ManhatPro Announces Online Licensing Partnership With FreePlay Music

NEW YORK – December 22, 2009: The Manhattan Producer's Alliance (ManhatPro -- www.manhatpro.com), a New York City-based community of professional musicians, today announced a licensing deal with broadcast production music library Freeplay Music. The partnership provides Freeplay's users with online access to a select catalog of music created by ManhatPro’s collective of award-winning composers.

The first edition of the library will be available in early 2010 via a ManhatPro branded portal on the Freeplay site (www.freeplaymusic.com). Terms of use will be consistent with Freeplay's unique "free master and synchronization" model for licensing, which focuses on back-end performance royalty generation in lieu of typical upfront licensing fees. The ManhatPro catalog is now part of the Freeplay library, reconfirming ManhatPro's commitment to curricular integration of music by virtue of Freeplay's "free" licensing terms for in-classroom student educational use. "This partnership expands the distribution of an extremely high-quality, niche library that reflects the sensibilities and expertise of our elite membership," comments Joe Carroll, Founder of ManhatPro. "ManhatPro composers, individually and as a group, have built up a highly desirable music-for-picture catalog. We have long admired Freeplay Music's business model, and are pleased to partner with them to provide media producers with fast access to the world-class music resources of ManhatPro."

"The partnership with ManhatPro is a significant boon for the Freeplay catalog, which spans a vast array of talent from around the globe," says Chris Woods, Freeplay EVP. "Our maiden selection includes celebrated composers such as Frank Ferrucci and D.D. Jackson, and we are thrilled to have them be part of the library."

About ManhatPro:
The Manhattan Producers Alliance is a media education, professional mentoring and networking community comprised of Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy award-winning musicians. The organization is dedicated to advancing the art of music composition, performance and recording. With the help and support of its members, ManhatPro creates unique professional development trainings for the music industry, as well as educational music/music technology initiatives for students K-12. For more information, please visit www.manhatpro.com.

Media Contact: Elizabeth Rose, ManhatPro, elizabeth.rose@manhatpro.com, 212-465-8540

About Freeplay Music:
Freeplay Music offers free network synchronization to all BMI/ASCAP & SESAC, national network content broadcasts, in exchange for a signed zero-dollar license and music cue sheet compliance. (Domestic and International). Freeplay Music's unique approach of "free synchronization" for Network ASCAP, BMI and SESAC TV Broadcasts has changed the rules for use of broadcast production music for Network broadcasts. For more information, please visit www.freeplaymusic.com.