Fort Collins Colorado Music Index

Welcome to Seldom Fed Productions! Fort Collins, Colorado ' Music Index' . Since 1995! - The first music site  in Ft. Collins! Which you can probably guess by the cheesey design - BUT it loads fast doesn't it? We're too busy at gigs and enjoying Colorado to mess with a PC all day :)
We list musicians pages, artists, music projects, venues, stores, and more... everything you want to know about the music business and performing scene in Fort Collins is right here. We hope this is a helpful resource for musicians and our community. Maintained for musicians by musicians. Suggestions appreciated.

The Fort Collins Music Scene!

• Musician Pages  - Local and Rocky Mountain regional artists. (send us your link)
  
• Venues, Music Stores, Studios, Music Resources (Repairs, Promotions, etc.) - where to find things in N. Colorado.

Copyright Information

• Copyright© Basics Fairly good overview.
• Copyright forms etc. - U.S. Gov
• Trademarks - U.S. Gov

Performing Rights Organizations

• ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Search here for information on copyrights and publishers.
• BMI has information on about 7.5 million song titles. Search here for information on copyrights and publishers.
• SESAC SESAC, Inc., is a performing rights organization, with headquarters in Nashville and an international office in New York.
• NMPA National Music Publishers Association - also the Harry Fox Agency, Inc. Good place to start if you need a mechanical license for published music for your CD. Lyrics and sheet music too.
• Performing rights and you! -  Editorial comment from your webmeister - FLAME ON - Musicians who write and record music for a living make money from (among other things) performance rights fees. They get money from publishing rights, mechanical rights, synchronization rights, performing rights (radio, nightclubs, television, movies, concerts) etc. The details of this legal topic can be found in the URL links above. Local venues that hire musicians are required to pay performing rights fees. The fees vary depending on the size of the venue. But they should be paying them for live music performances as well as recorded music played in the background. That's why you don't have to pay when you play. Some venues in this town often choose  not to pay their dues thinking that if they hire people who play only 'original music' (ie. no covers) they can get away without paying. This is a typical trend in small towns (like Ft. Collins) that suddenly become big towns (like Ft. Collins) and all of a sudden get 'on the map' for ASCAP and BMI. Be careful playing in a venue that is 'dueless', or clueless whichever you prefer. If you have worked hard to write original music, and get it published, and you belong to ASCAP, BMI,  or are a publisher yourself , you are basically getting ripped off  if the club hires you thinking they don't have to pay their dues for 'original music'. Club owners are fun aren't they? Also, if you record music for a demo, and it's a cover tune, you technically owe the  publishers and artist a cut IF you sell this demo for profit. It's simple and fairly cheap to get the rights to use someone else's tunes.  Just link to the NMPA site  above and you can get a mechanical license for limited distribution (2500 or less) via the web!. or Contact the publishers to help you get 'mechanical rights' for the songs. Pay a few pennies  per tune per tape, reference the publisher or artist on your labels, and, bwalla, you're legal. Some artists will just sign the rights to you for a small fee - just call the artist if you need to. Ft. Collins thinks it's pretty hip now that we have bagles,  Juice Bars, and micro brews. If we're going to play the game we should play it right. Pay musicians fairly for live performances, and pay your dues!.   FLAME OFF - Replys accepted  @ SeldomFed
  
  
• Recording Industry Assoc. of America -  Learn more about what's going on with copyright protection in the 'new economy'. Clearly with the internet there is, and will forever be a new venue and distribution method for music. Learn how you can make it work. Learn how you can benefit. Help invent the future by becoming informed. Help make sure artists are compensated fairly for their creations.

Helpful Web Sites for Musicians!

• KRFC 88.9 - Community Radio! - supports live music, support them!!
• OLGA - On Line Guitar Archive. Words, tabs, music.
• COMA - Colorado Music Association
• Swallow Hill Music Assoc.  Denver's home for folk and acoustic music. Concerts and tons of great classes.
• UNC Music Technology - In our own back yard
• Westword Magazine - Denver resource for entertainment. Usually available free around the big D.
• Seldom Fed Productions Recording Studio - in Fort Collins! Your host for this index.
• Dirty Linen Magazine good info. on the indi scene.
• Harmony Music List more music resources. Excellent equip. review databases (amp database etc.)!
• Oasis CD Mastering and Recording Guide. Informative.
• Synth Zone - keys and synths
• Brad's Page of Steel - Yes ,we love steel! -  lap steel and pedal steel and sometimes even Dobro, as long as it's not Wabash Cannonball.
• Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association

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