BRAIN / BOC INdy CD's and Royalties

[Rich Hamel]

>
> On Dec 26,1996 Rich wrote:
>
> >        Which leads me to another financially related question, which again
> > I have to aim at Al: Do you still get signifigant royalties for BOC songs
> > like Reaper, etc?
>
>         I do not get any royalties from any song which I didn't get credit
> for writing (ie. Reaper, Burnin' For You, Godzilla). For any song that I am
> acknowledged as one of the writers I get significant royalties. That is
> because I get paid directly from SONY Music Publishing. I also get writer's
> royalties for any song of mine that gets played on the radio. This has
> remained over the years a nice stable bonus kind of ammount. The
> performance royalties go directly to the BOC office which is under the
> control of Steve Schenck. I'm supposed to be paid for my performances but
> BOC claims they don't make enough for me to get paid. They've taken a lot
> of my money. This has made them appear as not very honorable people in my
> eyes. How would you feel?
> Al
>
Understandable, and also supportive of the point I was getting at. Buck and
Eric are credited on the more played tunes (Reaper, BFY), so you'd have
to assume from a royalty sense they are bringing in more cabbage than you
are. You'd also have to assume that they could've afforded to put their own
CD out by now if they wanted. perhaps its more a lack of material?

Am I correct that someone has mentioned that even the current new tune's
lyrics are written by outside writers?

                                                                Rich
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