Music creators rating the music libraries.
I got this press release from the folks at Tunesat and thought some of you might be interested. Full disclosure: They are an advertiser on MLR but I was (and still am) a client, long before they became an advertiser here.
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TuneSat, an audio monitoring service aiding music copyright holders track song use on television, has put together a low-price offer for smaller publishers.
In case you missed it Abby at Synchronized Soundworks is actively looking for some specific styles of music. Check it out here https://musiclibraryreport.com/s-to-s/synchronized-soundworks/.
I’ve been working with Abby and she is a pleasure to work with.
I’ve been doing my quarterly dance of reconciling my BMI statements with my Tunesat detections.
I had been wondering why a couple of MTV uses last year had not been paid so I called BMI and discovered that the cue sheet was filed but my name wasn’t on it. Hmmm… I went back to the Tunesat detection and listened to the whole piece and discovered it was a promo for another show. I suspected that BMI did not pay on promos and the person at BMI confirmed it. Bummer. She did say that starting this year BMI was paying on promos. Better late than never I guess. Anyone else have info on this?
[Update] – promos (at) bmi (dot) com is the e-mail address for any questions on this issue.
I received this in my recent BMI statement and thought folks here might like to know about it. Will it mean more or less money for composers? We’ll have to wait until June 2012 to find out!
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New Cable Royalty Distribution Methodology
Over the last year, BMI has been working to revise and refine its royalty distribution methodology for cable television networks. We are pleased to announce the results of that work by introducing to you the new methodology, which will take effect beginning with performances on and after October 1, 2011, for which royalties will be distributed in June 2012.
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