[Fmpro] FMPRO Digest, Vol 27, Issue 14

[Mark Northam]

Good point.... Too bad composers have historically been afraid of speaking
up on these issues (or even writing!). It's a real shame to see an entire
industry full of incredibly talented people roll over as the suits and the
songwriters at the PROs continue the unjustified, unfair, and discriminatory
penalties levied against instrumental music compared to song.

I guess  50 years of being treated as second class writers by the PROs has
indeed taken its toll on the pride and self-esteem of instrumental
composers. In what other industry are those who create CUSTOM product paid
less and treated less favorably than those who create GENERIC product?

Mark Northam



On 7/18/07 9:10 AM, "flight007 at aol.com" <flight007 at aol.com> wrote:

> We must go public with our concerns and shame the Ivory Tower dwellers
> into doing something. How about the O'Reilly Factor, or 60 Minutes, or
> Hannity and Colmes, or any TV Show that would see the inequity of the
> situation? I've written to O'Reilly but have not received a reply,
> but......if we all wrote!!