[Fmpro] Pump Audio - No Copyright Ownership

[Claude Castonguay]

On 07-10-03, at 23:32, Mark Northam wrote:

> All in all, assuming the reporting is fair and complete, this seems  
> like a
> pretty good deal for composers.


They do seem to have a good business model. But even thought i  
realise libraries are here to stay, the bigger and greater these  
libraries become, the less we see  work for things like sports  
networks etc...I used to make very good money writing all the music  
for the weather channel here in Canada. Now it's all libraries. I  
guess now instead of having 1000 guys making a living from Weather  
Channel type of work, you have 100 000 guys receiving an 8 $ check in  
the mail every 6 months.

Sure if your PA cue gets placed on prime time you'll break the bank,  
but that's called the lottery isn't it?

My point is, last night i was reading up on the PA site and you see  
testimonials of people who say "thanks to PA i put a downpayment on  
my home from the money i made with a single cue" doesn't say if it's  
a trailer park home but...

  Reminds of people selling cheap muscle building machines for 100  
easy installments of not 99$, not 69$ but 68,99$!!!! Jokes aside, i  
was tempted and this morning while chewing my Weetabix, -can't find  
Count Choculas anymore ; (  - I thought "yeah but if i give them some  
cues i'm just augmenting their libraries whith my work & Style.

At the same time, Kerry's  point that we all have music that has not  
been used in some films, because the whole scene you wrote it for got  
canned, so it's probably better for us to put it in the PA bank and  
have a chance of collecting on it...

Any thoughts?

This subject has probably been beaten to death, sorry if it has.

Best,

Claude