strathspey@strathspey.org:44913

suepetyt

RE: The Strathspeyer's CD - Mix and Match - MCPS licensing

March 30, 2006, 9:49 a.m. (Message 44913, in reply to message 44903)

Iain,

It is up to individual composers/artists to register with MCPS and provide
lists of all their work.  

Other countries have there own organisations (eg Compass in Singapore) and
registering with one should ensure that you receive royalties worldwide as
they liaise with each other.

There are all sorts of pitfalls from the producers point of view, firstly
you have to make sure that the tunes you want to record are allowed to be
recorded (strangely some composers will not give permission, if you then do
record and sell the music, you are in breach of copyright).

You then have to list the tune name, composer, publisher, arranger and time
each tune (so an 8 x 32 piece would be likely to have 4 tunes).  It normally
takes 2-3 weeks for the licence to come through, and only when you have the
licence will (reputable) companies produce the CDs, and only the number for
which you have paid (it is licenced per CD).  The CD Replicators have to fit
you in their schedule which can also take a couple of weeks, so when you add
on the time post production time (the time it takes after the recording to
produce the master CD) it can easily take a couple of months.

Happy Dancing
Sue Petyt
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