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What is your music submission policy?
Creative Trust cannot accept unsolicited physical music or digital music files due to legal concerns. Creative Trust accepts unsolicited music materials via e-mail only. You may send industry references, touring history, artist biography and an online streaming link to your music. If we're interested, we'll e-mail you an invitation to submit additional materials and instructions on how to do so. Please send email inquiries to submission@creativetrust.com and indicate Music Submission in your subject line. By the way, if you are a new artist, or are just looking for some music industry information or direction, consider contacting the Gospel Music Association by visiting www.gospelmusic.org or by calling 1-800-GMA-3211. They have many valuable resources and events to equip aspiring artist with excellent music industry information. BMI (www.bmi.com) and ASCAP (www.ascap.com) are also good places to check to learn more about the music industry and songwriting. We wish you well! What is your literary submission policy? Creative Trust Literary Group does not accept unsolicited manuscripts or book proposals from unpublished authors. We do accept unsolicited inquiries from previously published authors under the following requisites; email inquiries only, which must not be accompanied by attachments of any kind, to submission@creativetrust.com. Please indicate “Literary Submission” in your subject line. Due to the volume of queries we receive, we are not able to respond except to request additional materials. By the way, if you are a new author, or are just looking for some publishing industry information or direction, consider visiting www.writersmarket.com. They have many valuable resources and events to equip aspiring authors. We wish you well! How do I submit a resume for job openings at Creative Trust? Any job openings will be posted on our website when they come available. How do I apply for an internship at Creative Trust? Creative Trust accepts college student interns year round. We require that each intern receive college credit throughout the course of the internship. Though we are happy to work around your college or work schedule, we require that you work at least 20-25 hours per week for a minimum of 10 weeks. To apply for an internship, please submit the following information to info@creativetrust.com. 1) An updated resume with contact information 2) The dates you will be available for an internship 3) The preferred days of the week you would like to work (M, W, F or T, TH, etc.) 4) Your area of study, your current year in school and a brief summary of your career interests and aspirations. How do I inquire about film / TV rights? Creative Trust assigns film rights primarily to producers and studios with established theatrical credits and distribution. Inquiries should be submitted to Creative Trust via email at info@creativetrust.com. How do I set up an interview with one of your clients? Please visit each individual artist or author website for the publicity contact information or send an email to info@creativetrust.com. How do I book one of your clients for a performance or event? Please visit each individual artist or author website for the booking contact information or send an email to info@creativetrust.com. How do I book one of your clients for a charity or benefit event? Each of our clients will choose two or three benefit appearances each year. The requests that we review are chosen nine to twelve months in advance and are selected based on the information you provide on the following request form. Due to heavy appearance demands, unfortunately we are unable to honor most requests. If you would like to continue pursuing your interest, please download our benefit request form, fill it out, and return the form to Creative Trust, Inc. as quickly as possible. It is most important that you include the deadline date so that we can make sure that we respond to you in a timely manner. Please send the form to info@creativetrust.com or via fax to 615-297-5020. Download Benefit Request Form (.pdf format) Download Benefit Request Form (.doc format) How do I request product donations for a charity or benefit event? Creative Trust receives many requests for product donations and we do try to fulfill some of those requests. We are not able to make financial gifts. Please submit all requests in writing on official letterhead to: Creative Trust, Inc. 5141 Virginia Way, Suite 320 Brentwood, TN 37027 Fax: 615-297-5020 Email: info@creativetrust.com How to I obtain permission to use a song recorded by one of your artists for my church service / event / project / school play, etc? The music publisher for each artist must grant permission for song and/or lyric usage. Please see the individual artist website FAQs for their specific publisher information then contact that particular publisher directly. Do I need permission to use a performance / accompaniment track for a live performance? No. When you purchase a performance / accompaniment track, this automatically entitles you to perform that song in a live setting. You do not need any other form of permission. Where can I buy sheet music / accompaniment tracks for the music of your artists? Please click on the following links for online ordering or you may contact a local Christian retail store to find out which songs are available in sheet music or accompaniment tracks. www.christianbook.com www.lifeway.com www.parable.com |