of the potential loss of dynamic range
• The recording must be of high technical quality (clarity, no backround noise, etc.) in the case of a current recording
• In the case of a historical recording, do your best
• The lyrics should be heart felt and artful, lyrics being the poem of the greeting
• The structure of the song can be traditional (verse- chorus- bridge- verse- chorus- tag) or not, and the “hook” of the song should be obvious
• More than one arrangement or style of the same song can be included (see country ballad and dance versions of “I Appreciate Me and Thatʼs Enough!” in the song list)
• The lyrics are available for view by the recipient of an iAttachment
• Songs can be of any length
• Songs can be of any genre, except Rap (and profanity is not allowed)
• The vocalist must be intelligible
• The recording must be free of claims (from talent and all others)
• The music video or short film created using your song can be used by you for limited promotional purposes
• Include the lyrics with the application

The sex of the vocalist and the pronouns in the lyrics create a point of view. In the case of a song being used as a greeting, there is a tendency for the sender to assume the role of the vocalist, “singing” to the recipient. For example, a male vocalist and lyrics which have references to a woman sets up use of the song in an iAttachment meant to be sent from a man to a woman. This tends to make the song more personal. Some songs are neutral in this regard. The songwriter doesnʼt necessarily need to change anything, and this doesnʼt need to be overthought. We have one song in the library (“When Words Fail”) which is clearly a manʼs message to a woman, but even though she is called out as “Dawn” in the lyrics, this greeting can be sent to a woman whose name isnʼt Dawn. This has much less relevance in the case of seasonal greetings, which speak to the holiday involved. Both the songwriter and the film maker just need to be aware.

Greeting relationships fall into different categories:

• man to woman
• woman to man
• man to man
• woman to woman
• peer to peer
• friend to good friend
• acquaintance to acquantance (personal and business)
• acquaintance to acquaintance (breaking the ice)
• subordinate to boss
• boss to subordinate
• employee to customer
• supplier to customer
• old to young
• young to old
• parent to child
• child to parent
• to someone with whom you donʼt get along
• special situation

There is no listening-only on our website, just viewing- listening of the iAttachment films with the music. If your song is available on a music download service (or if youʼd like to point our subscriber to your CD source), please indicate it in your bio and we will bring it to the attention of all who visit iAttachments.com.