[Fmpro] keep'n the complaints going -

[LesHurdle]

Pete, they quit hanging people some time ago for heresy..........  
Dude what part of the planet are you from ;-)

Feature means the 'music' has to 'connect' one way or  
another......... just to have a song in a scene does not mean it  
connects.

The songs in Greys Anatomy are interesting............  very vague  
connection, but !!!!!

How about Boston Legal... should those 'vocal samples' be paid Feature.

C'mon now.......... let's all wake up before the meteor of digital  
downloads and no performing rights impacts, and cut the crap........  
as one VERY brave ASCAP CEO used to walk around ASCAP meeting with  
the badge 'Music is Music' [Messinger** I think].......... music is  
paid for by the broadcasters at 1-1.

1-1 it is, anyone who thinks otherwise is a HUGE part of the problem  
we all face.

L

** They soon fired her !

On Nov 28, 2007, at 8:24 AM, Pete wrote:

> So at what point would you say a feature vocal use
> slips into a background vocal use? How would you
> measure that? Who should make the call, the person who
> fills out the Cue-sheet? Should the writer be able to
> challenge that classification? How much time/money
> should ASCAP spend on determining or defending a
> classification? What if it's cheaper to just make one
> classification of "vocal" and do away with "background
> vocal"?
>
> P e t e
> S u r d o v a l