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Written by Dec Cluskey with a little bit of help from his friends.
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12 April 2007
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Remember that this tip is mostly for those of you who have some extra disk space and would like to access Web sites faster. If neither of those pertain to you, you may not want to even mess with your cache. That will be up to you.
Bob
"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
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Hi Dec
Thanks for the pictures & I loved the tunes on your myspace. You know from the right angle you look a bit like Shane Richey.
I did not know that Gareth Hunt had left us, must have missed the news that day.
Keep up the good work. Best Regards
Phil
Another:Dear Dec,Thanks for the first installment. I am now acutely aware of the mindset and tools that you are so generously providing.It's now after 3am & I am revamped no end!I will be up again to get my two kids off to school then to work then to 4 hours of songwriting classes then I cant wait to get home cos I have to get this stuff embedded in my bones!I am sincerely greatful I decided to search songwriting on my computer. I have a revitalized feeling with an edge over my past that can only be good for my pursuit of a successful career in the entertainment industry.p.s. I no longer feel unworthy of money too! & by the way that was my fault too! Ha!Cheers Bro! Mike Brunt [Australia]
"One should love animals.
They are so tasty." [????? Dec]=====================
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2) Fray .... How To Save A Life .... (Sony BMG Music)
3) Mark
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"The
wise never marry.
and when they marry they become otherwise."
My Reply:Hi Dec.
I have a situation where some titles of mine which were released in the Seventies are being re-released and I want to claim them for myself.
I used to be a member of PRS but was booted out because I didn't earn enough in royalities. Any advice would be appreciated.
J ***
Our rules are "one short reply to ONE question FOR NON-MEMBERS, Members of 'The Serious Writers Guild' have unlimited personal access to Dec by direct telephone, Fax and Email , apply at https://secure.mistral.co.uk/makehits/swgappsecure.htm ".
Make it a Great Week ......J ***Membership of PRS is purely related to "will PRS make money from you?" That is why they make the requirements so tough to join...they do not want their computers clogged up with thousands of non earning members.
You do not say whether this is a major release on a major label or a re-release of tracks that did not earn much dosh in the first place and are being re-released on a small independent. All these facts are relevant to whether the tracks are going to earn money. The 70's were a long time ago! 37 years????
The normal practise is to write to PRS giving the title, length of each track ... Whether music, music with lyrics or just voice [talking] ... Then the label name, catalogue number and release date. They would also want to know the writers of lyrics and music plus the Publishing company each track is assigned to .... Best to send a photocopy of assignment agreement.
Then call them and discuss the way forward. Give them an indication of how much will be earned from anticipated sales.
They, then will make a reasonable decision based on that information.
As regards claiming the material for yourself ... That would entail starting your own publishing company [ www.makehits.co.uk/publishing.htm ]. Provided there is no other publisher involved then you simply issue the assignment contract for each title...the contracts are on the CDrom that comes with our Publishing Manual plus everything you need to know about the technical side. I am always on the end of the phone to advise you
Then Publishing membership of the PRS would depend, again, on the anticipation of making money!
RegardsDEC [Cluskey]
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