[Fmpro] 1331 isn't 1337

[LesHurdle]

Hi Pete,

I thought it was only ASCAP who could put info in/on ACE?

Also, doesn't ACE only show works which have been broadcast... not  
always paid !  So how does that work?

L

On Jun 22, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Pete wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I hope I'm not asking the obvious, but have you registered all your  
> songs? Your ASCAP ACE listing shows 0 songs.
>
> Pete
>
>
> --- On Sun, 6/22/08, chris at alpiar.com <chris at alpiar.com> wrote:
>
>> From: chris at alpiar.com <chris at alpiar.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] 1331 isn't 1337
>> To: fmpro at nxport.com
>> Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008, 1:02 PM
>> Oh I KNOW it has been hah. I have seen/heard it
>>
>> Why do you think I am motivated to crack this nut?
>>
>> Coming from a Jazz background where I played and toured for
>> many years, I was in the horn section or as a sideman as a
>> sax player on literally around 500 recording sessions. As
>> an uneducated jazz sax player I never had any idea that I
>> had rights to anything more than the cash being paid to me.
>> I wasnt in AFM since AFM was only for broadway and classical
>> really, or the top 100 names in jazz maybe (maybe). So as I
>> have been building my writing carreer for the last 6 or 7
>> years I have been trying to figure out why, now that I am
>> ascap, do I not get paid for the stuff I am putting out
>> there. I just assumed that (read earlier posts of mine) ad
>> music gets no royalty and local show music and stuff played
>> on npr doest count
>>
>> I don;t think I would have a ton of money from royalty yet
>> anyhow, as I probably only have music on 40 or so regional
>> radio ads and a smattering of short films and an animation
>> series that went bust after its first few episodes since I
>> joined
>>
>> But I am not blind and I want to see that my future as a
>> instrumental music composer (and songwriter too but really
>> composer) has some basic security. So thats why I am
>> interested. Plus I am a sucker for hopeless causes ;-D
>> (joke!)
>>
>> Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
>> Cinematic Composer
>> http://www.alpiar.com/
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