[Fmpro] FMPRO Digest, Vol 38, Issue 33

[Chris Alpiar]

Yep it is an admission. And I did it publically instead of privately for the
benefit of other people who most certainly have not been educated to the
process. In all the schooling and books and online tutorials and even FMN
materials nobody ever said to me - Chris you need to register your works at
ascap as part of your music release process. 

So should I feel embarrassed? Should I feel like less of a man or of a
professional composer as a result? Sorry Brian but my ego is focused on
making quality music and not on being a supplicant for your aggrandizement.
The only thing I feel right now is anger at myself for not digging into this
further, relief at finding one more piece of my lifelong puzzle, and slight
distaste for my college for never having tought me this stuff. I guess being
from a Jazz background we didnt need to hear it since we were expected to
blow the cash from the sessions in heroin and be too dead to pursue the
finer points of compensation.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com 
> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf 
> Of CORBERLAW at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:50 PM
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] FMPRO Digest, Vol 38, Issue 33
> 
>  
> In a message dated 6/23/2008 5:05:40 AM Pacific Daylight 
> Time, Alpiar on fmpro-request at nxport.com writes:
> 
> I never  heard you need to register at ascap.....
> 
> 
> That's quite an admission.