[Fmpro] New FM Network submission changes

[Pete]

Hi Mark,

I really appreciate the option to submit as a
non-member. (Although, I can sympathize with Joel.)

I already sent my first submission. The system is much
smoother than Taxi's online submissions. With Taxi,
you have to upload to a third-party site (Broadjam),
then wait for them to verify the file. That can take
up to 48 hours. Then you have to remember to go back a
submit and pay for the job posting. Awkward.

Mark wrote, "...you'll get an email automatically when
the reviewer listens to your music - that's something
no other online submission system I know of offers."

Taxi does send you an email after your submission was
either "forwarded" or "rejected". But being forwarded
is no guarantee that it was actually listened to by
the job-poster. I imagine there are times when a
poster will have already found what they were looking
for, and stop listening to new submissions before my
Taxi "forward" even reaches their desk.

One request is that you include the License fees /
Composer fees in the postings whenever humanly
possible. That's only fair, and it put's all of us
Composers in a better postion. Offer pennies = no
submissions. You want good music, offer us good money.

Nice job Mark, I appreciate the new opportunities to
get our music out there!!

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

--- Mark Northam <mark at gmdgroup.com> wrote:

> Hi Joel -
> 
> Thanks for sharing your feedback. I'll respond
> briefly on the list here so
> as not to overly burden the list with the details.
> 
> First, our new SubmitDIRECT program is optional - we
> offer it to job posters
> to use if they choose to for online submissions. The
> key benefit of
> SubmitDIRECT is the ease at with both submitters can
> upload their music, and
> reviewers can review and make contact with
> submitters - far easier than FTP
> especially for filmmakers and music supervisors,
> many of whom would never
> use an FTP program. Some job posters may use the
> system, some may not and
> will request CDs in the mail - it's completely up to
> them.
> 
> We've also tried to price our electronic submission
> service far below
> others, like TAXI, which has a $5/track submission
> charge and an additional
> membership necessary for electronic submissions,
> which first have to go
> through an anonymous screener before they make it
> (or not) to the hiring
> music supervisor, filmmaker, etc.
> 
> Furthermore, you'll get an email automatically when
> the reviewer listens to
> your music - that's something no other online
> submission system I know of
> offers.
> 
> We've been building the SubmitDIRECT technology for
> many months now after
> numerous requests from our job posters for an online
> submission system to
> relieve the problems of funky FTP issues, email
> boxes overfilled with MP3
> files, and slow snail-mail delivery. While our
> system isn't perfect, we're
> working to make it as good as it can be. I
> appreciate your feedback.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mark Northam
> 
> P.S. You can also reduce your FMN Web Membership to
> only $139/year by
> choosing an annual membership, which also gives you
> 3 months free - you can
> get details at http://www.filmmusic.net. We're also
> bundling in some new
> benefits for annual members you'll be hearing about
> shortly.
> 
> 
> On 1/22/07 3:07 PM, "JJB" <onephatcat at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mark,
> > 
> > As a paying subscriber to FMN Jobwire for several
> years, I appreciate
> > the new ability to submit electronically through
> your system, only
> > because it creates at least the illusion of more
> certainty that
> > someone will be on the other end listening.
> > 
> > However, I have to question the pricing structure.
> First of all, I
> > pay about $168 per year already to be able to
> submit to FM Jobwire.
> > Now I have to pay an additional $2 per piece of
> music that I submit
> > per job I submit to, on top of that $168 I pay per
> year.  Frankly, I
> > think that is wrong. If all the new jobs are going
> to be using this
> > new system, then my subscription to FM Jobwire
> only gives me a
> > discount in submitting, and nothing more.
> > 
> > What I think would make more sense, if you have to
> have a system in
> > place (After all, most of us have our own websites
> with our music on
> > it already, we don't really need a submission
> system to pay extra
> > for) is that there be a flat fee per year where
> you can have x number
> > of .mp3 files stored, and submit to any job wire
> jobs for free, or
> > something along those lines. It needs to be clear
> cut and simple.
> > I  thought I would try out your system, just to
> see what happens, but
> > frankly, I think it is way overpriced, unless
> there is some hidden
> > benefit you have not told us about. I think I may
> cancel my FMN
> > subscription.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Joel



 
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