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Before you do anything (read this carefully please)
Before you do anything (read this carefully please)
Get a free Google account*
Get a free Google account*
This is required to upload files to our system
https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
*If you have a @gmail.com, @apollostudios.com, @studiosapollo.com or @mileinn.co account, you can skip this.
Name your tracks
Name your tracks
- Each of your tracks must have a unique name.
- The name cannot be related to the project’s or client’s name.
- Use something short, with two to three words.
- Avoid jokes and bad taste or someone will have to rename it down the line.
Your titles are important! They will stay with your songs all the way to its archival, future pitches, etc.
Feeling lazy? Try this nifty tool that will generate titles for you, based on one word you input.
Find the project # for all your projects
Find the project # for all your projects
Having the project’s number on your invoices, contracts and uploaded tracks will speed the processing of your information and therefore help US to get YOU paid ASAP.
To obtain the project number, please contact sebastian@studiosapollo.com
Now go to Step 1.
Step 1 – Prepare your tracks
Step 1 – Prepare your tracks
Here are the steps to prepare your tracks to upload them :
- Bounce a Rough Mix of your song.
- Put a “2-beep” on a blank track at 9:59:58:00 (or exactly 2 second before the movie’s first frame)
- Disable all Mastering Plugins
- Bounce all tracks individually in AIFF or Broadcast WAVE format.
- When bouncing, make sure all created tracks are of equal length.
- Put all tracks (including the rough mix) in a folder with the title, the BPM, bitrate and sample rate of the song.
- Compress (zip) the folder.
This is how your folders and tracks should be labeled and organized:
Once you’re done, go to step 2.
Step 2 – Fill and sign your contract
Step 2 – Fill and sign your contract
The freelancer publishing agreement (ok, the contract) is to protect both Apollo and you.
It is important that you fill all the fields, sign it, upload us a copy, and keep one for your files for each of the projects you've worked on.
At the end of the contract, beside the name of your composition, please add the project number as well.
Open in a new window and save the PDF to your computer.
Then go to step 3
Contrat_de_Pigistes_2013_template1.pdfFrench contract
Freelancer_Publishing_Agreement_2013_template1.pdfEnglish contract
Electronic signature
Electronic signature
Electronically signing your contracts is easy and simple, once you’ve set it up for the first time. Need help to set it up ? Please read the following tutorial:
Step 3 – Send your invoice
Step 3 – Send your invoice
There are some important informations that need to be on your invoice. If they’re not, you’ll have to modify it and send it again. So please make sure you include :
- The date
- A unique ID
- Who are you ? (Your name and full address)
- Who are you billing to ? (Toronto or Montreal address)
- For every project you are billing for, the name and ID of the project.
Are you ready for the final checklist?
Toronto Billing Address
Toronto Billing Address
Studios Apollo Toronto
(9056-3156 Québec inc.)
200-5455 av. de Gaspé
Montréal, QC H2T 3B3
Montreal Billing Address
Montreal Billing Address
Studios Apollo Montréal
(9056-3156 Québec inc.)
200-5455 av. de Gaspé
Montréal, QC H2T 3B3
Final checklist
Final checklist
- 1x zip file of your tracks including your ROUGH MIX
- 1x PDF of your signed contract
- 1x PDF of your invoice
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