[Fmpro] Who do you really know?

[Chris Alpiar]

Indeed but you still don't really know *who* wrote it, whether its good or
bad. Still too much grey area to definitively say that guy is a composer,
that guy isn't etc. Its still artistic judgement of a not necessarily known
to be the true composer person

-----Original Message-----
From: fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com
[mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of Mike Vaccaro
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 4:17 PM
To: fmpro at nxport.com
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Who do you really know?

I think the musicians you put your music in front of usually know what makes

a good composer whether it is RMA, Brataslava, New Era, Non Union or 
whatever. Of course unless you hired a crummy orchestrator.

Mike


> Mark while you and I are in strong parallel on defining what makes a good
> composer, I am pretty sure; who is to say that person isn't an artist and
> that other guy is. Ever been to the Museum of Modern Art in NYC? I SWEAR
> half of that stuff is trash I could have slapped on a canvas in about 20
> mins but well this is the really tough part of art, craft, business and
> entertainment. So many grey areas. Is that art? Is that person a creative
> genious or are they a scam artist? Are they just a bean counter who has 
> the
> power to drop their name at the right place and people believe they are an
> artist? :( Unfortunately many people live for grey area wherever money is
> involved and so the pure and good folk often get abused in every business,
> the music business just has more grey areas and lots of pure and good 
> people
> that are building their art based on love for humanity, so we are easy
> targets
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com
> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of Mark 
> Northam
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:42 PM
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Who do you really know?
>
> I think Les is referring to people whose primary income is derived from
> publishing (or who handles publishing for others) running and being 
> elected
> as a writer board member.
>
> This certainly seems like an area ripe for abuse, as at ASCAP, anybody can
> put their name down as a "writer" and join as a "writer" even if they're
> some middleman ripping off composers by demanding a percentage of writers
> royalties as a kickback.
>
> Maybe it's time for a higher standard to exist at ASCAP for the writer 
> board
> members other than requiring only that they have a current writer 
> membership
> at ASCAP... Writer board member independence is critical, especially with
> the publisher-songwriter relationships that are only too obvious on the
> Board currently.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark Northam
>
>
>
> On 7/29/07 12:28 PM, "Chris Alpiar" <chris at alpiar.com>  wrote:
>
>> Maybe I am having a blonde moment *blink blink* but what is the negative
> of
>> having publishers on the ASCAP board? Please educate me Sir Les. I can
>> understand not wanting RIAA people but generally aren't the interests of
> the
>> publishers aligned with that of the composers?
>
>
>
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