The gun thing . WTF is is wrong with you people . <| sep |> My cofounder and I actually started this project for precisely this reason . We ' re both composers and producers signed to publishing deals where we would occasionally land big sync licenses like a national Honda ad for example only to see pretty paltry amounts actually end up back in our bank accounts . So , we ' ve set up a totally unique licensing model with our producers . We pay them a flat rate up front for every track we have on our site like Premium Beat Shutterstock , but unlike MusicBed or Marmoset who pay nothing up front but then we have an internal royalty structure based on sales performance which is controlled and paid out by an independent auditor . This allows us to purchase and own all the copyrights 100 %, which makes for extremely simple and clean licensing for the users royalty free , all territories , in perpetuity AND we fairly compensate our producers both up front and on the back end . With this in mind , our library is heavily curated , since we pay for everything up front , which we think actually creates a better experience for users since they won ' t be sifting though a lot of mediocre content to find a diamond in the rough .