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ecto-digest        Saturday, December 15 2007        Volume 13 : Number 338



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  Sound Exchange may owe you money (fwd)  [DanS <2005.carnivore99@verizon.ne]
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:36:13 -0500
From: DanS <2005.carnivore99@verizon.net>
Subject: Sound Exchange may owe you money (fwd)

I found this on another mailing list and although I'm not a big fan 
of mass forwards, this seems like it may be of interest to some here 
(especially considering Happy is one of the artists on the list):

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>This one needs to be forwarded to all recording artists, right 
>away.You may well be due money for performance rights, collected by 
>the government-designated SOUND EXCHANGE, and you MUST act by Dec 15 
>to get it. Today, while completing requirements for my syndicated 
>radio show, I found a nine-page list of artists who have yet to 
>register before the Dec 15 deadline to collect what is due them. Go 
>to http://www.soundexchange.com and look for the bar on the right 
>side of the page. Find and click "Unregistered List." From there, 
>things are alphabetical, by first name, or by first word (which may 
>be "The," meaning the listing is under "T"). Also, look for any old 
>band names, misspellings, the names of any ensembles OR the album 
>project names that might have been misapplied as your performance group name.
>
>SoundExchange is an independent, nonprofit performance rights 
>organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to collect and 
>distribute digital performance royalties when sound recordings are 
>performed on digital, cable, internet and satellite (including 
>satellite radio such as XM and Sirius). Both signed and unsigned 
>recording artists, small, medium and large independent record 
>companies, major label groups and artist-owned labels are represented.
>
>Sound Exchange was only recently established as a spin-off from 
>RIAA, and it remains largely unknown in the indie music world. So, 
>even if you're registered with everything else, unless you are 
>specifically registered there, you will not get money due you. 
>(Also, even more recently, you MUST have each of your recorded 
>tracks digitally encoded with numbers they provide, or you will no 
>longer be able to collect anything when your songs are played, but 
>that's a separate issue.)
>
>It's astonishing who ISN'T getting paid. After I discovered the list 
>of "unregistered artists," I spent over an hour scanning each of the 
>nine pages. There are a surprising number of people there that I 
>know, and am now trying to locate and notify, so they can act by Dec 
>15. And there are a surprising number of big names, past or 
>present.Here are a few that I found who are NOT getting paid, and 
>will lose-out after Dec 15:Cooder Graw, Cowboy Nation, Dave Loggins, 
>David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Dimitri Tiomkin, Dougie Maclean, Don Reno, 
>Enoch Light, Geno Delafose, Grievous Angels, Gurf Morlix, Guy 
>Forsyth, Kat Eggleston, Kasey Chambers, Leahy, Liz Carroll, Mae 
>Moore, Michael Chapdelaine, Minnie Riperton, Mitch Miller, Moby 
>Grape, Monty Montgomery, and even Mother Maybelle Carter.
>
>So GO LOOK, and forward this to all your musician friends! No sense 
>letting someone else keep YOUR MONEY!
>
>Best,
>Larry Wines,
>programmer-producer-host, "Tied to the Tracks" acoustic Americana 
>radio from Los Angeles, with live in-studio performance-interviews; 
>in programming lineup named "The Best of L.A. 2006" by Los Angeles 
>Magazine; editor, weekly "Acoustic Americana Music Calendar & News" 
>at www.myspace.com/laacoustic; music & artist consultations; 
>columnist & feature writer for FolkWorks, at www.folkworks.org.

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