[Dixielandjazz] Who is BMI?

[Mike]

I'll be honest when I first joined I was told I should because I 
am a writer and that ASCAP would help protect my music from the 
"song sharks". The way my professors put it, they are kind of a 
watchdog group for artists royalties. I had no idea about some 
of the things that they do.

So. The next obvious question is,

How do you self publish and protect your royalties?

Mike






tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:
> And yes Sadam had weapons of mass destruction and was a member of Al 
> Quaida and blood brother to Osama Ben Laden :))
> 
> These assholes are all members of the same club  "The very very Rich 
> Club"  and they do the PR the way they want it to look, and of course 
> they paid out all those royalties to their members, but try to take a 
> look at the members and just which members are getting the lion's share 
> of those disbursments.     You will find it a very select and short list 
> of recipients at the top, many  who also are on the board of directors, 
> and the staff with unlimited expense accounts etc. etc. etc.   And an 
> entire army of Lawyers on staff to fuck over anybody who dares to 
> challenge them.     You will be a lot older than me before you ever see 
> a royalty check trust me, son.   And when it arrives, if it ever does, 
> it might buy you a Beer unless the price of beer goes up :))   Which you 
> can bet it will.  :))   They are about as useful as a life insurance 
> policy on yourself with yourself listed as the beneficiary.