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Louie Louie [message #103357] Sun, 03 May 2009 12:52 Go to next message
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Re: Louie Louie [message #103358 is a reply to message #103357] Sun, 03 May 2009 21:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The sad thing is that smaller radio stations may be forced out of business
paving the way for Clearchannel... This whole issue of performance royalties
is a killer. ASCAP already goes around to small businesses and extorts money
out of them if they play a radio where the public can hear it because it
constitutes a "public performance" and it's not a small piece of change either.
It can add up to several thousand dollars per year depending on the size
of your business, just for playing a radio.
I only bring this up because it the radio station has already theoretically
paid royalties on the music it broadcasts over the airwaves. It seems to
me that in this wonderful age of technology that collecting performance royalties
would be a snap. Radio stations have to keep a playlist right? ASCAP and
BMI have access to that information. They also keep track of their artists.
Seeing that artists get their performance royalties is supposed to be why
they exist.
It seems to me that when a known artist on a major label sees 25 or 50 cents
on the sale of a $15.99 CD it's easy to see where the problem lies.....
Yes, I know the store only pays $7 to $9, but CDs cost less than a dollar
to produce compared to $2 or $3 for vinyl.It seems to me that if the record
company advances the artist on their future royalties, then shouldn't they
also have some responsibility in seeing that royalties get paid?
If I were to put together an oldies compilation album, I'm required to pay
per piece mechanical royalties, usually to the Harry Fox agency or sometimes
to the publisher. A portion of these royalties is supposed to go to the artist....
I'm not really surprised that so many formerly popular songwriters end up
in poverty, and I'm not really surprised that these huge organizations that
have are supposed to be responsible to these artists fail so miserably. But
I am deeply saddened that the very people that make the music biz possible
are so undervalued. Get his address, I'll personally send him $10 or $20
even though I'm probably no better off than him...
MB

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>http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090503/D97UT3M00.html


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Re: Louie Louie [message #103359 is a reply to message #103358] Mon, 04 May 2009 07:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tonehouse is currently offline  tonehouse   UNITED STATES
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The fact is "Louie Louie" was a "traditonal" Calypso song,that was then
re-written by Richard Berry,who got the "writer's credit"...Jack Ely was the
orignialsinger for the Kingsmen,they didn't even know the real lyrics,which
are written in "pidgen English"..
"Mike Bloomer" <tubeguru2006@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:49fe69df$1@linux...
>
> The sad thing is that smaller radio stations may be forced out of business
> paving the way for Clearchannel... This whole issue of performance
royalties
> is a killer. ASCAP already goes around to small businesses and extorts
money
> out of them if they play a radio where the public can hear it because it
> constitutes a "public performance" and it's not a small piece of change
either.
> It can add up to several thousand dollars per year depending on the size
> of your business, just for playing a radio.
> I only bring this up because it the radio station has already
theoretically
> paid royalties on the music it broadcasts over the airwaves. It seems to
> me that in this wonderful age of technology that collecting performance
royalties
> would be a snap. Radio stations have to keep a playlist right? ASCAP and
> BMI have access to that information. They also keep track of their
artists.
> Seeing that artists get their performance royalties is supposed to be why
> they exist.
> It seems to me that when a known artist on a major label sees 25 or 50
cents
> on the sale of a $15.99 CD it's easy to see where the problem lies.....
> Yes, I know the store only pays $7 to $9, but CDs cost less than a dollar
> to produce compared to $2 or $3 for vinyl.It seems to me that if the
record
> company advances the artist on their future royalties, then shouldn't they
> also have some responsibility in seeing that royalties get paid?
> If I were to put together an oldies compilation album, I'm required to pay
> per piece mechanical royalties, usually to the Harry Fox agency or
sometimes
> to the publisher. A portion of these royalties is supposed to go to the
artist....
> I'm not really surprised that so many formerly popular songwriters end up
> in poverty, and I'm not really surprised that these huge organizations
that
> have are supposed to be responsible to these artists fail so miserably.
But
> I am deeply saddened that the very people that make the music biz possible
> are so undervalued. Get his address, I'll personally send him $10 or $20
> even though I'm probably no better off than him...
> MB
>
> "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090503/D97UT3M00.html
>
Re: Louie Louie [message #103373 is a reply to message #103359] Thu, 07 May 2009 20:36 Go to previous message
Mike Bloomer is currently offline  Mike Bloomer   UNITED STATES
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So if he didn't know the real words and made them up wouldn't that be considered authorship? I realize that Berry is listed as the author and Ely probably doesn't want to sue him ...
MB


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