[Fmpro] Action. finally........ question for Les

[LesHurdle]

On Jun 15, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Merritt Music Productions wrote:

> Les - there is no need to be such a d--- head.  Of course this will  
> make me
> mad:

Hi Chris.......... Happy Fathers Day to you.

If you are asserting me to be a Richard Cranium........ you got that  
right, I put composers in front of a lucrative PRO job......  ;-)
>
> "I"M SURE Mr Merritt will get mad at me now.. but when he was Scripps
> guy, we went back and forth about issues [most he poooh
> poooed] ........ the when he became a freelance he was among the
> first of the new FMPro folk to holler for changes."
>
> Did you ever stop to consider that I am someone trying to make things
> better?  Maybe you helped convince me to go freelance?  Maybe you  
> helped me
> to understand the problems facing composers and now I am trying to do
> something to help things?
Maybe you should have said so !
Not for my ego, but it would be nice to know one had at least gotten  
through to someone.

Glad to be of service.
>
> And now that I understand more and am advocating composer rights,  
> you try to
> tear me down like that?

WRONG......... I used you as an example of how 'new' folk more often  
than not don't get it.
You didn't at all, now apparently you get some of it... good news.
However, if you don't understand it 'all' how can you be sure what  
you are putting together is correct?

I'm glad to hear things have changed...............  these rights are?

> Why not try to encourage and support people like
> me?  It is simply stupid for you to vent your anger on the very  
> people who
> at least WANT to help.

My Dear Chris, if you ever get in front of my anger, please rest  
assured, you will not survive ;-)

I was not venting at all just telling it like it was and IS.

I encourage all of the time, but if you think I'm going to be a  
softie....... sorry, I know what you will soon be up against and  
those PRO folks have decades of experience in stripping the skin off  
those who want change.
Why do you think this list is so quiet ?

I honestly hope you prove me wrong and composers rights become a fact  
and 1-1 is the basis for PRO pay [you did hear the mp3 right?]
>
> Les - get your head out of your ass.

I'm getting older and having never been one to adopt the thin  
approach to food I seriously doubt I can bend any which way far  
enough and no longer have my taught teenage 6 pack of muscles to  
complete the task..........  so how did I get it in there in the  
first place?
>
> And leave me out of your rants and tirades.

Chris ,we all have to bear the scars for things we did ... and being  
responsible for one's actions is a good start.
Were I you I would wear the fact I managed to see the light and go  
about change as a badge of honour and be glad to be used as an  
exemplary composer and an example to all.

Why be so embarrassed about your growth.

> I'm still glad to discuss
> composer advocacy, as you should already know through the IAC.

Nope, you guys blew me out of that.

> The
> organization that I am a part of, spending my own free time, to  
> help do
> something to make things better for all composers, including you.

Yeah yeah yeah... many of us spent our free time etc etc etc  
etc......... you wont be the last.
>
> Geeze, you can be such an idiot sometimes.

Glad to help you see things more clearly ;-)

L

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