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DMX Wins Major Direct Licensing Royalties Case; May Fundamentally Change Performance Royalty Landscape

A court decision this week may fundamentally change how composers, songwriters and publishers are paid royalties for public performances of their music, as the precedent created has laid the groundwork to shift many more music performances out of the hands of ASCAP, BMI and SESAC and into direct license deals with publishers and writers

Industry Spotlight

Industry Spotlight: Producer and Musician Ned Mann Fights Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Veteran producer and musician Ned Mann fights Lou Gehrig’s Disease with music and inspiration

Final Note

The Myth of the “Working Composer”

Mark Northam explores the evolution of the “working composer” today and how some in Hollywood just can’t accept the new reality

Technology

It’s a Wrap!

Peter Alexander shares his personal views on technology, life and composing as he moves on from Film Music Magazine after three and a half years of tech columns

Opinion

A Voice From the “Dark Side”: Confessions of a Retitler

Vaughn Johnson of ScoreKeepers Music discusses the benefits of retitling libraries

Chart Doctor

Great Moments In Film Orchestration History: Bernard Herrmann

Ron Hess looks at the brilliant orchestrations and non-orchestrations of Bernard Herrmann

On The Score

Audio: On The Score With Hans Zimmer

Daniel Schweiger interviews composer HANS ZIMMER, who once again enters Christopher Nolan’s musical dreamscape with INCEPTION

Music Supervision

Film & Music: A 2010 Sundance Music Odyssey

Music Supervisor Michael Rogers takes a personal look at music in film at Sundance 2010

CD Reviews

CD Review: July Soundtrack Picks

Daniel Schweiger’s Score Picks: ‘They Won’t Stay Dead‘ one of the top soundtracks to own for July, 2010

Royalty Checks and Reality Checks

Benefits of Joining Overseas Royalty Societies

Mark Holden discusses the financial benefits to composers of joining overseas royalty societies

CineRadio

CineRadio Top-20 for May, 2010

Film Music 2009 tops the May Top-20 film music radio airplay chart for the second month in a row