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[Michael S Patterson]

Mark,
I found that ad a little odd since I was wondering who it was aimed at
within
the readership. I also think you are right in that there seems to be a ever
growing glut of libraries offering license free music.

I¹m one who believes that a composer should do whatever he/she wants,
at least in our current climate but I feel that to depend on broadcast
royalties to earn a living is not too smart and very short sided.

I personally believe there will be a day when the PROs will loose the US
broadcast revenue stream. TV is going to become a new beast. We are
going to be forced to reevaluate upfront fees and secondary markets.
We also might finally be able to unionize if the PROs are no longer part
of the equation. I¹m not holding my breath but I do think that day is
Coming. Until pro composers for film and TV realize that the PROs are
what are holding us all back then we are doomed to stab each other
repeatedly in the back for pennies.

Michael S Patterson




On 10/23/07 5:44 PM, "Mark Northam" <mnortham at gmdgroup.com> wrote:

> Hi Kerry - 
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. These guys are just like many, many other music
> libraries who have adopted the business model of offering music for no sync
> fees, and making their money through performances royalties. You'll notice,
> however, that they do not offer music without sync fees for non-broadcast
> situations (music on hold, etc) where there are no performance royalties
> that could be generated.
> 
> Given how low sync fees have become (someone even here on the FMPRO list was
> quoting  Pump Audio sync fee payments to composers in the single-dollar
> range) because of the ton of music dumped onto the marketplace by the
> ever-expanding library industry, it's becoming clear that the money to be
> made in broadcast is not in sync fees, but in performance royalties.
> 
> The sheer amount of music on the market now with all the libraries has
> created this oversupply situation, and this is how this particular library
> (and more than a few others) is reacting to it.
> 
> Your thoughts?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mark Northam
> 
> On 10/23/07 5:22 PM, "Kirbyko3 at aol.com" <Kirbyko3 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Did anyone else notice the giant 1-page ad for zerofeemusic.com?
>> 
>> Call me crazy, but I thought this was the kind of thing that we're hoping
>> would go away, or that composers wouldn't participate in.   Yet here they
>> are,
>> advertising through the Film Music Network.   Mark, how can you justify this?
>> 
>> Kerry Muzzey
> 
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