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Got paid... for what?

Post by Susanstunes » Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:22 pm

Weird one, passengers.

I got a payment on my BMI for a Disney +Plus streaming travel show. So cool, right?
Then was able to get the show thru a free trial of Disney + Plus thru Verizon.

But... the music is not in the show. It states it is in Episode 3, and I watched that and the other 5 episodes. Never heard my music.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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Post by Casey H » Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:17 pm

Hi Susan
Yea, I've had some weird ones. It happens. A couple of possible reasons you're not hearing it:

(1) It's a cue sheet error and the wrong cue got listed on the cue sheet.

(2) It's there but it's at such low volume you can't detect it.

(3) Occasionally, the cues used in one version of a show are not the same as others. Not sure if this happens with TV vs. streaming versions but I've had it happen with domestic vs. international.

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Post by Telefunkin » Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:52 am

There's also a chance that they used one of your alt mixes, like the underscore version, and you might not have recognised it even if you could hear it. Anyway, congratulations on getting the placement/payment :).
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Post by cosmicdolphin » Sun Oct 17, 2021 2:14 am

One of my first placements was a Dubstep cue in a reality show. Watched the whole thing twice. It's not in there but I'm on the cue sheet.

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Re: Got paid... for what?

Post by Susanstunes » Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:31 am

Some of those are things I hadn't thought of, so thank you everyone.
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If it was that they paid me instead of a writer who should've gotten paid, I hope they are petitioning their PRO to get remittance. I now have experience doing that myself, and it is time-consuming.
If it is an ALT mix, I certainly don't hear it, and makes me think my underscore was probably not too thrilling (!)
If it's in another version of the show, I don't know where that is, this is streaming only...but I sure still have much to learn about all of this.

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Post by Telefunkin » Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:40 am

Susanstunes wrote:
Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:31 am
If it is an ALT mix, I certainly don't hear it, and makes me think my underscore was probably not too thrilling (!)
But that's the whole point - not to be the star of the show but to support the screen action and help guide the mood.
Susanstunes wrote:
Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:31 am
If it's in another version of the show, I don't know where that is,
Probably on the cutting room floor. I'm pretty sure that bits get chopped out of shows/movies so that the whole thing fits a time slot (and in some cases so they can squeeze in more advertising).
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Post by funsongs » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:22 am

QUESTION:
what if the piece was used, you got paid;
then - as happens in many film/TV productions: that scene was deleted, and joined the common fate of stuff that ends up on the Cutting Room floor...?
How many films are released on DVD that include "Deleted Scenes"...?
My guess is, that's what happened.

FWIW: "The Director's Cut" version of Kevin Costner's "Open Range" is a superb commentary & example of how & why a movie director/producer chooses to tell the story;
and adds or deletes parts that interrupt the flow, for audience-interest sake.

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Re: Got paid... for what?

Post by Susanstunes » Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:31 pm

funsongs wrote:
Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:22 am
QUESTION:
what if the piece was used, you got paid;
then - as happens in many film/TV productions: that scene was deleted, and joined the common fate of stuff that ends up on the Cutting Room floor...?
How many films are released on DVD that include "Deleted Scenes"...?
My guess is, that's what happened.

FWIW: "The Director's Cut" version of Kevin Costner's "Open Range" is a superb commentary & example of how & why a movie director/producer chooses to tell the story;
and adds or deletes parts that interrupt the flow, for audience-interest sake.

HTH, Cheers.
Hey Peter- Sounds logical. I guess my philosophy on this could be " at least they intended to use it" and be ok with that.

That's show biz!

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Re: Got paid... for what?

Post by cosmicdolphin » Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:42 am

Susanstunes wrote:
Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:31 pm
I guess my philosophy on this could be " at least they intended to use it" and be ok with that.
If you do it for long enough there will be plenty of times when they don't pay you for something they did use. Happens more often than you'd think.

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