On Mon, Mar 06, 2000, Joseph P. Bauer <joseph.p.bauer.1[_at_]nd.edu> wrote:
>
> A few questions re: performing societies:
>
> 1. Are there any reasons today for a composer to choose between ASCAP
> and BMI?
>
> 2. What are the reasons that BMI sprung up? What were ASCAP's
> exclusionary rules?
>
> 3. Can a composer join both ASCAP and BMI? Would there be any
> advantages in belonging to both?
>
> Thanks for your help. I'd appreciate also being pointed to any
> secondary literature, which discusses how they work and provides
> some details about the consent decrees in the SDNY in the 1940's.
I have also heard of a Life Music located in the Brill Building? The man who ran it was mentioned in a book I recall as being titled SERENDIPITY by Gay Talese. Does anyone know the history?
Albert Henderson
Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
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Received on Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:54:55 GMT
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