Re: How does royalty work for music played on radio?

Some cheap-ass talk radio stations don't use bumper music because it
is too expensive. [KDWN in Las Vegas for example.] What are the costs
related to playing music from the other side, i.e. radio station
instead of artist?

Bruce Hornsby's "the way it is" has to be the most "bumpered" song
ever. I hope he made a bundle.



[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Kaye) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> bart boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > (That sounds so sweet for hitmakers.)
> 
> It's sweet for hitmakers (though it's 12 cents according to BMI's
> site); it's sweet for hitmakers but sucky for those who have bonafide
> charted hits.  Since BMI's method of divvying up royalties is based
> for the most part on radio airplay (and not on jukebox plays, record
> sales, and the like), if your tune isn't played in heavy rotation, the
> slice of the royalty pie becomes very small indeed, often not more
> than $1 to $5 a year.
> 
> Because as an author or publisher, you may belong to only one
> licensing agency (ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC) at a time, what you get paid
> for your output gets thrown into the pot and goes to people like Paul
> McCartney and Michael Jackson, who own a huge percentage of the music
> out there.
> 
> For this reason a lot of musicians who compose and/or distribute their
> own music these days often *don't* join any of the licensing agencies.
>  This means they're not likely to get played on the radio, but whoopee
> -- it's unlikely they're going to get played anyhow.