I just got off the phone with my contact at BMI and the word is that last week they finalized their settlement with the Scripps Networks. For those of you who don’t know, Scripps has not been paying performance royalties but that is about to change. BMI is collecting cue sheets and music use documents to pay everyone, payment is retroactive. If you have had music running on Scripps then you should be letting BMI know the shows you have been on even though, theoretically, they will pick them up from the cue sheets and other docs.

My contact said they should start distributing funds 3rd (but most likely) 4th quarter this year (2010). I’m not the official word for BMI just passing on the info from my source. It’s best to contact your BMI rep.

This topic sprouted up on another thread but I think it deserves it’s own post.

The more accurate the description, keywords, genres, etc one uses to describe a song, can only increase it’s chance of being returned in a search of a music library’s site. Any tips and ideas anyone would care to share?

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Questions have come up on on tax forms and obtaining a U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number or TIN if you live outside of the U.S. but working with a U.S. based company. I have moved the comments to here.

A few threads have developed regarding the PROs (Performing Rights Organizations), royalty payments, monitoring, cue sheets, etc. I am going to group them here for further discussion.

When threads meander to hardware I will move here.

When threads meander to software I will move here.

If you have a fair amount of music being used on TV you might be interested in this service. I have signed up and can say it’s extremely useful to me to know who is using my music and where. I wrote more about it here. With a followup here.