Music for Commercials and Ads!!!

Is anybody experienced with making music for commercials, ads, movies, TV shows, etc.? How does one go about submitting music for such avenues? Is there a central publication one can reference which includes all the names and addresses of organizations where you can send your music to? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

No insight? nobody?

I do that...You gotta knock on the doors of some advertising agencys....lots of 'em...over and over again...and if they do primarily print...your srcewed...and if thier cousin is makin thier music...you're srcewed...and if the boss is screwin the studio owner...by default...you too are screwed...an when they say rock and you rock...turns out thier idea of rock is pop...and then...you're scrwed...if you can stomach it...offer all of 'em a free demo on thier next piece...usually I charge $400 for the demo, but back when I was puttin it together, thats pretty much what I did...then I camped out on thier doorstep till they bought me a burger and let me do that free demo...If you're good enough and and the stars are all lined up right and everyone is in a good mood (which is mostly never) you might get the gig....but probably...you're screwed...then twenty years from now you may be making a living making music you don't like for peeps you like even less...but besides that it's an ok gig I guess...at least a step up from flippin burgers or pickin bugers...

that's a fukkin' great story homes. thanks for the insight. is there some type of publisher's book you can acquire and just send your music to different publishers?

Publishers wont help...you need to target AD AGENCYS! It's easy too...they're in the phone book!

well put fader-pro... nice information about how ya puttin ya thing down, much respect

i thought about getting into that on the side, still thinking about it

Thanks....Probably the only benifits are that you get to stay in your studio; play with your gear; and occassionally be challenged creatively. The potential downsides besides what I already mentioned are; When you're through "working" you don't really feel like staying in the studio; playing with your gear; or being creative...and these ad peeps are freaks about deadlines....music is usually the last thing to go down and they are always behind the deadline. I usually work for 24-48 hours straight and then have to take 3-4 days off to recuperate...It's way too easy to look to chemistry as the solution but that's just a slow spiral down....