[Fmpro] My ASCAP quarterly statement just showed up!!!!

[Pete]

Staying on the one topic... He wrote music for two
indie films. He got a check for international
royalties. Did those films air anywhere
internationally? (He never claimed they did.) If not,
they wouldn't be tracked.

But, he did get money for something that he didn't
write. His reaction... "Oh well... sucks for them."

Bottom line, the more you write, the more you're
likely to earn. That's not being elitist or harsh.

P e t e
S u r d o v a l


--- Mark Northam <mnortham at gmdgroup.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/07 9:33 AM, "Pete" <musical411 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > You only have two things registered with ASCAP. Is
> > that their fault? Write more and you'll earn more.
> > 
> > P e t e
> > S u r d o v a l
> 
> That's kind of harsh, Pete!
> 
> If his work was performed and ASCAP refused to track
> and pay for it, it
> doesn't matter whether the writer has composed 1
> work or 100 works. Lousy
> tracking is lousy tracking... Just ask any ASCAP
> member who writes CPA
> music. The refusal to implement digital watermarking
> at ASCAP speaks volumes
> as to their attitude towards tracking more music.
> Not that it would have
> helped Les, but it might have. Never forget John
> Beal's chilling report -
> months of broadcasts of the trailer for "The Matrix"
> that he scored on TV
> and not a nickel from ASCAP. That tells the story
> right there.
> 
> Bottom line: ASCAP tracks what it wants to track,
> and refuses to track
> (well) music it doesn't want to track or has
> arbitrarily devalued in order
> to keep other types of music paying high royalties.
> If more CPA music was
> tracked and paid, even at the lousy rate of 3 cents
> on the dollar for a
> minute of music compared to minute of song within a
> program, it would likely
> reduce the rich songwriters' checks unacceptably, so
> year after year ASCAP
> finds excuses why it "can't track" CPA music and
> finds ways to refuse to
> implement the technology that would provide easy
> tracking of this music. The
> end result? Money that can and should be paid to CPA
> composers gets paid to
> other members when CPA performances are not tracked
> and paid.
> 
> Whether someone is rich or not shouldn't affect
> whether they should be paid
> properly for their royalties, and whether someone
> has written many or few
> works shouldn't affect whether their works should be
> tracked and paid for
> those works they do write that are broadcast.
> 
> Happy Thanksgiving!
> 
> Mark Northam
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/21/07 9:33 AM, "Pete" <musical411 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > You only have two things registered with ASCAP. Is
> > that their fault? Write more and you'll earn more.
> > 
> > P e t e
> > S u r d o v a l


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