[Fmpro] FMPRO Digest, Vol 16, Issue 7

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Dear Chris

  I do think you should dismount from your high horse and hire a humble 
donkey to travel the rough and rocky road of the music business. I'm 
sure your music is in many homes, just as I'm sure you are not getting 
the royalties you would have got had you not sold your composing soul 
to the devil in the form of the Scripps Organization, as others have 
done with the Saban Organization. I remember from a conversation we 
had, you stated that most of the shows you wrote for have a very short 
shelf life. I think of that every time I watch the many re-runs Scripps 
are programming.
  Now you are freelance and making even more money you must realize what 
could have been yours - especially from over seas. I wish you luck with 
your Library Music Company. From what I have read of your plans, your 
principles are excellent and bode well for the composers you will be 
embracing. It will be good thing for the business and fellow composers 
if you stand by those principles in the competitive days ahead. 
Composers don't need to read individual resumes. Composers need to 
stand together to ensure they have enough money coming in to purchase 
the latest model Zimmer frame when that time arrives.

Very best wishes.    Vic

www.vicflick.com
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 Message: 7
 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:16:52 -0400
 From: "Merritt Music Productions" <chris at merrittmusic.com>
 Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Turning Down Work
 To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
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 Let's get this straight once and for all, Les. I am fully aware of my
  situation and what happened and even why. I could have accepted that 
job
  and not said anything to anyone because it's MY BUSINESS. I chose not 
to
 accept it for my reasons.

 I shared it here to help others decide what to do on their own. Not to
  whine or complain. Not to "bleat" because I was "unstuck." I make a 
great
 living, Les. I left a great paying job to make even more money as a
  freelance composer, and I'm doing just fine. My music is in over well 
over
  160 Million homes worldwide. I can even afford to turn down work. 
Nobody
 here is "unstuck."

 Let's try to remember something, Les. We are supposed to be on the same
  side. You and I BOTH should be trying to find ways to ENCOURAGE each 
other
 and other composers to make decisions that help themselves and others.

 Remember, encouragement.

 Thanks!

 Chris

 Merritt Music Productions
 9701 Clearwater Drive
 Knoxville, TN 37923
 merrittmusic.com
 865-357-5473
 -----Original Message-----
 From: fmpro-bounces+chris=merrittmusic.com at nxport.com
  [mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=merrittmusic.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of 
Les
 Hurdle
 Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 1:50 PM
 To: fmpro at nxport.com
 Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Turning Down Work


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