[Fmpro] why does AFM not include composers?

[Christopher Alpiar]

Yea! But they have to and so they do. Why do they have to?

What does it take for the film companies to agree to sign on with the  
unions? what do the unions give them?

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
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On May 27, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Louis King wrote:

> On May 27, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Christopher Alpiar wrote:
>
>> OK Well then in that case, why would the film companies that hire
>> composers feel any unease about being a signatory for a composer  
>> union
>> than they do already with the other unions? sag etc
>
> You make it sound as if they are  working with the unions because of
> some moral obligation. They would blow up SAG and the Teamsters
> tomorrow if they could. They don't want to pay UNION musicans and
> rarely do anymore. WHy on earth would they suddenly want to spend
> more money on a UNION composer as opposed to a nonunion one,
>
> It's $$$$$$$$$$