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I would enter into these deals. Sometimes they can lead to bigger things, such as becoming a staff writer for the company.
Not likely!
Holy cow, what razor do you use Mark? That has to be the closest shave I’ve ever seen!
HAHAHA! Smooth as a baby’s bottom!
Just razzin’ 😛
Jay
Generally, since the library is the publisher, they do the registration. You could always check with the library if you are not sure. I would NOT go ahead and register it without checking first since it might complicate things unnecessarily.Empty post to turn off email notifications. 🙂
I think having a thread “Anonymous Posting” is just asking for more ridiculous, unproductive, unhelpful bickering. But not MY sandbox. If it were my sandbox, I’d delete any post that serves no purpose except to put down someone else. And I’d get rid of THIS thread because the rules have been laid down already. JMHO.
Can’t you (whoever is involved!) just STOP? Is the last word THAT f**king important to you?
As a general internet forum rule , you should probably take no ones advice 100% but judge the quality of their posts and then decide if that info holds some weight. If you decide it doesn’t move on.
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Denis
Thanks for always being a consummate professional. I always appreciate your posts.🙂 A
I can’t believe this conversation is even continuing. The guy who runs the site says posting under different names is not allowed. So that one should be over and done.
As far as everything else, MHO is enough already!
Regardless of viewpoint, if someone feels the need to constantly change what name they use when they post, I doubt their credibility.
For the sake of clarity, I wasn’t addressing the Scripps situation. I was speaking in regard to blanket licenses in general and, though I didn’t clarify it, was referring to libraries that ask for an exclusive agreement with the composer. To me the non-sharing of blanket licenses isn’t quite so egregious in the context of non-exclusive agreements as it is with exclusives. At least with the non-exclusive agreement you have the choice to market the music elsewhere and the library can’t brand themselves as exclusive which increases value for themselves as it diminishes value for the composer.
Yes, that’s the crux of it. Thanks for saying it so well, Kiwi.
If it weren’t for a certain company whose name starts with “F”, I would have never gotten started making placements on TV. I still get introduced to new libraries every day because of them. Not all the libraries that run listings are ones I want to sign with but some are.
Also, don’t forget that here on MLR people tend to use the word “library” to mean a very wide range of library types from the lowest end RF to the super high end exclusive.
Of course I agree that one should always be cautious when plopping down $$$.
But the bottom line is “Never say NEVER”… Every situation is unique.
If you got an actual rejection email, you could ask if it would be OK to submit other tracks. It’s tougher when you get the “no news is bad news” response. In that case, I probably wouldn’t contact them again in that case for at least 6 months, maybe a year. And if you do, make sure you have significantly different material.
BTW, there never is a perfect one-size-fits-all answer since each situation will vary.
Nothing wrong with negotiating, asking for the Writer’s Share. They could say no… or it could end up a 75/25 split in your favor as opposed to 50/50. You’ll never know if you don’t ask and as long as you are professional, extremely unlikely that it would blow the deal.
I generally am against giving up Writer’s Share. That being said, there’s a world of difference between being given $28K upfront in that situation and some library giving you $0 and asking you to give up 50% of Writer’s Share so they can give publishing to the TV production company.
The OP said he was contacted (unsolicited?) about this on Twitter. I’m always a little skeptical when contacted unsolicited off the internet, so just make sure the company is legit. I have no reason to think otherwise.
As far as DI’s comments, do what I’ve done… Install the “DI Filter” browser plug in.