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BMI: Broadcast Music Inc. BAH!

BMI Part 3: The Conclusion

By Ame one | Published July 9, 2008

Last night before I went to bed I got a couple of emails from BMI. One was my application approval and the other was from Lisa Jacquet. Lisa Jacquet email explained to me that it is BMI’s policy for all artists who reside abroad to fill out a W8 form. At this point I was [...]

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BMI Part 2: Response from Smith

By Ame one | Published July 8, 2008

If you read the previous post about BMI you would know that I am irritated with them at the way my application process is being handled. This morning, I finally get a response from Laura Smith. Actually two responses.
In the first response she tells me that I need to fill out the attached W8-BEN tax [...]

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BMI : Broadcast Music Inc.

By Ame one | Published July 4, 2008

Recently I have had the pleasure at getting annoyed with BMI. Before I get into it, let me provide some background to it.
At SIQ Records, we are asking all the artists to sign up with a Performance Right’s Organization (PRO). The reason is we are hoping to start licensing music out and for publishing. After [...]

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