[Fmpro] Dave Joining ASCAP/BMI

[Les Mizzell]

LesHurdle wrote:
> I've forwarded this to Doug Wood

Remember, this was a number of years ago....


> 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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