Michael Nickolas

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  • in reply to: Loop Loft…. #19597
    Michael Nickolas
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    Thanks for the update Chuck. A few years back I wrote a bunch of reviews of loop products for Recording Magazine. Errors like tempos listed wrong, or wrong keys embedded were common. Sometimes I heard distortion or over compression/limiting. It seems quality control can be lacking sometimes.

    The most useful drum loops have one shots like you said, but just as important is having a wide choice of fills!

    Anyway, I’ll have to check out this company haven’t heard of them.

    in reply to: BMI Change in Royalty Calculation Methods #19507
    Michael Nickolas
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    >A lot of syndicated shows are considered local programing<

    I hope this won’t be too off topic. I’m ASCAP and learned about this years ago when I had a cue on Oprah. It paid as a local program, which wasn’t much. I made a fuss, I mean who could not consider Oprah a national show? I pointed out that at the least shouldn’t all the local broadcasts add up to equal one national broadcast? Of course I didn’t get anywhere with my complaint. Now I see it a lot. Steve Harvey being the most recent…

    in reply to: CryptoWall – CryptoLock – Ransom-Ware #19405
    Michael Nickolas
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    Yep, PC.

    in reply to: CryptoWall – CryptoLock – Ransom-Ware #19398
    Michael Nickolas
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    My computer not being connected to the internet is actually a throwback to the old days of computer recording. The theory was it saved resources and processing power. No sense having the computer running internet software and tasks in the background. Back then there was a good chance of audio dropouts and etc. Better to run only essential background tasks. Probably doesn’t matter now but I can’t help keeping as clean a system as possible.

    in reply to: CryptoWall – CryptoLock – Ransom-Ware #19395
    Michael Nickolas
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    Yep. I have a home office in addition to my studio. I do all my uploading from there. Actually, I have a copy of Sound Forge on the office computer and I’ve been doing my edits there lately. No critical listening involved as I’m working off of my final two track mixes.

    in reply to: Licensing your music yourself, or via libraries? #19392
    Michael Nickolas
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    It was easier to do it both ways before libraries began to trend towards the exclusive model…

    in reply to: CryptoWall – CryptoLock – Ransom-Ware #19390
    Michael Nickolas
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    Not to get too far off topic but like Kubed, my studio computer is not and never has been connected to the internet. But this is getting harder and harder as time goes by. I know of at least one program that will only update via an internet connection. And did you guys see the announcement from Cakewalk? SONAR introduced a membership plan. There’s a “Command Center” and you get 12 months of custom content downloads, new features, updates and fixes. An internet connection may not be required, but probably recommended.

    Michael Nickolas
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    37 page statement of mostly “Cable TV-Blanket”. One plus was a feature film from 2012 that I have a placement in was broadcast a lot on Showtime and TMC.

    in reply to: Minimum fee for a music cue on RF sites? #18874
    Michael Nickolas
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    I do…

    in reply to: Minimum fee for a music cue on RF sites? #18872
    Michael Nickolas
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    RF stands for “Royalty Free”, the term being a bit deceiving. It means the purchaser of the license can use the music in multiple projects without paying any further fees. It doesn’t mean you as composer can’t earn royalties from a broadcast use of the track, you can.

    in reply to: Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals Post Them Here #18832
    Michael Nickolas
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    Big Fish deal through today:

    http://www.bigfishaudio.com/cyber-weekend-sale.html?;sou=bfahmpg

    in reply to: Pay to submit libraries #14416
    Michael Nickolas
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    I agree, there shouldn’t be a charge to submit for consideration by a library. But, if I’m remembering correctly, some here have had success paying the Film Music Network, which charges users to submit to different opportunities, no?

    in reply to: What was/is your day job? #14323
    Michael Nickolas
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    Full time musician since graduating Berklee in 84. Once did a stint working part time for Cakewalk Music Software.

    in reply to: Books and/or classes to learn more about the biz #14322
    Michael Nickolas
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    My shelf has Passman’s book and the Brabec’s “Music Money and Success”.

    Michael Nickolas
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    January is typically better for me than October. This January statement was 40% higher than October, I was surprised to see six placements on CBS’s The Young and the Restless!

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