Posted by Larry J. on 11/03/05 23:16

Waiving the right to remain silent, "bo peep"
<cowartmisc1@yahoo.com> said:

><<The Radio stations gave us "Free Access" to music and still
>do>>
>
> It's free to you, but it's definitely not free to the radio
> station. Each station has to pay a performance royalty every
> time they play a song on the air, with that money eventually
> going back to the performer. Some of the royalty money (actually
> the majority of the royalty money) goes to the person who wrote
> the song, or the person who currently owns the song. That's why
> you see so many current performers writing their own material -
> it gives them way more income than just being a singer. Radio
> air play is a major source of income for some writers and
> performers, over and above CD sales.

Even better than that, license it to Cadillac, Microsoft, etc. for
commercial use.

I would bet that the Led Zeppelin song "Ramble On" used by Caddy is
paying more hard cash that the entire album has in 30+ years of
sales.

When the Rolling Stones' song "Start Me Up" was used by Microsoft to
launch Windows 95, the royalty paid was $1,000,000 - and Microsoft
got a very limited number of days to use it.

--
Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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