[Fmpro] The role of managers re: royalties?

[leshurdle]

Lynne,

You aren't serious re your post below, or are you new to the game?

You said >>>  So now, from
> what I am understanding, the Performing Rights Company is not tracking
> properly for compensation;<<<

Do you think ASCAP/BMI/SESAC actually do the job they are supposed to?

BTW.......... are you stating an overseas PRO was willing to send  
it's entire 'play list' to a composer who did not belong to their  
society?

L

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On May 7, 2007, at 11:00 PM, Lynne T. Conte wrote:

> 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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