[78-L] ^Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio.

[Cary Ginell]

Probably the high cost of licensing synch rights from recalcitrant record companies. In addition to taking forever to grant licenses, they are fairly inflexible in their quotes. It's much easier to hire musicians (union or non-union) to do a quick knockoff in the studio, which probably saves thousands of dollars and is faster.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> From: mlk402 at verizon.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:56:07 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ^Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio.
> 
> Why is it that contemporary producers refuse to use old music? I notice 
> that PBS productions NEVER play 'real' old music anymore. Even a recent MAD 
> MEN episode had a dance band playing an "almost but not quite" fake of 
> Charleston, although "Old Kentucky Home" was okay. Can it be too expensive, 
> or is there another reason?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ^Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio.
> 
> 
> > Ken "Silver Showcase" wrote:
> >> Royal Pemberton wrote:
> >>> Last week I got an E-mail from someone who's trying to get records by 
> >>> his
> >>> favourite singer played on the radio. The singer only had one album
> >>> released in the US in 1974 but continued to record in the UK until 1982.
> >>> The man who sent me the E-mail said the station told him the singer had 
> >>> to
> >>> be an 'approved' artiste, meaning, approved by ASCAP, BMI et al. I know
> >>> broadcasters have to pay ASCAP, BMI, SESAC et al usage fees based on the
> >>> number of plays of their registered songs, but what of the 'approved' 
> >>> bit?
> >>> Is there such a thing, or was the radio station chap telling the person 
> >>> who
> >>> sent me the E-mail that to get rid of him?
> >>>
> >>
> >> I worked at a local radio station for 26 years. Songs are licensed.
> >> Singers are not. Methinks they invented an excuse just to brush the guy
> >> off.
> >>
> >> -- Ken
> >
> >
> > I didn't make it clear in my reply, but that's exactly what happened. We 
> > used
> > to do the same thing if it was a performer we didn't want to play. If we 
> > didn't
> > know the "artiste" then we could always say we'd look into it, being 
> > careful
> > not to encourage the listener to bring his own records in for us to enrich 
> > the
> > audio radiance. Of course saying "approved" could refer to management's
> > policies, without having to bring in ASCAP, BMI etc. We also had to be 
> > polite
> > to performers who had a following and had made recordings they thought 
> > would be
> > absolutely perfect for our station....
> >
> > dl
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®.
http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009