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title: "Licensing and sync · David Dewese"
canonical: https://daviddewese.com/licensing/
updated: 2026-10-07
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For music supervisors

# Licensing and sync

David owns 99.9% of his masters and publishing, so clearing his songs is quick. Foxymorons songs are shared 50/50 with Jerry James.

The catalog runs from 1998 to 2026: warm, hooky guitar pop and acoustic songs across David’s solo records, The Foxymorons and The Luxury Liners. Every original Foxymorons song is credited to David Dewese and Jerry James, split 50/50, so their publishing is shared (the sleeves print “American Viceroy / I Saw The Ocean (SESAC)”). The exceptions are listed [below](https://daviddewese.com/licensing/#exceptions).

[Request a license](https://daviddewese.com/contact/?topic=licensing) [Browse all 24 releases](https://daviddewese.com/music/)

Photo: Phil Thornton

## Placements

Songs from the catalog on television.

- The WB · first aired February 24, 2004

  ### *One Tree Hill*

  “Dreaming” by The Luxury Liners, from [*Overbored*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-luxury-liners/overbored/) · Season 1, episode 15, “Suddenly Everything Has Changed”

  [Watch the clip: “Dreaming” in One Tree Hill on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAq9dUlt3Rw)
- ABC · first aired November 10, 2006

  ### *Men in Trees*

  “This Heart Of Mine” by The Foxymorons, from [*Hesitation Eyes*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-foxymorons/hesitation-eyes/) · Season 1, episode 9, “The Menaissance”

  [Watch the clip: “This Heart Of Mine” in Men in Trees on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2K562FHuh0)
- FOX Sports

  ### *US Youth Soccer Show*

  “Sunshine” by The Luxury Liners, from [*Overbored*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-luxury-liners/overbored/) · Theme song

  [Watch the clip: “Sunshine” in US Youth Soccer Show on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mju1nb3BOzU)

Music from the catalog has also been used in a Bealls department store commercial ([clip on YouTube: Bealls commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmdIstTp3gc)) and a Nature Conservancy of Canada video ([clip on YouTube: Nature Conservancy of Canada video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOAGFW8XR-c)).

## How to license a song

1. Find the song on [Music](https://daviddewese.com/music/). Each release page lists the label and, where known, the credits and where to stream it.
2. Send a request through the [contact form](https://daviddewese.com/contact/?topic=licensing) with the topic “Licensing / sync”: the production, the use (scene, trailer, ad, theme), the term and territory, and your deadline.
3. David reads every message and replies when he can.

## Exceptions

- [*Regurgitation*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-foxymorons/regurgitation/) (The Foxymorons, 2001) is a covers album. Its songs belong to their original writers, so it is not offered for licensing.
- [*Next Christmas*](https://daviddewese.com/music/david-dewese/next-christmas/) (2009) mixes David’s own songs with traditional carols and “Tears For Christmas”, written by Todd Anderson. Only David’s own songs are his to license.
- [*Believe EP*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-luxury-liners/believe-ep/) (2001) mixes David’s own songs with a cover of Cher’s “Believe”. Only David’s own songs are his to license.
- Some records first came out on other labels: [*Hesitation Eyes*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-foxymorons/hesitation-eyes/) (Heatstroke Records), [*Believe EP*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-luxury-liners/believe-ep/) (Echomusic), [*Rodeo City*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-foxymorons/rodeo-city/) (The American Pop Project), [*Sound As Ever*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-luxury-liners/sound-as-ever/) (Echomusic), [*Calcutta*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-foxymorons/calcutta/) (The American Pop Project) and the live [*Shake It Up*](https://daviddewese.com/music/the-luxury-liners/shake-it-up-live/) single (Texas Music Café). Ask, and David will say who to talk to.

Page updated October 2026.