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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