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Louis - Downtown St. Louis - Forest Park St. Louis - Grand Center St. Louis - Lafayette Square St. Louis - Midtown St. Louis - North Downtown St. This statutory mechanical royalty rate is the result of a Copyright Royalty Board decision and is effective through In addition to the individual track downloads, large numbers of Glee albums are sold both physically and digitally; in fact, they consistently enter the U.
Some of these albums are compilation of songs from various episodes, some are devoted to specific artists e. These album sales, in many cases, generate 9. In addition to the Glee cast versions, there are albums being released featuring Glee cast members as individual artists. Since Glee is a worldwide success story, there are substantial downloads and physical sales occurring outside the United States. Other than Canada, where the rate is 8.
For example, in the United Kingdom, the rate payable to music publishers is 8. In the U. These organizations negotiate licenses with the users of music radio, broadcast television, cable, websites, airlines, live performance venues, etc. The broadcast television and cable services pay in the area of million dollars per year in license fees to the U. PROs for the use of music on broadcast television and cable.
It is important to note that each of the three organizations has very different payments for different types of music uses on a show. Visual vocals and visual instrumentals as is the case with most music use on Glee are normally the highest paid type of performance with theme songs and underscore many times paid at a lesser rate.
Further, each organization has their own payment add-ons due to the popularity or viewership of the show—add-ons which definitely increase the value of all Glee music performances. These royalties are collected by the local performance right society in each country e. The music publisher share of performance royalties is usually remitted by the local performance foreign right society to the U.
It should also be mentioned that these foreign societies also license and collect royalties for Internet performances and radio performances of the Glee cast versions as well as live concerts or touring events related to the series, among other performance right based uses.
If a Glee cast recording of a performance from the series is turned into a ringtone in the United States, the songwriter and music publisher, in the aggregate, will receive a statutory royalty of 24 cents per mastertone download. This rate was established via the aforementioned Copyright Royalty Board proceeding and decision.
In addition to the ringtone area, ringbacks can also generate royalties. In the print area an area which is much more expansive than what the word usually means to people , the Glee franchise offers a multitude of configurations through its print distributor, which focus on both the vocal and instrumental aspects of the compositions featured in the series in physical and digital distribution formats.
For example, there are guitar songbooks, easy and intermediate piano songbooks, piano vocal collections, pop choral series many with accompanying CDs both in folio and individual song configurations, digital downloadable choral product, instrumental play-along folios with accompanying CDs for individual instruments such as violin, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet, cello and trombone, medley collections, a mash-up series of songs performed in the show with accompanying CDs, concert band folios with score and parts, contemporary marching band individual folios, a capella product and rhythm section parts for various compositions in downloadable format.
Another valuable area which takes advantage of the Glee brand is electronic toys which use music from the series. As with other electronic toys, the licenses are royalty generating arrangements based on a negotiated penny rate per toy sold with an advance based on projected sales. In addition to exposing compositions in a new way to a new audience including music supervisors, directors, etc. Such a project required additional synchronization licenses and fees due to the fact that it is a motion picture and also opened up a new source of income outside the United States which does not apply to television shows; that of songwriter and publisher income based on the success of the film in theatrical distribution throughout the world.
To illustrate, performance right societies outside the United States license motion picture theatres and collect a percentage of the box office receipts for every film distributed to the general public. Once again, the brand has opened up exposure and licensing opportunities for musical compositions identified with the series regardless of whether or not the Glee version is used in the new audio visual work. Glee has also specialized in introducing compositions to its audience by combining songs into mashups which are sung by the cast.
Glee , the hit TV comedy-musical phenomenon, has become an entertainment tour de force, captivating audiences worldwide en route to winning four Emmys during its inaugural season. The secret to Glee 's uncanny success can be found in its eclectic mix of music, ranging from catchy show tunes to classic rock, which has turned the series, now in its second season, into a veritable United Nations of songs.
But how do ditties actually make it onto Glee , and how does the show make its motley mix of melodies work? The musical buck, by and large, stops with Ryan Murphy, the show's executive producer and co-creator. Music choices are typically made when each episode's script is written, with songs matched to the show's plotlines.
Lyrics become extensions of an actor's dialogue. This tactic has resulted in tailored song selections rather than simple cherry-picking of pop hits from Billboard 's Hot Although Murphy has the final say on all musical choices, numerous factors have been known to influence his decisions.
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