song approval

Well we have been left on 'R' basically. Sony management has yet to reply, and I think we're going to have to rely on a song that is already approved to be used. The email we sent for multiple song approvals was sent over a week ago and it seems we are not going to be getting an answer soon which is a problem... we are not freaking our yet because there is still some time but we are definitely looking into other options.

For those who don't know, in order to use a song for our film, we must first get approval from their representing company. Unfortunately for us, Sony is a very large company and it seems they are too busy to reply to our email(s). But after talking to a couple classmates, we found out that many artists, primarily independent artist, allow for public use of their content as long as credit is given. So I think what were going to be doing the next couple of days is researching which artists do this and find a song that fits our video. 

 Chance the Rapper is an example of an artist without a record deal. Although he's highly successful, Chance has remained an independent artist throughout his career. These facts lead me to believe that his content is available for the public use but i'm not sure of this. Even if we could use his content, it is all hypothetical because rap music wouldn't fit in with our video. I kinda just wanted to talk about how amazing Chance is.