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somebody vanished without a trace, how do people know they are missing?"
"Why are boxing rings square?"
Radio ... how to get played? [the mystery part explained]
It might seem odd but program directors who are responsible for putting
together the playlists that we want our songs to get on,
base part of their decisions on what is already getting airplay on the radio,
TV and other broadcast mediums. So do they feed off themselves .
Do they track airplay on
radio to determine airplay on radio? To some extent they do and that is
why some songs stay on the Top 40 chart
for a long time. But new songs do enter the system in ways you
might expect and in unusual ways as well.
How can a program director track the airplay of tens of thousands of radio stations and other broadcast media? Well, as you might expect, it's all automated. It is the Nielson Company [in the States, similar systems in UK] that is at the heart of the tracking process. You probably know them from the Nielson ratings for television programs. Nielson uses an automated system called Broadcast Data Systems.
BDS actually digitally scans the broadcasting of radio stations and music oriented TV stations (MTV, VH1, CMT, etc.) using pattern recognition. So when your song enters the system, the record label submits the song to BDS to have it digitally tracked. Then BDS can recognize the song each time it is played and keeps a record of how often your song is getting airplay. And what if your song gets most of its play late at night? Not to worry, BDS has its electronic ears to the airwaves every hour of the day, every day of the year. Homeland security should be so efficient.
"Why do we scrub Down and wash Up?"
Success Stories
Dec - My artist is doing well at the moment. Her voice is present on virtually every TV ad for major multinationals (Kellogg's, Twix, BMW etc)
Henry Mockford [Italy]
Another:
First of many thanks for the delivery of the publishing course.
I am in the middle of writing my business plan at the moment,
and it is no exaggeration when I tell you that it has been invaluable.
The action letters are of course very useful, but having had some painful
experiences with 'legalities' in the past, in my opinion the legal agreements
alone are worth ten times the asking price of the course and that's a fact.Anyone who says that they are serious and does not invest in this,
Well...They just ain't serious.
George Palmer
And another:
Mickey Strange has been nominated for the Detroit Music Awards! Check it out and VOTE!
http://www.riff2.com/
Visual Laughs? [ great Christmas laugh ]
Charts:
USA
[my thanks to Charles in the
1)
Alicia Keys - No One MBK/J
| DIGITAL | RMG
2) Timbaland
Featuring OneRepublic - Apologize Mosley/Blackground
| DIGITAL | Interscope
3) Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain Poe Boy | 346620* | Atlantic
UK [Shop bought + official downloads]
1) Leona Lewis
Bleeding Love
(Syco Music)
2) T2 Ft Jodie Aysha
Heartbroken
(2nv/aatw/mnb)
3) Girls Aloud
Call The Shots
(Fascination)
http://www.girlsaloud.co.uk/noflash.php
Download
Chart [now the most important chart in the
1)
Leona Lewis
Bleeding Love
(Sony BMG Music)
2) Girls Aloud
Call The Shots
(Universal Music)
3) Timbaland Pts One Republic
Apologize
(Blackground/Inter)
http://www.timbalandmusic.com/
Hi Dec,
Hope you are well ?! I would very much appreciate your advice and wisdom about the following !
I sing regularly at an Arts Centre. They have an annual songwriters contest with a prize of 'one day's recording' in a local studio that sponsors them. The prize winner did not take up the offer so they have let me have the studio time instead which is great but, when I record there I will not have a receipt as it is a gift/prize.
Does that give the studio any rights over my recording and what I do with it ?
Do I still own the recording ?
Is there anything you advise me to do re protecting my work with this recording?
(All my songs are copyright and published by my own publishing company that I bought from you)
Thanks for your time
N***
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N****No part of this shall be deemed to be legal or accountancy advice within the meaning of any law of any land past, present or future.Sorry for delay ... on tour [as is usual at this time of the year].That is a very interesting scenario. A judge in the High Court would have great fun with it. And a court action would cost a fortune as both sides' solicitors and barristers would claim this was 'untested territory' with no precedent.The basis of the law is this:"Whoever pays for an item or service owns that item or service"Following that through .... the person who won the competition owned the prize rightfully because he/she won it. This could be viewed as the 'payment' for the day in a studio. Therefore, if you record in the studio, the results of the recordings would be owned by him [the guy who won the prize].However, you have been gifted this prize - so therefore you will be paying the studio with this prize, therefore, you will own the results of the day in the studio [in theory].NOW.....Picture your day in court ....The judge will say to you "where is the written proof that you were gifted this prize and that the prize was then rightfully yours, giving you ownership of the results of this day in the studio?"So......In order to be full sure of your position, you MUST get the organisers of the competition to send you a simple letter stating that you are the rightful owner of the prize [a day in the studio and that any recordings resulting in that recording will be deemed to be the property of yourself].I would suggest that you draft the letter and that they print it and sign it on their headed notepaper. It is of the utmost importance that all this is completely signed sealed and delivered "before you switch the studio lights on". It is far too late afterwards, when the row starts.When the studio is presented with this document be prepared for them to turn a little nasty ... they will want to charge you for the CD master [which should be what is called a 'gold master' ...of much better quality than a normal CD] and for anything else they can. They will stipulate the time period and could charge you for any extra time.N***,, there is one thing to bear in mind. A day in a studio is a very common prize. No one ever achieves anything with a day in a studio. The engineer is usually a trainee. They couldn't give a monkey's about you or your music ... you are simply an inconvenience.A single today takes approx. three weeks to complete. So, one day achieves nothing. I would treat it as a day to get as many vocal arrangements and one instrument demos of your material down on Disc in good quality. If you are not too sure of your talents as a guitarist or single keyboard player it would make sense to hire a great player for the day....make sure you have all the music written correctly for him/her to play.Oh, another thing ... the studio will work at a more than leisurely pace ... think that in the Sixties we completed 4 tracks with a full orchestra in 3 hours?If you intend having a band with you, they will take three hours to get a drum sound, a few hours to get a guitar sound, then they will mess about getting the music together and at the end of the day you will get half an hour max to get your vocals down ... this happens EVERY time!You are very clever to have all your material copyrighted and published. Very clever indeed. Check out www.makehits.co.uk/publishing.htmI hope this helps.Regards
DEC [Cluskey]
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