Flip a coin. I did BMI . . .
-jim
On 1 Apr 1999, Bill Gribble wrote:
I give up trying to look at the applications and figure out which one
is which. There are these songs, they are on a record, I want to
collect the big $$$ when they break the Top 40, and I have no
publishing
Bill Gribble wrote:
I give up trying to look at the applications and figure out which one
is which. There are these songs, they are on a record, I want to
collect the big $$$ when they break the Top 40, and I have no
publishing affiliation... which one of these do I pick, and which
forms
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I give up trying to look at the applications and figure out which one
is which. There are these songs, they are on a record, I want to
collect the big $$$ when they break the Top 40, and I have no
publishing affiliation... which one of these do I pick, and which
BMI was created in large part because ASCAP refused to deal with composers
in, ah, trailer park types of music - hillbilly, race, etc. That's why so
much of the country stuff you see is BMI. On the other hand, ASCAP has a
program already in place whose purpose is to compensate for
At 06:23 PM 4/1/99 -0600, you wrote:
I give up trying to look at the applications and figure out which
one
is which. There are these songs, they are on a record, I want
to
collect the big $$$ when they break the Top 40, and I have no
publishing affiliation... which one of these do I pick, and
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06:23 PM 4/1/99 -0600, you wrote:I give up trying to look
Dave Purcell wrote:
I seem to remember reading that it's hard to get into ASCAP
unless you're a little more established, whereas BMI takes anyone.
I don't think that is true. They both take anybody with the dough to
sign up. The history of the two is this:
ASCAP was the original New York
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
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
Sorry if I missed it if it was posted, but could someone post the web
address for Bug? I've always wondered about them and this thread has
made me want to find our more about it...
Thanks,
--junior
[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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sorry if I missed it if it was posted, but could someone post the web
address for Bug? I've always wondered about them and this thread has
made me want to find our more about it...
Thanks,
--junior
Here it is:
http://www.bugmusic.com/
Kate
Sorry if I missed it if it was posted, but could someone post the web
address for Bug?
http://www.bugmusic.com . Be forewarned that the front page leads off with
a news item about Bug artists The Dixie Chicks.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What Joe said.
This is my understanding too. You pay the fee they collect the royalties.
Which is why (in the 1990's-2000's) I say flip a coin. And yes Bug is a
publisher . . .
-jim
On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Joe Gracey wrote:
Dave Purcell wrote:
I seem to remember reading that it's
Well, here's an interesting observation of differences between ASCAP and
BMI, with the caution that it is now two years old, and things may have
changed since then; I've removed names but the gist is pretty clear.
After spending a better part of my Sunday morning reading the posts from
the past
[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
In a message dated 4/2/99 9:15:40 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There are these songs, they are on a record, I want to
collect the big $$$ when they break the Top 40, and I have no
publishing affiliation... which one of these do I pick, and which
forms do I fill out?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BMI is free to join, but may pay a little less in royalties. I believe they
deduct 3.6% for administrative fees.
1%
--
Joe Gracey
President-For-Life, Jackalope Records
http://www.kimmierhodes.com
-Original Message-
From: Jon Weisberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Through ASCAP I make about one third more
than X The reason why is because ASCAP offers an award to it's
members who can attest that their material is being played on radio (such
as college and public stations that aren't
Chris,
Glad that your record did so well and that you are a member in good standing
with
ASCAP and that they even came to your show in Nashville...I still don't
like you!
Does "Salty Dog" still make Norm cry?
Andy Tanas
Ignitor wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Jon Weisberger
In a message dated 4/2/99 6:47:01 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
BMI is free to join, but may pay a little less in royalties. I believe
they
deduct 3.6% for administrative fees.
1%
Hmmm. my last statement says 3.6%. Thieving bastards.
BTW, what's 3.6% of $5.58?
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