Music creators rating the music libraries.
Props to AlanF who recently left a great comment on a critique of “Saddest Day In September“. In the comment he cited a terrific resource, E.J. Quinby’s interactive “Musical Pitch Relation Chart” at the independentrecording.net website. Click on image to see it in action. Way cool!
FYI: One of the bigger libraries, De Wolfe Music UK, just asked for access which I was happy to oblige. More and more of the larger libraries are monitoring MLR so I take that as a good sign that composers are being listened to!
Sad story about an old friend of mine, Artie Wayne, who was responsible for millions of record sales (and dollars) as a writer, producer, song plugger and was my old boss at A&M’s publishing company, Almo Irving, back in the 70s.
Sadder still is that he’s had two songs recorded by Michael Jackson that have been re-released a number of times and his last BMI statement was $0! A number of folks have come to his aid and are starting a class action law suit against Motown and Universal Music Group.
Moral of the story? Don’t count on anyone to have your back. Especially in the music business!
Artie is a great guy and has had an amazing life. Read the full story here: http://www.examiner.com/classic-rock-music-in-national/artie-wayne-vs-the-music-industry-can-a-nice-guy-finish-first#ixzz1bME2zPo7
MichaelL attended the PMA meeting on October 20, 2011 in NYC and commented about it but I thought it deserved it’s own post. Thanks Michael!
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Thought this was an interesting article that some might enjoy.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/22/local/la-me-music-nomad-20110322
Here’s another article about how he lives on $11k a year.