[Fmpro] 1331 isn't 1337

[chris@alpiar.com]

OK here is ultra noob question, but am I supposed to fill out the cue sheets? 
I thought the producer of a film or the ad or whatever does that? Anytime I have paper I always have a clause stating that its understood that I am listed on the cue sheet as composer and a member of ascap

Not that I always or even mostly have solid paperwork on my projects. Maybe I am just too eager to get some work and to keep the bills paid that I am not being forceful enough?

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
http://www.alpiar.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete [mailto:musical411 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 02:04 PM
To: fmpro at nxport.com
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] 1331 isn't 1337

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 wrote: > From: 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/ _______________________________________________ The Film Music Pro List is sponsored by Film Music Magazine - http://www.filmmusicmag.com Best of FMPRO: http://www.fmproquotes.com - Quotes site by Billy Hale Music To edit your list options or unsubscribe, visit: http://nxport.com/mailman/listinfo/fmpro