Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On 4/3/07, Chris Coccia <mothra@...> wrote:
>
> GAmoore@... wrote:
>  > I setup a Broadjam account and listed your name as the reference, Andy.
> By
>  > the way, is it time to join BMI or ASCAP if you are going to start
> selling
>  > stuff?
>  >
>
>  Unless youve got a head for the business side of it.. BMI/ASCAP can be a
>  pain.. To start you have to be publishing your work to even submit it
>  there. Meaning you either have to be dealing with a publishing company
>  or you need to go setup a new bank account as a business and become a
>  publisher (or a DBA kinda thing as well).. I never could get anyone at
>  ASCAP to tell me how to properly go about this (even though they claim
>  to have tons of advisors and help for their 'artists') and gave up.

If you have published anything on the web, it's considered publishing,
at least with BMI. I didn't have problems registering with BMI years
ago. It's good to be on either one here in USA, but don't expect a lot
of royalties, unless your track(s) are in heavy rotation on radio/TV.

Another nice side benefit is that via BMI (and I think ASCAP) as well
you get ISWC codes for each track, something that you might need to
register in case you sell material via some (online) record
distribution systems. And it's kind of cool to belong to either one.

 --Kent