Music Permission

This is the Email that I sent to the music composer Brain Crain asking for permission to use his song, ‘Piano Sleep 3,’ taken off of his ‘Piano Sleep Music’ album of 2007.

Dear Mr Crain,

My name is Charles Shakespeare I am sixteen years old and a sixth form student at the Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey. I am writing to you to ask for help on a project which I am creating in my A-Level Media coursework.

I came across your music on the computer program Spotify. I am a huge fan and love listening to it when I’m working as it is very relaxing and peaceful. As part of my media coursework I have to write, produce and direct my own two minute film introduction. The more professional I make my film, the better chance I have of accomplishing a good grade. My film will be about a rich bank manager who falls victim to the global recession and loses everything. He becomes bankrupt and has to fend for himself on the roughest estate in Britain.

I was recently listening to your ‘Piano Sleep’ album and was very interested in track 3. (1 minute 59 seconds.) I believe that this track would fit perfectly into my two minute film not only because of time, but its unique sound. Hearing it from a director’s point of view, I feel that it has an optimistic tone to it, yet retains its melancholy sound.

I was wondering if it would be possible to have your written permission to use this track from your album. I would like to verify that it would only be used in the course work and only shown to the examiners and certain people viewing the school.

I thank you for your time and hope to hear from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Charles W. J. Shakespeare.

This is the Email from Brain Crain of him giving his kind permission for me to use his Music.

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