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[LesHurdle]

On Oct 23, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Michael S Patterson wrote:

> Mark,
>
>
> I’m 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.

Fact is, broadcast revenue should be huge... if accounted for and the  
payment is 1-1 [like all other countries.... i.e. same use, same pay]
>
> I personally believe there will be a day when the PROs will loose  
> the US
> broadcast revenue stream.

Wow............ my lonely voice in the wind has a leaf..........
> TV is going to become a new beast. We are
> going to be forced to reevaluate upfront fees and secondary markets.

Upfront fee's will diminish. why would anyone want to pay them anyway?
> We also might finally be able to unionize if the PROs are no longer  
> part
> of the equation.

They aren't.......... as I've tried to point out to Chris  
Alpair.......... it is a good idea, but composers are their own worst  
enemy.

L

> I’m 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
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> Mark Northam, CEO
>> Global Media Development Group
>>
>> http://www.FilmMusic.net - Film & TV Music Job Listings
>>
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>> http://www.gmdgroup.com
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>>
>>
>>
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