[Fmpro] Fwd: This Week in FMW: FTV Music Conf, NeKo Demo, New SESAC Office, ASCAP UK Awards

[Kirbyko3@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/23/07 8:44:46 PM, mnortham at gmdgroup.com writes:


> 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?
> 

I remember a time about a year ago when everyone on this list was absolutely 
aghast at the fact that Lifetime was now paying only $5k to score one of their 
movies, and that was a travesty. People on this email list were saying things 
like, "Well we have to ban together and just refuse them if they come our 
way."   How we've gone from balking at a $5k fee to actually allowing a zero-fee 
music library to advertise in a composer-friendly publication, through an 
organization dedicated to composers, really is beyond me.   In principle alone, I 
think FMW as an organization should tell an advertiser like that, "What you're 
doing isn't kosher with us and we won't support you."     Is it really worth 
the couple hundred $$ you might've gotten for that ad?

It's under my skin in a very big way.

Kerry




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