[Fmpro] 1:1 finer points

[Pete]

A: is fine with me as long as it doesn't cause all the songwriters to take their valuable catalog out of ASCAP and over to BMI. And if ASCAP paid jingles and promos the same as background instrumental, I'd take my instrumental catalog over to BMI.

B: Visual Vocal and Visual Instrumental are currently paid the same. Actually, Visual Instrumental is paid as much as ANY vocal. Vocal Theme and Instrumental Theme are currently paid the same. The question is, "what's a Background Vocal usage"? If people are listening to the lyrics, isn't it in the foreground?

Pete


--- On Tue, 6/24/08, Christopher Alpiar <chris at alpiar.com> wrote:

> From: Christopher Alpiar <chris at alpiar.com>
> Subject: [Fmpro] 1:1 finer points
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 10:58 PM
> This is REALLY important and the answer here will have some
> serious  
> impact to some hopefully forward moving stuff. I really
> appreciate  
> some answer from the old school gang on this :) Thanks!
> 
> When you say you want 1:1 and when you say PROs in Europe
> pay 1:1 do  
> you mean that
> 
> A. ALL music used in a show, regardless of Visual,
> Background, Source,  
> Theme, instrumental, Vocal - it should ALL be paid the same
> exactly?
> 
> B. ALL music in the SAME CATEGORY regardless of vocal or
> instrumental  
> should be paid the same? (IE VISUAL VOCAL and VISUAL
> INSTRUMENTAL paid  
> the same and BACKGROUND VOCAL and BACKGROUND INSTRUMENTAL
> paid the  
> same but VISUAL paid on a different scale than BACKGROUND,
> and THEME  
> paid on a different scale)
> 
> 
> Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
> Cinematic Composer
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