[Fmpro] New FM Network submission changes

[JJB]

Yes, I do like the ""your submission: xyz" has been listened to""  
feature. Very cool.

Joel


On Jan 22, 2007, at 9:49 PM, Pete wrote:

> 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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