[Fmpro] no up front fees

[andrew feazelle]

I've been watching Robin Hood on BBC America - cheezy show like Xenia or Hercules, but has a big orchestral score - nice to see 
someone out there is willing to spend some big upfront dollars for a tv show (and take the time to include a live orch score).  The
up front composer fee probably doesn't seem so bad after they get the bill from the orchestra (even if it's prague or bulgaria).   Now 
if only ASCAP or SCL or composers or whoever would promote live human musician scores on tv.  That even might scare off some
highschooler's with they're computers, cutting down the supply lines of "composers" and so on and so forth.     

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:40:12 +0100
From: Michael Leahy <writestuff at chello.be>
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] FMPRO Digest, Vol 23, Issue 9
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:15:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Les Hurdle <leshurdle101 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Seen today in a composition contest entry rules
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
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> Actually not.
>
> It is the way of the future...... it started when
> idiots began by giving up their rights, mechanicals to
> name but one.
>
> Why should any suit respect a composer, pray tell?
>
> Les
>
>   
I dealt with a label recently that was excited by the idea of placing 
music in a cable show with no "upfront fees" (strangely enough, there 
was no mention of "downback fees" either). I was appalled, but maybe I'm 
old-fashioned.