[Fmpro] FMPRO Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2

[Mark Northam]

Important question: Is instrumental music coming from an onscreen radio that
the actors hear a "Visual Instrumental" or a "Background Instrumental"? If
it's a Visual Instrumental, a one-minute cue is paid 500% of what a
one-minute background instrumental cue is paid on TV by ASCAP - important
distinction...

Anybody have direct experience with this?

Best,

Mark Northam


On 5/2/08 9:16 AM, "dgrussell at aol.com" <dgrussell at aol.com> wrote:

> 
>  Hi Dominique,
> 
> Thanks for responding.? I have done quite a few cue sheets in the past but
> most all of the source music used had vocals.? With these, it seems to point
> out ASCAP's unfairness in its policy.? In this circumstance, pieces used in
> the exact same way (they are all source, originating from a stereo/radio
> playing in the background of an apartment or cafe etc.) will be paid
> differently simple because vocals are in two of them and not the others.? I
> assumed that the two without vox would be BI and the others BV.? I am
> currently getting all the writer/publisher info for the cue sheet.? I am using
> ASCAP's template so it should be correct.
> 
> Thanks,
> David Glen Russell
> 
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> David,
> 
> The two cues that do not have vocals during the performances on screen would
> be coded as Background Instrumental (BI).  Regardless of how ASCAP weights
> them, they are what they are.  I don't fill out a cue sheet they way ASCAP
> "re-categorizes" the true performance of the cue.
> 
> Are these cues really "source cues" or "underscore?"  Are the "played" from
> a source, i.e. radio, TV, iPod, etc.?  If they are underscore, then other
> coding options could be opening credits (Main Titles (MT)) or closing
> credits (End Titles (ET)) or as a feature performance.  Also, are all of the
> songwriters and publishers affiliated with ASCAP?
> 
> As for the rest of the cue sheet where these three source cues are
> concerned, do you have all of the copyright ownership information?  I just
> see so many cue sheets that are not filled out properly.  I'm not sure what
> your experience is with cue sheets so I'm just curious.
> 
> _____________________
> Dominique Preyer
> Music Supervisor
> Spin Cycle Films
> P: 512-913-8594
> F: 512-233-2590
> dominique at spincyclefilms.com
> http://www.spincyclefilms.com/dp/home.htm
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