Artist:  Adam Searan

Song:  When I'm on Fire

Placement:  "Shameless"

In this interview, Adam shares the story of his song "When I'm on Fire," and how the total time spent writing and producing the recording took less than 3 hours!

His production process was rather simple, utilizing Maschine, a Laptop, and bluetooth speaker, he completed the production during his co-writing session.

The foundational element to "When I'm on Fire" has a heavy stomp/clap feel, often referred to as a "Swag Track," which have seen a large increase in sync-placements over the last few years.

Adam is a member of the Master Music Licensing community, and watching the progression of his career has been astounding.  From working at Verizon, to now being a full-time songwriter with a publishing deal and multiple sync placements, he says, "The advice and guidance I've received from Michael has been life changing for me, and resulted in a complete career change.  There are times I can't even believe I've made over $100,000 just by implementing what he taught me."  

He talks about how essential it is that the artists & songwriters he works with understand the licensing process, as the sync world works very quickly.  

This particular placement generated an upfront sync license fee of $4000, and we haven't even begun talking about the back-end performance royalties! 

You can listen to Adam's song here: When I'm on Fire.