[Fmpro] Pumps admin deal

[Kirbyko3@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/3/07 9:02:46 PM, doc_absynthe at yahoo.com writes:


> I guess the question I have is. Do people with a significant back
> catalog that submit music to PA make any money?
> 
> 

Hi Michael,

I think it really depends on what your style of writing is, and what they 
currently have demand for. My stuff is instrumental/orchestral/score-ish and it 
winds up in a lot of History Chan/Discovery/Nat'l Geo documentaries... but then 
one or two cues in particular keep turning up in MTV and Nick at Nite shows.  
 Pump does their payouts every 6 months (usually July for Q1 and Q2 and Jan 
for Q3 and Q4).   In the last few years that they've had my stuff in their 
catalog, my usage reports get bigger each period, just because it takes a while 
for stuff to integrate and find a footing with their users.   I've had checks 
that weren't so hot... maybe $500-800 for a 6-month period, and checks that were 
a couple grand for that 6-month period.   What I did notice, though, was the 
ever-increasing ASCAP check, because all of those $10 and $40 and $50 cues 
landed in cable shows that ran, and ran, and ran again.   And some of them have 
aired in other countries as well, which starts to accumulate performance $$ 
overseas (although I have yet to see it,   which is one of my beefs from ASCAP 
and is an area where they seem to be really weak).    

So, having looked at quite a few music libraries to house my "old stuff" the 
deal I liked best was Pump's.   And it was a small shop with nice people; they 
were people you'd actually want to have a drink with and get to know.

Ultimately, if you find that you have a lot of music just sitting around 
gathering dust, a library might be a good way to go -- then each check that pops 
up in the mail is found money.   Just be careful of what the library's deal is, 
because you don't want to sign your life away unless you're getting paid 
something upfront.   And some libraries have a deal that looks like a license 
agreement but is essentially a copyright assignment, so keep yer eyes peeled for 
the sneaky stuff.

Hope that helps!

Kerry


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