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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

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@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.

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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.

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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.

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@Advice I was half kidding…so just lower case seriously!

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Same here and it’s been well over a week since mine disappeared. Glad to see others posting about it here.

How concerned should we be that the only way to validate payment is gone? :>O

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@Alan – thanks for the info! Curious to know what ASCAP’s response to you is.

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Thanks gigdude – so what I’m asking is the royalty amount will not appear in “My Royalties” balance until 10/3/2016?

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I see what you’re asking MichaelL. I have a long commute so it helps me to reflect on the day and mentally prepare for the days ahead so that by the time I get home I’m ready to get back to my rig.

My “problem” is I can’t turn off the music 🙂 I always have ideas in my head about current works in progress and new mix tricks I want to try, etc. I also have a computer based job so I spend a lot of time listening to other music in my earbuds while working, etc. My cell phone is also full of scratch ideas that I record during the commute or at lunch hour when I have a moment.

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Thankfully I enjoy the work and the people I work for.

But…some days are better than others but I just try to treat the writing like a second job wherein I have to show up no matter what.I’m just focused on trying to get faster at finishing cues, etc.

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Agreed Mark. i couldn’t help but wonder how much of the $15M earned was from the pro member monthly payments.

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Only question I can answer in this thread lol I usually see YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary

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Let’s say a few weeks since and since the nature of placements can be years to materialize (if they ever do) how important is regular contact? Or just keep feeding the database with songs?

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Hey thanks for the quick reponse MM! Good advice. I’m not composing full time but my goal is 75 – 100 cues this year.

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Wow! to Frequencee’s point, that could get messy if a composer has a reversion clause with Lib A who then “gives” Lib B a cue(s) that are legally assigned in perpetuity.

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