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Newsletter Contents
Updates & Info
 What's New For 2006?
Your Feedback Is Welcomed
January Give-A-Way
Music News
Mechanical Royalty Rate (2006 - 2007)
Music Licensing For TV Shows On DVD's
A Halfway House Christmas In Theaters
Song Needs
Who's Playing - Where & When!
Film News
Film Budgeting Yahoo Group
Music Supervision Forum
Seeking Music Composer Reels! (still)
Jessie's Dream Snake - Update
Merchandise - Advertisements
Books
T-Shirts
Film Software Resources
Updates & Info
What's New For 2006?
We are excited about this upcoming year. As we stated in our last newsletter, we plan to bring back the give-a-ways. This year we will have more t-shirts, cash prizes, and an opportunity for someone to win a free demo studio package.
We plan to increase our song submissions and song pitching. We hope to sign at least three to four publishing contracts per month. Our goal is to have a solid catalog with depth to pitch.
Your Feedback Is Welcomed
Please tell us if there's anything we can do to enhance your experience with our newsletters. If there are news stories, music and film sites, or just general industry information that you would like to see in future issues, we'd be glad to add them. We would also appreciate you forwarding this newsletter to your songwriter and filmmaker friends. Thank you!
January Give-A-Way
We're starting the year off with a simple give-a-way. If you're a movie buff, you'll enjoy 4 FREE Cinemark or Regal movie passes.
How do you win? You must first be a subscriber. If you're not a current subscriber, please enter your name, e-mail address, select New Subscriber and then the appropriate theater pass type. If you're already a subscriber, please enter your name, e-mail address, select Current Subscriber and then the appropriate theater pass type. We'll draw names from the e-mail accounts that are submitted between January 2 and January 31, 2006. The winner of this give-a-way will be entered into the drawing for the demo studio package!
The deadline is January 31, 2006
and only one entry per person.You can also submit your give-a-way entry here!
Music News
Mechanical Royalty Rate Change (2006-'07)
Effective as of January 1, 2006 the new statutory mechanical rate changed from 8.5¢ to 9.1¢. The following article by Jeff & Todd Brabec gives a bit of history on the Compulsory Mechanical Royalty Rate.
To learn more about the new statutory mechanical rate, click more info... 
| Year | Rate | Per Minute
Rate |
| 2004 - 2005 | 8.5¢ | 1.65¢ |
| 2006 - 2007 | 9.1¢ | 1.75¢ |
Music Licensing For TV Shows On DVD's
This is a very interesting article!
By Bryan Reesman - (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nostalgia sure isn't what it used to be. Imagine watching "Married ... With Children" without Frank Sinatra crooning the recognizable theme song. Ponder a pivotal moment in "Quantum Leap" forever altered because its requisite Ray Charles tune has been replaced. Consider revisiting an episode of "The Muppet Show,"
only to find that one's favorite musical number...
A Halfway House Christmas In Theaters
A Halfway House Christmas, featuring Morning Has Come written by Matt Lundgren and Dan Attlerud and a track off the Tiny Angles - Songs of Christmas Joy Christmas CD, premeired Saturday, December 3rd at the Broad Theatre in Souderton, Pennsylvania. The general public release was Friday December 16th and ran through Thursday December 22nd at the Broad Theatre.
The film was also screened on December 22nd at the Colonial Theatre (227 Bridge) in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
A Halfway House Christmas staring Robert Romanus (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Young And The Restless), Bob "Bobcat" Goldthwait (Police Academy, Blow, Scrooged) whose voice will narrate and Ryan Dunn and Rake Yohn of MTV's "Viva La Bam".
The producers at Lumpy Rock Productions are looking into distribution on a larger scale. We'll announce any new news on this film as it becomes available.
Song Needs
We have added six new songs to our Major Label Song Needs list. Our Independent Label Song Needs list will be updated shortly. We are still waiting for our updated tip sheets.
We haven't signed any new songs over the last few months. We are looking to increase our song submissions and sign at least three to four songs a month. Please visit our Song Catalog and listened to the current songs.
Who's Playing - Where & When!
Send us your concerts, open mics and other performance info and we'll post them in our next issue.
Dan Schafer
Place: John A's
Date: Every Mon. - Wed. (Ongoing)
Time: 7:00 pm till 10:30pm
Address: 2421 Music Valley Drive, Nashville, TN 37214 (across from Guesthouse)
Phone: (615) 885-1540
Current Song In Catalog: My Boy
Click here to send your event details. Please include venue, date and time of your performance.
Film News
Film Budgeting Yahoo Group
Every production needs a budget. And budgets need to be accurate and complete. The good news is that there are plenty of tools, lots of great budgeting programs and endless shortcuts that can ease all the hard work; if you know about them.
This site is dedicated to making budgets. It's a clearing house for news about budgeting programs, budgeting software updates and even the occasional special offer. It's the place to share tips and tricks with other filmmakers. Or just let everyone know about your favorite budgeting program.
The Film Budgeting Group is also the right place to ask questions about budgeting. Because there's always someone out there who knows the answers. This is a community where you're never to old to learn and never too young to teach.
To visit the Film Budget Yahoo Group, click more info...
Click to join FilmBudgeting
New Music Supervision Book
This book guides you through real-world scenarios and legal land mines, explores sound design, profiles key players with insightful interviews, and provides project form templates that will save time for seasoned music supervisors.
Composers, bands, DJs and producers also get valuable tips for connecting with music supervisors, who are being called "The New A&R". For those who want to break into the field of music supervision, this book tells you how to get the job. This is the only guide to the career of music supervision and is ideal for the music student, musician, and industry executive.
If you have an interest in learning more about music supervision, you can purchase the book in our Advertisements & Merchandise section below.
You can share you comments about the book or just read what others have said at the Music Supervision site.
Seeking Music Composer Reels! (still)
As a Music Supervisor, I need the services of a good music composer. In order to be better prepared for future film projects, I would like to have a list of composers that I can contact. If you would like to be considered for upcoming projects, please send me your composer reels so I can review your work. Please include a resume and cover letter describing yourself and your work. I will post all future film projects on both our Spin Cycle Films and Play Any Key Music sites.
Jessie's Dream Snake - Update
The film is still in the financing stages. Updates will be posted as we progress towards the start of principal photography.
More details on what you need to do to ensure your song has a chance to make it into this film can be found on our Songs Needed page or on our Spin Cycle Films' Music Cues page.
Merchandise & Advertisements
T-shirts that do not appear in our on-line store are available. We will have them displayed with prices, colors and sizes in the next few weeks. If the item you are interested in is not currently in our on-line store, please send us an e-mail with your request to orderinfo@playanykey.com.
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