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[Mark Northam]

OK, but we're at 20 cents on the dollar for a one-minute instrumental cue
compared to a minute of song...??

Also, how do you feel about the "All music marked as background vocal is
paid an automatic feature performance" rule, which enables ALL songs,
regardless of whether they're in the background or sung by a live vocalist
onscreen, to receive "feature performance" (the highest) payment? This rule
has effectively changed ASCAP's system from payment by type of performance,
to payment by type of  music...

Best,

Mark


On 11/2/06 9:41 AM, "Tracey Larvenz" <tlarvenz at gmail.com> wrote:

> *  Change the weighting formula.  I'd like to see instrumental
> composers get up to the 15 cents mark, increased over the course of
> three years (7 first year, 12 second year, and 15 by year three).
> The reason to spread it out over time is that there will certainly
> need to be adjustments to the working budget for ASCAP and since
> there is no public budget, there is no way to see where adjustments
> can be made.  Also, I think it will be less threatening of a proposal
> to the songwriters if the plan is ramped up over a period of time
> rather than just taking a huge slice from the onset.

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