[Fmpro] Yes We Can) The Arts

[Tracey Larvenz]

I wouldn't say that editing facilities are doing fine.  I know of a
great many editing facilities who have closed their doors as desktop
editing has become a reality and you don't need a $30 million facility
to edit, composite, fly graphics, etc.

Tracey

On Feb 6, 2008 12:18 PM, Louis King <lking1 at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> THERE IS THE PROBLEM .... when someone here says "well my complaint"
> to ASCAP can't doing anything you all get hot an bothered but yet you
> say one composer has no leverage in the marketplace that's just being
> realistic?????
>
> If 9 outta 10 won't work for cheap the $$$ come up ....  I'm not
> saying that's easy to accomplish but somehow editing facilities seem
> to do fine ... they don't get back end, they don't work for free
> either and I don't see that service/product being devalued.
>
> I'm not saying I've never worked for cheap but if I did it was for a
> very specific situation. Either someone that normally pays $$$$ and
> had something that happened to only have $. Or something that had
> great value for having done it , something that was a real creative
> calling card that would give real exposure ( not the "my student
> short film will get you exposure" kind ).
>
> I'm not saying that you should get $100,000 budget on a $200,000
> film. The $$$ allocated for music in most any project are just
> getting smaller and smaller not proportionate to the other costs of a
> film.
>
>
>
>
> > A single composer has a ton of competition and often very little
> > leverage,
> > so a single composer saying "No, I won't work for cheap" can have very
> > little traction in the marketplace.
>
>
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      Tracey Larvenz
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