[LUTE] Re: BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-14 Thread David Tayler
I (and a lot of other ppl) had one of our videos flagged as part of a broad sweep of classical music. I appealed, since we recorded it and did the edition, and I never heard back. I think they just cast a wide net. dt At 08:22 PM 8/14/2010, you wrote: >BMI. >> >> Pretty sure that th

[LUTE] Re: BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-14 Thread Ed Durbrow
These are called Performance Royalties. BMI, ASCAP and SESAC and entitled to collect income for the copyright owners. Your restaurant obviously made the right choice by hiring you! The music you play is in the public domain and there are no copyright owners (unless you play some arra

[LUTE] Re: BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-14 Thread Ron Andrico
BMI. > > Pretty sure that the burden of proof is on BMI to demonstrate you are > performing licensed material ..., I suspect a charge of harassment could > well be made from the letter alone. > -- > Dana Emery Dana is right as far as I understand it. The licensing agenci

[LUTE] JS Bach Day

2010-08-14 Thread Ron Fletcher
For anyone in the UK interested, `The BBC Proms' is featuring music by JS Bach on TV right now. 8pm - 10pm (BBC2) Best Wishes Ron (UK) -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-14 Thread DEMERY
> Dear All, > > I play my lute regularly at a local restaurant, music from before 1650 > exclusively. The owners have been contacted by BMI and were told that > they need a license. Not a lawyer, but reading the FAQ on the BMI website I note that they admit there are other licensing agencies, eac

[LUTE] Re: BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
Peter, --- On Sat, 8/14/10, Peter Nightingale wrote: > > I play my lute regularly at a local restaurant, music from > before 1650 > exclusively.  The owners have been contacted by BMI > and were told that > they need a license. > Putting it generously, I would call this BMI claim dubious > and

[LUTE] BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-14 Thread Peter Nightingale
Dear All, I play my lute regularly at a local restaurant, music from before 1650 exclusively. The owners have been contacted by BMI and were told that they need a license. BMI states on its web page that: "Broadcast Music, Inc. collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it di

[LUTE] Re: Italian translation again

2010-08-14 Thread Monica Hall
Davide, Alexander, Gian Lucca To the rescue again. Many thanks for your help. Monica - Original Message - From: "lastraioli" To: "Monica Hall" Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 6:06 PM Subject: Italian translation again I can confirm Alexander's opinion. "tratta" is the extensio

[LUTE] Re: Italian translation again

2010-08-14 Thread Alexander Batov
'Tratta' is a neck extension (i.e. same as on a theorbo) with the peg head for additional (extended) strings at the end of it. It is highly unlikely that 'chinara', as you put it, means anything else in this context but chitara; just a peculiar handwriting style, that's all. Whether they cared

[LUTE] Italian translation again

2010-08-14 Thread Monica Hall
Another translation query... The whole sentence is Misura della longezza e largezza della tratta di Citara Tiorbata et in su la detta tratta ge vanno susa sette bassi e questa in Cima deue essere una quarta da violino eil restando deue da chinara [sic] tutte sette. whic

[LUTE] Schmid, Bernhard d. Ä. - Damours me plains

2010-08-14 Thread Anton Höger
Hi, I have uploaded at mediafire a new lute Duo for 2 equal lutes (Unisono) Schmid, Bernhard d. Ä. - Damours me plains (Roger Pathie) Enjoy Anton To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Jannequin - Petite nymphe folastre

2010-08-14 Thread Anton Höger
hi, I have uploaded a new duet for lutes ad Secundam Jannequin - Petite nymphe folastre It is a short, but very nice little Duo. Enjoy Anton 2 Lauten 10-chörig http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2ff9bbd6c00cf4bce5c3dee5769931ec581ba18fc46fe28aa7b01fe6e4055ae3 Arresti, Floriano - Ricercar