No BMI IPI/CAE number?

[BruceBrown]

Looking for insight from my BMI friends here.
I've been looking at my BMI works catalog page and noticed that some of the libraries i've been signing tracks o have registered the tunes. Great.
But, I'm listed as writer and where it has BMI affiliation it is listed as N/A. Under IPI/CAE number it has 0.
I have two numbers. one for Bruce Ray Brown and the other for Bruce R Brown, but when I search for Bruce Brown, song titles show up with publisher and writer info with my Affiliation and CAE missing. Any Thoughts?
I've emailed the libraries and made them aware of it. I think I'll take a ride down to BMI this week and have a sit down with them and try to get ducks in a row.
Am I correct in thinking if I have no CAE# on a particular tune and it gets placed I see no money?
Thanks for any help.
Bruce

[eeoo]

Yeah that sounds like something you should take care of pronto. Visit BMI for sure and get the straight dope.

eo

[BruceBrown]

Thanks Ethan,
I called BMI this morning and they are creating a CAE # for Bruce Brown and merging all my accounts.
So now I have 3#'s one for Bruce Brown one for Bruce Ray Brown and one for Bruce R. Brown, all connected.
I guess the lesson here is "Be consistent when filling out contracts and registering tunes ect..
Pick a name and stick with it. Avoid confusion and potential problems down the road.
Bruce

[pboss]

You may want to choose Bruce Ray Brown because it's the most descriptive of the three. The publishers mentioned this kind of thing at the Rally. You can look on BMI to see how many other writers may currently share the names.

[BruceBrown]

Yes pboss going forward I will ALWAYS use Bruce Ray Brown.
Thanks

[pboss]

Bruce Ray Brown sounds cool, anyway. That's what I'm a-gunna call you from now on.

[Casey H]

Bruce Ray Brown sounds cool, anyway. That's what I'm a-gunna call you from now on.

Bruce Ray Brown is definitely your "blues" name!

Casey