Ascap Distribution October 3, 2016 (Q1 2016 Writers)

[SabalSounds]

Hi fellow ASCAP writers! Just curious how this payout goes for you. Increase/decrease?

Best of luck.

SabalSounds

[UpFromTheSkies]

Increase for me due to some network placement action.

[ChuckMott]

Last year was small as it was my first year getting royalties. Much better this year. No other quarter touches July though.

[SabalSounds]

Interesting…I have a cue sheet in my account with a March air date for a syndicated show (1:35 background instrumental) but YTD royalties = $0.00.

I’m new to the cue game so any advice is welcome.

[Jay]

not one of my better quarters but I was surprised by a CBS placement that payed me almost $100.00 for one spin..I could use a bunch of those 🙂

[SabalSounds]

So how often @Golds @ChuckMott @Jay have you not been paid for cue sheets that posted in your ASCAP account?

Never, occasionally, all the time?

I submitted an inquiry to ASCAP.

SabalSounds

[Chuck Mott]

HAven’t really looked to be honest.

[SabalSounds]

@ChuckMott ha thanks for the reply. I will keep my nose to the grindstone then and hope that the surveys/algorithms etc find favor with me eventually.

[UpFromTheSkies]

I’ve had issues with cue sheets not being paid. It’s something I believe you have to address immediately. Recently, I had a situation where Ascap wouldn’t honor a payment for a cue sheet which was submitted over a year after the initial airing

[Jay]

@Jay have you not been paid for cue sheets that posted in your ASCAP account?

Never, occasionally, all the time?

the way ASCAP pays is so sketchy I really don’t know if they’re not paying me for cue sheets in my account…but I can tell you from what I see @ Tunesat that they miss a lot…I stumble upon placements on my own as well (no cue sheets).. I’m missing out on probably 30 to 40% of the revenue that should come my way..it’s pretty frustrating…makes me want to quit @ times..the current system is a JOKE..they could fix it but they don’t want to..

[SabalSounds]

Thanks @Golds and @Jay for your candid responses.

I’m missing out on probably 30 to 40% of the revenue that should come my way..it’s pretty frustrating…makes me want to quit @ times..the current system is a JOKE..they could fix it but they don’t want to..

I’ve only been in the library game a year and can already totally understand the frustration. The little bit of placements I’ve gotten I’m extremely thankful for yet it is a hard pill to swallow to see a properly filed cue sheet showing 1:35 usage of my song be ignored.

I’ll follow up when I get the final answer from ASCAP. I suppose there’s a chance they could say the payment was so small it wouldn’t round up to $.01 haha

[Alan]

Mine was about average. I expected more so I was a bit disappointed. I was surprised to see royalties for a promo on CBS that aired 9 times. I was unaware of it. It was 10 seconds long and paid between $3 and $9 each depending on the time of day. Hopefully it continued into the next quarter.
Now I will hope next months international payout is strong. That one is always a surprise.

[allinthesong]

Increase for me-network placement

[StevieBlunder]

I got more than I expected. A couple of reality show placements from 2 and 3 years ago still generate.

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