more info Re: BMI vs. ASCAP?
Joe writes: (BTW, none of this has anything whatsoever to do with publishing. Bug Music is a publisher. BMI and ASCAP are "performing rights societies" which serve as collection agencies for performance royalties only, send them to the publishers and writers, and deduct 1% of your royalties to pay their overhead. In order to collect "mechanical royalties", or money from record sales, you either have to have a publisher, be your own publisher, or at least register yourself with the Harry Fox Agency (they have a website) in order to collect your mechanicals.) ...which is why BUG is so cool, they do BOTH! And, it was started as a result of Del Shannon was getting screwed "royalty" and Dan Burgoise stepped up to the plate and "found" him millions owed from all over. Including cash for Runaway! Read their story, it's a good 'un! http://www.bugmusic.com/charmart.html Here's some from an interview that originally appeared in HITS October 16, 1995: In 1975, they hatched the idea for Bug Music, aiming to take advantage of a vacuum in the publishing world, and haven't had one regret until they had to sit for an hour with... -WHAT VOID DID YOU SEE IN THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS IN 1975 THAT INSPIRED YOU TO START BUG? Dan- At that point a lot of singer/songwriters had stopped going to publishers because attorneys had come up with the concept of 'keep your own copyrights, but let us administer them here. Who needs publishers?' Meantime, publishers still provided valuable and important services, but had grown stodgy and old and were resting on their laurels, so all the new stuff was being administered by law offices, who did the paperwork but none of the creative functions. So what Bug music became was a blending of the two things - taking the creativity and energy of the publisher and combining it with the lower-based fees and allowing writers to keep their own copyrights. It became attractive and writers started telling writers. It turned out to be a good idea. Kate
Re: more info Re: BMI vs. ASCAP?
At 02:22 PM 4/2/99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe writes: (BTW, none of this has anything whatsoever to do with publishing. Bug Music is a publisher. BMI and ASCAP are "performing rights societies" which serve as collection agencies for performance royalties only, send them to the publishers and writers, and deduct 1% of your royalties to pay their overhead. In order to collect "mechanical royalties", or money from record sales, you either have to have a publisher, be your own publisher, or at least register yourself with the Harry Fox Agency (they have a website) in order to collect your mechanicals.) ...which is why BUG is so cool, they do BOTH! Well, they both publish and administer - which is to act on behalf of a publisher, following up with BMI, ASCAP, the HFA, etc. to collect royalties that these agencies have collected, and also, as the interview notes, to pitch songs and other publishing-type activities for folks who are their own publishers but don't have the inclination or ability to do those things, but Bug does not directly collect performance and mechanical royalties. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: more info Re: BMI vs. ASCAP?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, they both publish and administer - which is to act on behalf of a publisher, following up with BMI, ASCAP, the HFA, etc. to collect royalties that these agencies have collected, and also, as the interview notes, to pitch songs and other publishing-type activities for folks who are their own publishers but don't have the inclination or ability to do those things, but Bug does not directly collect performance and mechanical royalties. got it! So, Bill, have we made your decision any easierg??? K.
Re: more info Re: BMI vs. ASCAP?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe writes: (BTW, none of this has anything whatsoever to do with publishing. Bug Music is a publisher. BMI and ASCAP are "performing rights societies" which serve as collection agencies for performance royalties only, send them to the publishers and writers, and deduct 1% of your royalties to pay their overhead. In order to collect "mechanical royalties", or money from record sales, you either have to have a publisher, be your own publisher, or at least register yourself with the Harry Fox Agency (they have a website) in order to collect your mechanicals.) ...which is why BUG is so cool, they do BOTH! All publishers do both. However, you still have to register your songs with BMI or ASCAP. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
