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Dollar Signs and Treble Clefs
by Scott G - The G-Man (excerpt from the Music Industry Newswire)
PMA is Helping All Musicians
Some musicians are still not supportive of production music but they should be. Not only because of the employment opportunities, but also because the membership of the Production Music Association is working hard to help the cause of every musician and music publisher. This was apparent at a recent PMA meeting that tackled such subjects as digital fingerprinting of songs, the pitfalls of re-titling compositions, licensors attempting to bundle rights to the detriment of copyright owners, and the recent practice of TV networks attempting to demand unlimited indemnification in their licensing agreements.
But wait, there’s more. The same PMA meeting also examined the dangers of metadata dumping (putting too many off-topic terms into the metadata of digital song files) and the sneaky practice of some licensors using foreign sub-publishers’ lower rates to obtain U.S. licensing rights.
Each of those topics should be of major concern to every songwriter and publisher, all of whom should thank the work of the panel members, including Steve Winogradsky (Winogradsky/Sobel), Randy Wachtler (615 Music Companies), Cassie Lord (5 Alarm Music/Rescue Records), Ron Mendelsohn (Megatrax), Shain Miller (Evan Greenspan Music Clearance), Adam Taylor (APM Music), and Randy Thornton (Non-Stop Music).
Click here to read the complete article:http://musicindustrynewswire.com/2009/10/07/min2296_000322.php
Click below to read about
.... The NEW Associate Level Membership in the PMA
.... The Library Prefix Reference List
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New Documents Finalized
The PMA Board has finalized the following documents for our members:
PMA Membership Requirements
Principles & Core Values
3rd party Aggregator Document
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PRODUCTION MUSIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERS CAN BE HEARD HERE
30 Rock - Brothers and Sisters – Entourage - Gossip Girl - Grey's Anatomy – Lost – Monk - Ugly Betty
AND HERE
Baby Mama - Batman, The Dark Knight - Four Christmases - High School Musical 3 - Marley and Me
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Historic Industry-wide RFP Issued
for Fingerprinting Technologies
Contact info@pmamusic.com for information
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NEW: Associate Member level added for the PMA.
Details found on the Membership link.
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METADATA STANDARDIZATION FORMAT
The PMA announces the release of a standard metadata format for use by production music libraries worldwide.
Adopting this metadata standard will allow production music libraries to have registration information stored in a flexible format that can be easily integrated with existing systems such as CWR (Common Works Registration), PRO registrations, etc. The PMA has pioneered this initiative to establish a standard method for storing valuable metadata in a format that is more universally compliant with all systems.
For the form and additional information go to:
http://app.e2ma.net/campaign/27456.758e83ebcfe968cfcfe8bbed85713cb2
DON’T GIVE IT AWAY
Why it’s in your interest to obtain a fair value for your sync license. By Joe Saba
[Disclaimer: The PMA in no way encourages discussion among its members regarding specific rates or pricing structures. We firmly believe each member company must act independently to set its own rates according to the demands of the marketplace.]
A potential client asks you: ‘How much to use your music?’
Most of us take into account factors such as audience size, the kinds of media in which the music will be used, whether there is the possibility of performance royalties, etc. and arrive at a value that we believe to be fair to both the user and the library.
However, for some libraries and composers, the answer to this question is either essentially – or in fact – “nothing”.
Read the entire article at:
http://app.e2ma.net/campaign/27456.cf7e4a715c59d755a2fd1d3e325cb690
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rmcgovern@jmbins.com
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