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Please be advised Greater Big Bend Music does
not accept unsolicited material. However, we may provide
you with limited services upon proper authorization. GBBM
makes available the following music-related services to
selected creators of music and promoters----
Advertising $25 for half page; $45 full page; 30 days. Click
on "Contact Us" button with your copy and contact
info.
CD
Listings $25 for 30 days.
Click on "Contact Us" button with your copy and contact
info.
Producers/Artists/Songfinders If you
hear something you like on our website, fill out our "Contact Us"
form, give us a call, letter, or e-mail...whatever suits
you. We can go from there.
Your Song on
our Site NOTICE: THIS FEATURE IS FREE OF CHARGE TO NSAI
MEMBERS AFFILIATED WITH THE TALLAHASSEE NSAI WORKSHOP.
Wish the world could hear your original
music? Let us be your link to the world. We can include your
unpublished song on our website...just
e-mail or call us for more information. We'll give you
a service agreement number allowing
you to snail-mail a radio-ready CD (no tapes please) of your
song(s)--maximum of 2 songs, along with the name of the writer(s)
and the performing artist. If you want your lyrics
and/or a story about the song included, please e-mail those... it means
less set-up time and cost if we don't have to type it out
ourselves.
Please include in your package a contact name,
address, telephone, e-mail address, and our processing fee of
$10 per song. The processing fee covers conversion to mp3
specified format, uploading to the website, and administering the
song's chart position for a minimum of 45 days. Songs are
subject to rotation after 45 days. Include an additional $5
per song if you want us to type your lyrics and story from a hard
copy. Otherwise, e-mail these two items to us at no charge
(preferred).
We reserve the right to be selective in what we
put up and how long your song stays beyond a 45-day
minimum, although very few songs have been taken down. Space
limitations are the primary consideration. Published songs,
songs with offensive language, or adult-oriented
material will be declined. We will also pull the
song at anytime YOU request, no restrictions. Writers
retain all rights and copyrights.
If your song has potential, but we don't
feel it is quite ready for the world because of production problems
or other distracting characteristics, we'll send it and your
fee payment back immediately (unless you authorize us
to critique your song and transfer our $10 per song
critique fee). Be sure you e-mail or call us for a
service agreement number, though, before
sending anything to us, as we don't have the luxury of
accepting material not authorized by a service agreement
number. Please allow three weeks for processing.
NOTE: INFORMATION IN THIS SECTION IS CONSIDERED PART OF YOUR SERVICE
AGREEMENT TERMS. WRITERS RETAIN ALL
RIGHTS.
Song
Critiques can be authorized by you if you
send a CD of a song under a service agreement
number but it is declined by our service. In this
event, if you authorize us to do a critique of your song
to make it better, then we will record a detailed
critique on a cassette tape and send it to you
with your CD and lyrics, upon receipt of our fee.
Our fee for the critique is $10 per song. Please allow 3 weeks
turnaround from our date of receipt.
You may request critiques
only. No service number from us required!! Just send us a
typed, double-spaced lyric sheet(s) and a CASSETTE TAPE of your
song(s)---(we will record our critique on your tape after the
song). We also critique lyrics only. Please enclose our
critique fee of $10 per song or lyric (2 songs or lyrics maximum at
one time---additional songs may be sent after you receive our
critiques). Allow 3 weeks turnaround.
Song Registration Service is for
complete songs only!! Music and lyrics. For you to
establish a third-party verifiable legal date of your song's
existence. No service number from us required!! No
e-mail to us required!! Just send us a CD or
cassette, typed lyric sheet(s), along with a typed list of the
song title(s), names of all writers, a primary contact name,
address, telephone, and your e-mail address (if any). We will
time and date stamp your submission and return a confirmation letter
and registration number to you within 3 weeks. Omission of
requested information or failure to follow procedures will delay our
confirmation letter to you or result in return of your
package. Please enclose our fee of $8.50 per single song,
$15 for a collection or compilation of two or more songs.
IMPORTANT: BE
SURE YOUR TAPE AND LYRIC SHEET ARE SEALED IN AN ENVELOPE INSIDE YOUR
PACKAGE. OUR POLICY IS THAT TAPE AND LYRIC SUBMISSIONS WILL
REMAIN UNOPENED IN OUR STORAGE OR WHILE IN OUR POSSESSION.
REGISTRATION PROVES THE DATE OF YOUR SONG'S EXISTENCE BUT DOES NOT
HOLD HARMLESS YOUR SONG FROM COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS, WHICH
IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SUBMITTER. WE DO NOT HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO VALIDATE THE AUTHENTICITY OF YOUR SONG.
YOUR COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP BEGINS WHEN YOU FIRST PUT YOUR LYRIC TO
PAPER OR RECORD YOUR SONG TO A MEDIUM AND REQUIRES NO
REGISTRATION TO BE LEGALLY VALID. REGISTRATION,
HOWEVER, PROVIDES YOU A MEANS TO PROVE BY A THIRD PARTY THE
DATE YOUR SONG EXISTS AND IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN DONE PRIOR TO THE
DATE YOU FIRST PRESENT YOUR SONG IN A COMPETITIVE
ENVIRONMENT. REGISTERING YOUR SONGS PRIOR TO THAT TIME WOULD
BE A WASTE OF YOUR MONEY. | 
