Members Kramerguy Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 A royalty check came in, for usage (Jan-March, 2009) for something like 20 seconds of total use, by the Today Show (cool) So, if a check just came in from usage 6+ months ago, is there any way to find out more recent-current usage(s), just to know what's going on? It would be so nice to say "yea, catch our music on xXxx's show wed the 15th" or something thereabouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted September 18, 2009 Moderators Share Posted September 18, 2009 You want a prediction of when someone is going to play your material?You'd have to ask the Today Show...or 'Ellen' (they still have to settle up on all the music they used...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AndyZ Posted September 18, 2009 Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 Sounds like you got your publishers pmt for Q1 2009. You'll get another one mid Oct for your writers pmt on this too. You'd probably want to ask whoever placed this song on that show to follow. A Cuesheet should have been filed with ASCAP, even though you haven't been paid on it yet. You should be able to search ACE on the web and see if they've filed it yet. I'm lucky that the TV company I compose for forwards me all my cuesheets usually just before it airs. Some production companies aren't as on top of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kramerguy Posted September 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thanks for the info andy, I will check out ace and see what I can find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members otnas Posted October 17, 2009 Members Share Posted October 17, 2009 I saw this post and figured I'd ask, is it mornal for there to be such a wait from the time a song is used. What is the normal time from when a song is used till the time an artist sees some royalties? My daughter has had some of her material used and we are still waiting for royalties so I was just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted October 17, 2009 Members Share Posted October 17, 2009 I saw this post and figured I'd ask, is it mornal for there to be such a wait from the time a song is used. What is the normal time from when a song is used till the time an artist sees some royalties?My daughter has had some of her material used and we are still waiting for royalties so I was just curious. It's usually quarterly. Is she registered with ASCAP or BMI, not just as the writer, but each song registered as well? They can't pay you if they can't find you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members otnas Posted October 26, 2009 Members Share Posted October 26, 2009 It's usually quarterly. Is she registered with ASCAP or BMI, not just as the writer, but each song registered as well? They can't pay you if they can't find you. Yes she is registered with BMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AndyZ Posted October 26, 2009 Members Share Posted October 26, 2009 Good rule of thumb is that any airings of your music, figure you'll get paid 6 months after the quarter ending they played in. Example, on the Oct 2009 writers distribution that just occured, I got paid for all my plays from Jan-Mar 2009 time frame. This is just the US. Overseas airings expect about 12-18 months after they play, which usually are very small royalty amounts from each country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny-Boy Posted October 26, 2009 Members Share Posted October 26, 2009 All the ASCAP ACE will tell you is if the song/track has been registered with ASCAP. It won't tell you if it was actually placed. Check with your publisher, though often they won't know till after the fact. One other possibility; ask your publisher if he has and can make you a dvd copy of the footage your music was used in. Best, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny-Boy Posted October 26, 2009 Members Share Posted October 26, 2009 BTW, congratulations Kramerguy!!! Best, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Yeah, try ace or ask your company to send the cue sheets. And congrats kramerguy! Ain't mailbox money just the {censored}? I recently got a sizeable check for overseas useage from the end of 2k7 I had forgotten about. Totally unexpected! Woot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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