tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482574655370651008.post8939597559696655957..comments2024-03-14T22:02:43.005-04:00Comments on Does This Band Make Me Look Fat? - Peter Holsapple's Blog: Goodnesshalfpearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04489581394371987387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482574655370651008.post-65260974754115323452009-10-11T15:08:55.434-04:002009-10-11T15:08:55.434-04:00life is good!life is good!tapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492953124674029622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482574655370651008.post-67982473219962932662009-10-09T00:24:16.447-04:002009-10-09T00:24:16.447-04:00Peter,
That's good news about the royalties. ...Peter,<br /><br />That's good news about the royalties. A word to the wise: my next-door neighbor in NYC was Leonard Bernstein's personal accountant until the composer died and the estate settled. Afterward, he went into business for himself representing musicians in royalties disputes with record co's and publishers, seeking accountings.<br /><br />He told me one night, at our poker game, that nearly every musician he'd ever known and worked with got short-changed (and he represented a number of pop & jazz names you would recognize). At times, the co's couldn't even produce records supporting the royalties checks they were sending out. At other times, they were burying receipts or seriously undercounting them—even applying incorrect percentages to actual sales. Some miscountings were sinister and underhanded, others were merely due to stupid mistakes. Even reported actual sales were sometimes misleading—and always to the detriment of the artist. His point was that musicians could not, as a general rule, rely on the royalties accounting by the bigs.<br /><br />Hope you have a good bean counter.<br /><br />Best,<br />Jim H.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.com