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This is definitely not a step in a good direction
The awesome Carlos Rafael Rivera! A great guy with truly great talent. Got his 2nd well deserved Emmy a couple years ago for Queen’s Gambit.
Yeah I did see that my most recent sync fees from them are going to be paid through this new company, even though you will probably still see the accounting amounts in a duplicate statement in adminow.
Wow – that’s a pretty powerful quote. I think that’s one that’s gonna stick w me.
I agree with the above – this is a really tough question to answer. I’ve been with ASCAP for a very long time. If I had to do this all over again I would have likely joined BMI as a music library composer primarily – but that’s not how I started in the music business. With all that said – sometimes ASCAP surprises me with how much they pay for a single placement. Sometimes they surprise me with how they pay nothing at all for other placements. It’s like an age old question – which PRO is best. I think their calculations are too complicated for any of us to tell – so my conclusion is – after all this time – I have no clue what the answer is!
It’s tough to say what happened with the reporting when it comes to certain news segments on FOX News because I’ve had the same issue over time. With that said, I did receive cue sheets and ASCAP paid for Fox and Friends and for Hannity
They have a MLR listing so you can look there – but they are pretty new as far as I know so time will tell.
After you upload tracks with Indentifyy – how soon does the “YouTube Reports” tab show what it has tracked? Does it track in close to real time like TuneSat or does it post tracking results quarterly?
I actually wanted to tag onto this concept on never knowing what a track will do….also reminding some of the newer people to the business here that once you are confident in your skills and strengths, rejection is STILL part of normal business. But in this business – rejection can be a truly positive thing.
A track I recently got a large sync payout with and will also receive great backend on was rejected – no let me correct that – HARSHLY rejected, by a well known exclusive library. The rep from the library was kind enough to respond with the following words to me “Ummm…..no thanks.” lol.
If you’re confident in your skills and strengths, its just important to realize that your track, and your vision for a track may just not be what a library does. They have strengths and weaknesses too and aren’t going to take in a track they have no idea what to do with.
That’s one of the reasons that when new people come to this forum and say “What libraries are going to get me placements?” – it’s not such a simple answer. It’s a specific and sometimes complicated matchmaking game.
And also – if a good cue gets rejected by a library, it’s a really good thing that your track didn’t get accepted because it means it doesn’t fit their strengths – or they are inundated with that style already. A better home can be found where your track stands out, and the library has confidence that it fits their wheelhouse.
Stepping down from soapbox now – even though we’ve all covered this before, just wanted to throw this out there because as new people continue to sign up on this amazing forum…I think it’s hopefully helpful advice.
One of my exclusive libraries is pushing the offering of stems pretty hard. I’m still avoiding it where possible because my feelings as a creative are mixed. With that said – I understand that libraries are trying to maximize their appeal in a very crowded business.
Nice! It’s always cool when a RF track unexpectedly makes it the distance like that! Congrats.
My thought on this is that Art understandably has been giving thought to some recent, newer members who joined MLR on a trial basis and complained that certain libraries had outdated comments and that it made the site less valuable for them to continue on as longer term members.
Personally, I agreed wholeheartedly with Art’s explanation to them and that there is a wealth of knowledge to gain here combining both recent AND historical contributions to the site. There are some however, that I suppose who are new to this business and looking for “quick” answers…. and we all know here that nothing is “quick” about this business.
With that said – I more than understand Art’s predicament here and support his decision either way. I preferred the dates as well but as I’ve understood before – “Art’s sandbox – Art’s rules!” More than happy to continue to support this sandbox of past, present and future knowledge in this ever changing, fluid and volatile business.
Good topic!
Evver since they “updated” their cue sheet system – I have the same issue from time to time where the cue sheet count is way off
Man that sucks. I’ve had the same garbage before with Competitrack not monitoring a commercial and ASCAP refusing to pay – not allowing TuneSat. Its ridiculous. At least with BMI maybe there’s a chance – ASCAP no chance at all.