[Fmpro] The role of managers re: royalties?

[Lynne T. Conte]

Mike:

I agree with this statement:  "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."

I once contacted a Performing Rights Company in Hungary regarding an artist
that I am managing; they told me that they could not provide me with any
information unless they had a written agreement with the artist; their
procedure is to send the artist the list of what is played.  So now, from
what I am understanding, the Performing Rights Company is not tracking
properly for compensation; OK, all conflicts can be resolved, I am sure that
ASCAP and BMI does not want to go out of business.  So I suggest that
everybody relaxes, it will be resolved, it could be just a technology issue,
where once again, intelligence needs to look at what is happening.

I will make a few phone calls, lets see what I can find out.

Musically Yours,

Lynne T. Conte/Talent Manager
Conte's Networking Communications

On 5/7/07, MVPROD at aol.com <MVPROD at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 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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