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Portland, OR (PRWEB) January 19, 2012

Over the past decade, independent artists have earned significant income from traditional licensing opportunities in TV and film, but with YouTube quickly becoming the most popular online music-discovery platform, there are countless opportunities to license music on a much smaller scale.

“Sure, you can make a bundle by getting placement in a feature film,? said CD Baby president Brian Felsen, ?but you also can make money by getting your song in 500 home movies of cats doing cartwheels. We are giving independent artists the opportunity to do both. The equivalent of 9 years of video is uploaded to YouTube everyday. That’s a lot of video, and most of it could benefit from including some great independent music.”

CD Baby Sync Licensing, which launches today, is powered by Portland-based Rumblefish, a leader in the music licensing industry. The program is free to all CD Baby members. Artists can choose to opt in (or opt out) at anytime.

“CD Baby has always been a leader in independent music, and we’re humbled to plug their amazing catalog into the worlds of social media and traditional sync licensing,” said Rumblefish Founder and CEO Paul Anthony. “The opportunities in sync licensing have never been bigger.?

In addition to being marketed for use in TV, movies and games, CD Baby artists? music will be included in a database of songs that YouTube allows video-makers to choose from in their YouTube accounts.

“So if you or I upload a video of our birthday party or camping trip,? said Felsen, ?YouTube will allow us to throw some music in the background with just a few clicks. You don’t even have to edit the video – it’s built into YouTube. When a CD Baby artist’s music is used, then that artist gets paid. If the video goes viral, the artist gets paid a lot.?

YouTube also will analyze and identify videos that contain CD Baby music prior to upload and pay royalties on those tracks as well. Artists will even get paid for the videos they upload themselves.

?We’re really excited about this new sync licensing partnership,? said Felsen, ?as it opens up new revenue streams for independent artists. Millions of people are watching music videos – and videos that feature music – on YouTube every day. Now artists will get paid for it.?

Artists can sign up for CD Baby Distribution and Sync Licensing here

(http://members.cdbaby.com)

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

The St. Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Use Society of Washington, D.C. (STCS) will offer a special service of Evensong to celebrate the historic erection of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and the appointment of The Reverend Jeffrey N. Steenson as its first ordinary on Saturday, January 21, 2012.

The Evensong will be at 4:00 p.m. St. Anselm?s Abbey Church (4501 South Dakota Ave NE) in Washington, D.C. A reception will follow. The public is invited.

Evensong is one of the most dignified and characteristically Anglican services. This one will be sung according to the Vatican-approved Book of Divine Worship which incorporates Anglican (Episcopal) elements and orthodox Catholic worship. The Book of Divine Worship is an adaptation of the Book of Common Prayer.

The music for the service will include works by Charles Villiers Stanford, including:

O Praise God in His Holiness (Psalm 150) for the Introit

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C, Op. 115

Te Deum in B flat, Op. 10

“We are thankful for the generosity of the Pope in erecting the ordinariate here in the United States, and we hope to welcome many Anglicans and Episcopalians into the Catholic Church both here in DC and throughout the country,” said James W. Farr, Jr., president of STCS.

Farr also stated that the members of STCS are especially grateful to St. Anselm’s Abbey, and to its abbot, the Right Reverend Dom James Wiseman, for continuing to host STCS. The monks are leading the Society’s Inquirer’s Classes.

The ordinariate was established January 1, 2012 in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI to allow former Episcopalians and Anglicans to come into full communion with the Catholic Church while retaining parts of their Anglican heritage.

?The establishment of the Personal Ordinariate is an historic moment in the history of the Church,? Father Steenson said. ?For perhaps the first time since the Reformation in the sixteenth century, a corporate structure has been given to assist those who in conscience seek to return to the fold of St. Peter and his successors.?

For more information about the service or STCS, e-mail James Farr at codeblueiii(at)yahoo(dot)com or visit the Society’s website at http://www.stthomascanterbury.org.

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