[Fmpro] The role of managers re: royalties?

[Lynne T. Conte]

Mark,

While I am waiting for a response from my referral, can I have your
permission to give your name at ASCAP regarding the questions that you have
sent?  I will re-call ASCAP with your questions, but they are your questions
and I need to use your name with your permission.

Musically Yours,

Lynne T. Conte/Talent Manager
Conte's Networking Communications
707-440-2900

On 5/8/07, Mark Northam <mnortham at gmdgroup.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Lynne -
>
> I like your initiative - contact ASCAP directly and see what you can
> learn!
>
> So here's your challenge: see how many of the following politely worded
> questions "Greg" will provide direct answers to before he "has to go" or
> suddenly discontinues the call somehow:
>
> 1. "Can you tell me why a minute of score music on TV is only paid 20% of
> what a minute of song on the same program is paid by ASCAP?"
>
> 2. "Can you tell my why a minute of original music for advertising is paid
> by ASCAP only 3% of what a minute of song is paid on the same TV program?"
>
> 3. "Can you tell me why ASCAP hasn't implemented MediaGuide on television
> and added watermarking so music under dialogue and sound effects can be
> tracked and paid, not just songs performed in the clear?"
>
> 4. "When an overseas PRO sends you money for one of my clients, why
> doesn't
> ASCAP disclose the actual amount of money received, before any ASCAP
> deductions, for the member on the members' statement? "
>
> 5. "How do ASCAP members benefit when ASCAP refuses to release election
> vote
> counts, has effectively eliminated independent candidates, and in the case
> of board vacancies, secretly chooses whomever they want to fill the spot
> rather than respecting the vote counts of the remaining candidates?
>
>
> And if "Greg" makes it through those questions without choking on his
> lunch,
> here are a few more...
>
>
>
> 6. "How do ASCAP members benefit when ASCAP prevents me from speaking
> directly with a foreign PRO if I have a question about how much that
> foreign
> PRO paid my client?"
>
> 7. "Please tell me about ASCAP's advance program and how my client can
> qualify for and advance.... No, Greg, not the "referral out to a bank
> loan"
> program on the website, I'm talking about the "other" type of direct
> advances that ASCAP has provided to members without going through a bank,
> etc... You know, the kind negotiated by LA's top film and TV music agents
> for their "star clients".
>
> 8. "Speaking of MediaGuide, Greg, how does ASCAP justify sinking tens of
> millions of member dollars into a system that only benefits music on the
> radio, which is primarily song?"
>
> 9. "Oh, and one more on MediaGuide... MediaGuide now tracks tons of
> advertisements on radio and TV. When will ASCAP start paying all the
> writers
> and publishers performance royalties for music in those ads, not just
> tracking the ads for outside companies who want to see when and where they
> are broadcast?"
>
> 10. "Thanks very much for those answers, Greg. Do you mind if I share them
> with some friends on the Film Music Pro email discussion list?"
>
>
> On 5/8/07 11:33 AM, "Lynne T. Conte" <profwoman4u2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I spoke with a Greg over at ASCAP.
>
>
>
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Lynne T. Conte/Talent Manager
Conte's Networking Communications
1-707-440-2900