[Fmpro] woo Hoo jingle licensing

[Pete]

Ron Wilson was the drummer for wipeout. He is one of
the co-writers. Wipeout does contain the one lyric,
"Wipe Out!". I don't know if that qualifies.

P e t e
S u r d o v a l 

--- Les Hurdle <leshurdle101 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Phil Kelly wrote:
> 
> > $100 K for a bad drum solo ?  wow!!  :)
> 
> Big Q;
> 
> Is the Wipe Out drum solo part of the composition?
> In this case is the entire 'tune' a song without
> words?
> Does Wipe Out qualify for Feature Performance?
> [since it was a hit, but 
> NOT a song]
> Should the drummer be one of the composers?
> 
> Wipe Out couldn't be found, by me anyway, on the
> ASCAP ACE site....... 
> but a search of the title is advised !!!! :-)
> Chicago Cable is big.
> I also noticed
>   PAMPERS (WIPE OUT FP)........ a pun !
> Registered as a Feature Performance maybe, I do not
> know???
> 
> However, surely the question of the drum solo brings
> up the issue of 
> why some pieces are features and some are not.
> Lyrics has been the usual cry.. yet Woo Hoo is
> mostly instrumental with 
> only 2 words.
> 
> As we have learned in the UK re performers right
> income the words are 
> 'allocation from the fund'!!  :-(
> 
> les

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