BMI was created in large part because ASCAP refused to deal with composers
in, ah, trailer park types of music - hillbilly, race, etc. That's why so
much of the country stuff you see is BMI. On the other hand, ASCAP has a
program already in place whose purpose is to compensate for under-reporting
of airplay of niche music; a friend of mine who's ASCAP has reported
actually getting some pretty decent checks after submitting materials to
this program. So at the moment, there may actually be a slight advantage in
going ASCAP.
All this is assuming that you don't do much co-writing with affiliated
writers. In those cases, writers/publishers typically create two entities,
one to register with each; that way, they can get a song handled by just one
agency where there are multiple credits.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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