[Fmpro] keep'n the complaints going

[Jim Chase]

A Fez

"PS again humorously, i'm writing some choral music and i find that  
the singers doing the "Ah"s and the "Oo"'s under the melody are the  
ones doing the "background vocal"!"
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     It was told ASCAP treats those ooh ahhs as instrumental, unless  
actual words are sung.  Another random, arbitrary injustice from the  
folks who promised transparency, and fairness for all...

     Billy Hale tried this trick on his "Tales Thrice Travelled" CD:  
Instead of the generic ooh ahh, in the song "Inca Sun Ritual", he  
used nondescript Latin phrases, which could pass as lyric, and would  
definitely qualify as song.

     Billy fired ASSCAP earlier this year, and moved on to BMI. (that  
was a typographical error, I meant to type "ASCAP" but my middle  
finger slipped twice on the keyboard.)

    We will never know if the Latin phrase would pass muster as lyric  
at ASCAP.  Unless, of course, someone else tries it, Andrew.  Not  
just as a joke, but really put it to the test.  Quando paramucho, buddy.

Jim Chase
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"Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel"
  - Lennon and McCartney