[Fmpro] chicken soup and the AFM

[leshurdle]

> Hi Phil,

I think everyone in the USA who music on air in the UK between  
midnight and 6.00pm the next day can expect to see a reduction in  
their royalties.  [the numbers vary depending which spin one tends to  
read ;-)]

If you have songs in TV shows/movies which air between 6.00pm and  
midnight you can expect your income to double !
In fairness this would apply to all other music, but one must always  
look toward the owners of song as the prime reason for 'change'.

Glad yo hear your MU residual is solid.

I recall telling the UK MU about Local 47  and the 'benefits' many  
years ago........ their answer was 'if we did that we would have to  
get involved with the musicians' !

One must wonder at the mindset of a suit.

L


> Les:
>
> what I meant by that was that since ( as a long suffering member of
> ASScap, ) they collect foriegn royalties as well as domestic ones
> supposedly on my behalf, it seems as though if anything affects the
> royalty rate in Britian, it will show up in what is collected for  
> me in
> the foreign Royalty  payments ( which in general in my case, FAR  
> exceed
> my domestic ones ) I don't know this, I just feel it might be the case
> ..so I signed the petition.
>
> Also: someone mentioned unions: I would like to state that due to many
> years of grinding out radio /TV music, my AFM pension payments pay me
> approximately 18K p/y  ..a stable figure that I can rely upon.
>
> OTOH: ASScap payments are quite spotty , varying between 5K > 12K p/ 
> y (
> and usually as I said, depending on my Foreign income )
>
>
>>>
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