[Fmpro] question about ads in Europe

[Dana from Serious Vanity Music]

Thank you so much, Les!  Seriously, you guys are the best!!

Dana Detrick-Clark
Serious Vanity Music: http://www.seriousvanity.com
The Anatomy of an Album: http://album-anatomy.livejournal.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "leshurdle" <leshurdle at avradionet.com>
To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] question about ads in Europe


>I have a good buddy who is a heavyweight in ireland........... I'll
> ask, I may get an answer quickly.
>
> You might consider joining IMRO for the world outside the USA,
> frankly I'd join IMRO and then SAC EM for the rest of the word and
> their pension ;-)
>
> L
>
> On Apr 12, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Dana from Serious Vanity Music wrote:
>
>> James, that helped so incredibly much.  I can't thank you enough!
>>
>> Dana Detrick-Clark
>> Serious Vanity Music: http://www.seriousvanity.com
>> The Anatomy of an Album: http://album-anatomy.livejournal.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "James Ryan" <jeryan at optonline.net>
>> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] question about ads in Europe
>>
>>
>>> Hey Dana,
>>> Don't know what the situation is with commercials in Ireland.
>>> They are
>>> probably on a survey system like here, but it can't hurt to ask.  The
>>> problem is that if you want to join IMRO (Ireland's PRO) you have to
>>> officially resign ASCAP for that territory.  I just did this with
>>> PRS in
>>> the
>>> UK.  You have to find out when you joined ASCAP and then you will be
>>> allowed
>>> to resign within some time period surrounding that date, can't
>>> remember
>>> exactly what it is, but Shawn LeMone at ASCAP will help you if you
>>> need to
>>> do this.  His contact is SLeMone at ascap.com / (323) 882-1416.  You
>>> then
>>> need
>>> to join IMRO.  That can be set in motion by filling out a form on
>>> their
>>> website after which they will call you to followup - http://
>>> www.imro.ie.
>>>
>>> Failing all of this, you can just let Shawn know about the
>>> commercial and
>>> have ASCAP collect for you for a 4% commission and about a three
>>> year wait
>>> period.  There are pros and cons to each decision so it's up to
>>> you which
>>> road to take.  If it's just one commercial it might be easier to
>>> just let
>>> ASCAP handle it.  If it's a bunch, or an ongoing situation you
>>> might be
>>> better off joining IMRO.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/12/07 3:41 PM, "Dana from Serious Vanity Music"
>>> <dana at seriousvanity.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've come upon the opportunity to produce an ad to be aired in
>>>> Ireland.
>>>> I've never worked on an overseas ad before, and am not a member
>>>> of any of
>>>> the European organizations (I'm just an ASCAP member over here).
>>>> I run
>>>> the
>>>> risk of asking a completely dumb question here, but since this is
>>>> something
>>>> I wasn't thinking I'd be dealing with this quickly, I've found
>>>> myself
>>>> needing to ask the more experienced in this area!  What will I
>>>> need to do
>>>> to
>>>> register this in order to collect any residuals from overseas
>>>> radio or TV
>>>> play?  Again, sorry if this is elementary for most of you, and I
>>>> am doing
>>>> my
>>>> research on this as well, and viewed asking your expertise as
>>>> part of
>>>> that!
>>>>
>>>> Dana Detrick-Clark
>>>> Serious Vanity Music: http://www.seriousvanity.com
>>>> The Anatomy of an Album: http://album-anatomy.livejournal.com
>>>>
>>>>
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