[Fmpro] The role of managers re: royalties?

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In a message dated 5/7/2007 10:13:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
profwoman4u2 at gmail.com writes:

>  Mark Northam wrote:
> > Hi All -
> >
> > The emails  between Lynne and Les bring to light an interesting issue:
>  >
> > What role should managers have in making sure their clients  receive all
> of
> > the royalties their clients are entitled  to?
>  _______________________________________________

As a business manager (and I assume that is what you mean by manager) (and  
music contractor) for a Grammy Award winning composer I think that of  course 
yes, the manager has to look for the backside of a deal too and  receive a 
commission for that attention to the client. That is what BUSINESS  managers do. 
Isn't it? I have had the opportunity to collect some back end  payments for my 
composer that might not normally come his way by the accepted  channels and he 
was very happy about it. Of course we talk every day about what  is going on 
with him and what we might want to look in to. It is the composers  job to 
help the manager do his job by staying on top of his/her own business  too. They 
should not be calling the employer on their own behalf though under  any 
circumstance. 
 
My 2c
 
Mike V.




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