[Fmpro] Answers or a job? Shawn LeMone

[leshurdle]

I think Ricky has made the real point.

I've talked to Shawn over the years and he has been very accommodating

The real problem is.... does one do what is right, or does one keep  
the job?

We are faced with organizations around the PRO world where a segment  
of the membership, in each PRO, has gouged money for decades and  
expects to continue. [see current mess at PRS]

2 short stories;
At an SCL Performing Rights Comm meeting the nephew of a family  
member belonging to ';the estates' had said [I paraphrase] 'the  
estates recognized rank & file members were unhappy and had decided  
to release more money'   !!!

During the formation of the AACO David MacMurray played a major part  
in aligning the various writer orgs with the AACO.
Amsong folk almost joined, then realized what it all meant, then  
allegedly said to DM [I paraphrase]  ' nothing changes at ASCAP  
unless we say so'.

No one has ever said this isn't so !!

L

On May 29, 2007, at 5:08 PM, rckygrd at aol.com wrote:

> I understand you feelings, but here's a person that perhaps can't  
> show his hand, especially if he wants to keep the  
> position......Silence in Golden.  I'm currently in Brussels at the  
> CISCAC CopyWrite Summit with Steve Gordon, Esq author of The Future  
> Of The Music Business, .....A lot of the deciding honchos of wether  
> we and how we get paid are here.  Tomorrow we head out for Arhus,  
> Denmark for another conference. www.copywritesummit.com/newt/l/ 
> copywritesummit/agenda.html
> Stay Strong,
> Ricky Gordon
> Fort Greene Brooklyn currently in Brussels
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Northam <mnortham at gmdgroup.com>
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Sent: Wed, 30 May 2007 1:13 am
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] CN=Shawn LeMone/O=ASCAP is out of the office.
>
>
>
> We've seen the same "out of the office" messages from Shawn for  
> some time
> ow - they pop up every few months or so.
> Shawn is familiar with the FMPRO list and apparently chooses not to
> articipate. It's a sad commentary on ASCAP's attitude towards its  
> composer
> embers, when important questions go unanswered, and only  
> illustrates quite
> ividly the contempt that ASCAP's staff and management have for  
> those who
> are ask questions that they do not wish to answer. You'd think that  
> they
> ould want to answer the questions and correct any incorrect  
> assumptions,
> ut apparently, they figure they have more to lose by answering the
> uestions than they do by ignoring them. We should wonder why.
> In the past, their choice was to demonize me personally, which I  
> understand
> hey continue to do, however this isn't about me, at least not any  
> more.
> t's about our industry, and major issues that affect all composers.  
> More
> nd more, composers are getting involved and asking questions about  
> their
> oyalty income and why such severe penalties are in place for non-song
> usic. These are legitimate questions about policies that affect the  
> payment
> f HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY and should be taken  
> seriously by
> SCAP. Instead, they blow them off.
> Rather than dealing with these questions honestly and openly, after  
> all -
> here is certainly room for differing opinions on any subject - they  
> have
> aken the unfortunate route of either misleading the questioner (as  
> we all
> aw them do with Lynne Conte) or demonizing the source of the  
> questions (as
> hey like to do with me). Anything, it appears, but answer the  
> questions
> irectly, fully and honestly in a public forum. We should ask  
> ourselves:
> hat do they have to fear by doing so? Who and what acts are they  
> protecting
> y maintaining their silence?
> Best,
> Mark Northam
>
> n 5/29/07 1:49 PM, "Chris Alpiar" <chris at alpiar.com> wrote:
>> Also possible that this person might know the FMN list and would  
>> not wish to
>  get slammed by the ornery and sometimes smarmy crowd that we are  
> but wishes
>  to keep track of issues that are brought up
>
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