[Fmpro] 9 month rule

[LesHurdle]

Hi Pete,

What is the 9 month rule..... after which time you wont be  
paid....... where in the broadcast.....to  > distribution time frame  
does it kick in?

L

On Jun 22, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Pete wrote:

> Before the cue sheets, you need to register all your works with  
> ASCAP. ASCAP matches up the cue sheets with the registered works.  
> If you didn't register your works, that could explain why you  
> haven't been paid. I believe you have 9 month grace period to  
> register (but I'm not sure).
>
> 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, 2:10 PM
>> 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 s!
>>  tuff 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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