Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

GAmoore@... wrote:

> Thanks for great tips, Tim! And for becoming a member of ASCAP if you have a 
> "commericially recorded CD", does that mean you can make your own CD, and have 
> 1000 copies created using one of those services, then put it up for sale on 
> CDBaby? 
> 

You dont even have to go this far really. You can simply be making 
CD-R's and selling them from a website to join. Just make sure you got 
the copyright part done and youre good to go!

> Actually this discussion has motivated me to do a little research on what it 
> takes to call yourself a "publishing company". In John Braheny's book "The 
> Craft and Business of Songwriting" (3rd ed) he tells how to start your own 
> publishing company (p.218). Basically you need to create a unique company name which 
> is sufficient different from your name or any other company name, then you 
> register a "DBA". (I can tell you from my own experience, that as soon as I did 
> that before, I got a letter from my local city government demanding $100/year 
> for a city business license - with some extremely high fines if I didn't 
> comply quite quickly.) You can operate the business in various ways.
> 

Thank you for this info Greg.. This is actually exactly what I was 
looking for during the last round of replies and everyone completely 
missed the mark and went elsewhere with responses! I knew it wasnt as 
simple as calling yourself a publisher and printing up letterheads..
When income taxes are gonna be involved, the government doesnt make 
anything that simple hehehe!

-- 
Chris

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