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Fresh From The Farm
Volume 1 Issue 1
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Spring 2005
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Farm to Market Music (FTM) is a full service music
publishing administration company. In addition, we
provide intellectual property (trademark, copyright,
right of publicity) clearance services to record labels,
film/television production houses, and corporate
clients.
FTM grants music publishers the freedom to spend
their time on creative efforts and not administrative
concerns. Our company files and tracks copyright
applications, files the necessary performance rights
information as well as maintains a liaison with each
performance rights society. We negotiate and
issue all licenses, and collect, calculate and
distribute royalty income. We have the capabilities
to perform these services domestically and in foreign
territories.
FTM is not interested in acquiring ownership in song
catalogs. Our only goal is to make the music
publisher more productive by removing the
administrative "burden." In addition, for select
catalogs, we work to secure alternative sources
of income for the catalog.
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Sound Exchange
Sound Exchange is the non-profit performance rights
organization for artists and record labels. They
collect performance royalties for internet only
webcasters, broadcast simulcasters, satellite radio
services and digital cable and satellite television
music service.
Your royalties may not be available forever. The
statute creating a digital performance right allows
Sound Exchange on a periodic basis to release
unclaimed funds into a general fund. The first such
disbursement to the general fund is scheduled to
occur in 2005.
If you are a featured artist, own sound/master
recordings, or are a producer, visit
soundexchange.com to register and start
collecting
your royalties.
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GRAMMY in the Schools
On December 8, 2004, The GRAMMY Foundation in
partnership with The Recording Academy of Texas
Chapter presented GRAMMY in the Schools at Booker
T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in
Dallas, Texas.
Tamera Bennett, President of Farm To Market Music,
was a member of the "Collaboration in the Business
of Music" panel along with John Kirtland, founder of
Kirtland Records; Teresa Labarbera Whites, Vice-
President of A&R for Zomba Records; Paul Nugent, co-
founder of RainMaker Artists, RainMaker Records, and
Brando Records; and Rikki Rincon, CEO of Artistik
Media.
Members of the "It Begins With a Song:
Collaboration in the Creative Process" panel were
Erykah Badu, four-time GRAMMY award-winner; Chris
Bell, a GRAMMY nominated engineer; Errol "E-Poppi"
McCalla, Jr, music producer/engineer; and Sonny
Throckmorton, an award winning songwriter.
Grammy In The Schools™ is a trademark of The
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.
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