[Fmpro] just when I thouht I was out, they pull me back in

[Christopher Alpiar]

I hope you aren't referring to me Brian. My vanity tells me you are  
referring to the composers forum post with the bill of rights outline.  
If that is what you are referring to I will tell you now that yep I  
don't know lots about the issues and I am learning more every day, but  
that everything I work on I consult with and defer to Mark Northam and  
consider his knowledge of the issues to be the driver. I am merely  
trying to take his knowledge and use my in-depth knowledge of other  
things to make strides forward. That bill of rights was written by  
Mark and I just copied and pasted and pointed to it a lot. And I think  
the points on the bill he wrote are good and solid and very accurate,  
though there are some small issues to work out, we are working on them  
every day right now to get the full message that we want to deliver  
polished and ready for public consumption.

So while I might not be the guy to go to court or congress and  
represent composers and discuss these issues as the de-facto expert on  
them, I sure can help get the word out and try some ways of change  
that have never been tried before. Its a new age and with every new  
age there are new opportunities for underdogs to use the change to  
their advantage and gain some strength. I am not going to discuss what  
all those ideas I have are quite yet, but I will say that I am working  
every day many hours building stuff that might help us all and it will  
be revealed soon to everyone here for your discussion and I hope  
participation.

You see, all the elucidation (or castigation, which is what a comment  
like this comes down to) in the universe amounts to nothing if no  
action is taken. There may have been action in the past but for the 3  
years I have been on this list I have seen nothing from any person on  
this list that actually moves the cause forward beyond the bringing of  
issues of our business to light. Of course public awareness of the  
issues is the first step towards change, and without hearing about the  
issues, and regularly, as there are new members to the community all  
the time who are not aware of the issues, we cannot create anything.  
And the list in itself has been a tremendous resource of information.  
But lets now take the knowledge of the past and the opportunity of the  
present and really give it a go. ;-)


Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
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On May 28, 2008, at 3:41 PM, CORBERLAW at aol.com wrote:

> I actually was hoping to leave music behind, but just when I   
> thought I was
> out, they pull me back in.
>
> I am concerned that the ignorance and naivete I saw before November   
> on these
> lists has lived on and defiantly so.
>
> Do you think you're best served by someone who really does not know   
> about
> that which he speaks?  Even if he does have a website.
>
> Just asking.  Freedom of speech does not guarantee that the  speech  
> will be
> free of misinformation.
>
> meant to elucidate not castigate