[FA Worldmusic] FW: An Urgent Message to Recording Artists regarding SoundExchange royalties

[Tom Frouge]

FYI

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From: owner-globe-l at nevada.edu [mailto:owner-globe-l at nevada.edu]On Behalf Of
Susan Martinez
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:18 AM
To: globe-l at nevada.edu
Subject: An Urgent Message to Recording Artists regarding
SoundExchangeroyalties

Hi all,
My friend Fred Wilhelms, an attorney in Nashville, has been battling
SoundExchange on behalf of recording musicians. SoundExchange has appointed
itself the collector and distributor of royalties for digital media such as
satellite radio, internet streaming, etc. The problem is, SoundExchange has
done a FEMA-quality job of distributing funds or locating musicians due
money, effectively abandoning the task. Royalties not claimed by December 15
will be forfeited.

Thanks to Fred's pressure (see his excellent article at
www.counterpunch.com/wilhelms09232006.html), this week SoundExchange finally
published the list of artists they have not yet located, nearly 9000
musicians many of whom you will know. I was floored to see so many folks I
know, and I'm sending this in hopes you can help alert them they are due
cold, hard cash.

PLEASE LOOK THROUGH THIS LIST  at

http://63.236.111.137/jsp/unpaidArtistList.jsp

and alert artists, artist managers, labels, or artist heirs with whom you
have contact. The list is a veritable Who's Who of World, Canadian, Cuban,
Hawaiian, Brazilian, Tex Mex, blues, traditional, jazz, Americana,
songwriters, and folk music. It'll leave you breathless, in fact
(SoundExchange claims to not have found a way to locate the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir, Cesar Rosas from Los Lobos, or Richard Thompson, for
example).

Please also look at the Copyright list on the SE website; you or someone you
know is on this list and is due copyright money, until December 15.

Please distribute this widely; feel free to post on listserves if it hasn't
appeared. If you don't have time to read through the whole list, my short
version is appended.

Susan Martinez

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AN URGENT MESSAGE TO RECORDING ARTISTS

SoundExchange is the entity that collects and distributes broadcast
royalties from digital distribution of music.  This includes
streaming Internet broadcasts (not downloads) and satellite radio
services.  These royalties have been payable since February 1, 1996.
If your music has been played on the Internet since that date, you
are entitled to a share of the royalties.

On December 15, 2006, any royalties that are unclaimed for
performances up through March 31, 2000 WILL BE FORFEITED.

If you, as an individual or as a member of a recording group, are not
registered with SoundExchange by December 15, 2006, you will lose all
rights to your royalties earned before March 31, 2000.

There are thousands of identified artists who will lose these
royalties unless they act before the deadline.  SoundExchange has
listed these "unfound" artists on their website.

http://63.236.111.137/jsp/unpaidArtistList.jsp

Take the time to read the list.  If you are on it, follow the
instructions for filing a claim.  It costs you nothing and it does
not take much time.  If you register now, you will receive the
unclaimed royalties and will received future royalties automatically.

Friends and families of recording artists should also check the
list.  If you know anyone on there, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW
IMMEDIATELY.  You will note that there are a number of deceased
performers on the list.  If you know any surviving relatives, let
them know about this.

This money belongs in the hands of the artists who created the music.

Fred Wilhelms

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Susan's "short list" of unfound artists:

3 Mustaphas 3
Abel Ferreira
Abel Quintero
Africando
Afro-Cuban All Stars
Al'Tariq
Albita
Alex Broussard
Ali Farka Toure heirs
Alpha Blondy
ALT
Amampondo
Ashley Macisaac
Austin Lounge Lizards
Babatunde Olatunji
Baka Beyond
Barbara Higbie
Beau Jocque (heirs)
Bhundu Boys
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys
Big Sugar
Bill Kirchen
Bill Parsons
Billy McLaughlin
Black Umfolosi
Bloque
Blue Rodeo
Boozoo Chavis
Boubacar Traore
Butch Thompson
Cajun Aces
Carlos Patato Valdes
Cassandra Wilson
Cesar Rosas
Chava Alberstein
Cheikh Lo
Chelo Silva
Cheb Khaled
Clancy Brothers
Clive Gregson
Colin Linden
Crosspulse
Cuba LA
Cubanismo
Dan Bern
Danilo Perez
Danko/Fjeld/Andersen
Dark latin Groove
Honeyboy Edwards
Don Henry
Don Walser - just died
Dr. Science
Femi Kuti
Figgy Duff
Freddie Roulette
Geoffrey Oryema
George Kahumoku Jr.
Gerardo Nunez
Giovanni Hidalgo
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Greg Greenway
Gran Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan
Grievous Angels
Grupo Sierra Maestra (see Sierra Maestra)
Halau O'Kekuhi
Hamza El-Din
Happy and Artie Traum
Hijos del Sol
Hilario Duran
Hugh Masakela
I Mother Earth
Imrat Khan (son Irshad in Toronto)
Ismael Lo
Issac Delgado
Jackeline Rago
Jane Bunnett
Jane Siberry
Jason Marsalis
Jimmy Breaux
Joao Gilberto
John Whelan
Jolly Boys
Jonathan Edwards
Judith Edelman
Karen Matheson
Kat Eggleston
Kate Wolf (heirs)
Khaled
Laura Smith
Leahy
Lenine
Les Negresses Vertes
Les Nubians
Los de Abajo
Los Mocosos
Los Straightjackets
Los Super Seven
Lucie Blue Tremblay
Lui Collins
Mae Moore
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens (listed separately on list)
Malicorne
Malkit Singh
Manu Chao
Mariachi Los Camperos
Mariam McPartland
Marisa Monte
Mark Egan
Martin and Jessica Simpson
Mary Jane Lamond
Mary O'Hara
Michael Hedges heirs
Michael Johnathon
Mickey Hart
Milton Nascimento
Moreira Da silva
Morten Gunnar Larsen
New Grass Revival
NG La Banda
Oliver Mutukudzi
Olodum
Orchestra Baobab
Paco Pena
Pamela Morgon
Paperboys
Patato, Changuito, y Orestes (also Patato, solo)
Paul Burch
Paul Cebar
Peter Finger
Peter Paul and Mary
Phillip and Pam Boulding
Pierce Pettis
Pierre Bensusan
Priscilla Herdman
Quartette
Queen Ida
The  Rankins (three entries)
Rawlins Cross
Ray Bonneville
Ray Kane
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ricardo Lemvo
Richard Thompson
Robert Michaels
Rossy
Rude Girls
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell
Scott Cossu
Sierra Maestra
Silvia Torres
Snakefarm
Sons of Hawaii (which incarnation?)
Soul Brothers
Stan Rogers (Ariel has been notified)
Strength in Numbers
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Taha, Khald, Faudel
Tarika Sammy
The Barra Macneils
Subdudes
Timbuk 3
Todd Snider
Tom Jobim
Tom Prasada-Rao
Tommy Castro
Tony Trischka
Trapezoid
Vance Gilbert
Virginia Lopez
Vocal Sampling
Walter Ostanek
Willie/Willy Porter
Willie &/and Lobo
Youssou N'Dour
Zap Mama