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

[LesHurdle]

Les, I doubt you'll remember the name [do you], but the fact your  
were TOLD by a staffer you wont be paid makes the entire point of  
many of the arguments and discussions.

What that ASCAP person said was..........  you wont turn up in the  
survey and we have no intention of finding you.
Yet recently one of their 'pets' was sent a huge check for 'found  
money'........  fancy !

Ooops, lets all respect that process.

Oh, BTW, we have to be nice to staff from here on in.

L


On Nov 29, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Les Mizzell 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
>
>
> Yea, that was storta harsh there Pete! I'll forgive you for this  
> though!
>
> Most of the composing I've done has been "under the ASCAP radar".
>
> I've composed several hundred training and industrial videos. They  
> never
> air anywhere, so I never registered them.
>
> I've also done tons of local TV and radio spots. After trying to  
> get an
> answer (many many years ago) from ASCAP about these, I was told that
> local commercials wouldn't ever get any $$ for me, so I never bothered
> to register those either.
>
> I've also scored several seasons worth of two PBS series ("Historic
> Hotels" and "Great Country Inns"). Once again - ASCAP told me very
> plainly that "we don't survey those stations", so I never registered
> those either. This was probably a huge mistake on my part, but I was
> young and stupid at the time and believed them.
>
> I've done a number of commissions for several dance companies as well,
> but once again, two performances in a local theatre isn't going to get
> any ASCAP attention either.
>
> In retrospect, yea, I probably should have registered every single  
> thing
> I've ever done - but as I previously stated, I was young and stupid  
> when
> I did the bulk of this stuff and none of it would be generating any $$
> years later anyway.
>
> I know better at this point. If I "compose" a single ending chord for
> something, I'm going to register the darned thing.  That will give  
> me a
> little more weight to bitch about something when I don't see any $$ on
> my statement (aside from the the $3.32 that obviously belonged to
> somebody else on the last statement).
>
> Cheers!!
>
> Les
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