[Fmpro] ASCAP bashing

[Mark Northam]

I understand, however the key thing with television is that the party you
contract with (the production company) is completely different than the
party paying performance royalties (the broadcasters). It's a different
money flow from a different party, and sadly, the only middlemen available,
ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, take a dim view of the value of score compared to
song. This, despite the vast majority of music within television shows is
score and we're PAYING them to collect and distribut our royalties.

Sad.

Best,

Mark Northam




On 4/28/08 11:02 AM, "Ted Peterson" <ted.peterson at tcsn.net> wrote:

> Mark:
> 
> You presented my position better than I could in the subsequent email
> which discusses songs vs instrumental music. Like I said, I've lost
> jobs because I'm not ASCAP/BMI/SESAC/etc. But prefer a direct
> contract without a middleman to take a cut without doing any work.
> Now If I was an extremely popular composer and people were chomping
> to get my stuff, I would probably join BMI..
> 
> Ted Peterson
> 
> On Apr 27, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Mark Northam wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ted -
>> 
>> If you have (or will have) music on television or film other than
>> on local
>> TV stations where direct licensing for the performing right
>> (between you and
>> 
>> Your thoughts?
>> 
>> Mark Northam
>> 
>> 
> 
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