[Fmpro] Dave Joining ASCAP/BMI

[LesHurdle]

I've forwarded this to Doug Wood

L

On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:34 AM, Les Mizzell wrote:

>
>>> No payments on a local spot...
>> You mean 'they' don't pay?
>> Please explain for all to understand.
>
> It took over a year of asking to get an answer, but ASCAP finally told
> me not to expect payments for local spots. I argued with that that is
> was music on the air and I didn't see a reason I shouldn't be getting
> something for it, and they wouldn't discuss it any further. What else
> could I have done here?
>
> So...
>
> A jingle I wrote for the local Ford dealer over 15 years ago is still
> running from time to time
>
> 1. Nothing from ASCAP. They told me so.
>
> 2. No residuals, because I wouldn't have gotten to even write the  
> thing
> in the first place if I had demanded any.
>
> I'm my own publisher. If I had approached the agency with a sync  
> license
> to start with, that would have been the last time I ever scored  
> anything
> for anybody in town.
>
> As previously stated, it's the damn deep south. I made sure I got  
> what I
> needed up front because I knew there wasn't a single dime ever coming
> later. What do you expect?
>
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