DANCE MUSIC NEEDS YOUR HELP

Your kind of dancing is under threat the music you use is under threat.
The popularity and usage of your kind of dance music is not being recognised by
PPL (Phonographic performance Limited). In particular PPL is underestimating
the number of dances taking place around the UK and the use of the recordings
that you dance to.
The artists and recording companies Who produce your kind of dance music
have come to rely more and more on income generated from PPL
licences. Nowadays CD sales no longer produce enough income to sustain the
type of you need. Consequently without the proper amount of PPL
licence revenue being allocated to this area of dance activity, producing and
marketing new recordings will prove hard to sustain which will leave the dancer
facing the prospect of less and less new recordings being created into the future.
So we need your help to show PPL that your music is alive and well and being
played in all types of venues across the country and to achieve this end we need
you to make returns to PPL to reflect these plays.
It doesn't matter who holds the PPL licence whether it is you personally,
your club or organisation, or even the venue at which you dance. What does
matter is that PPL gets to know whose recordings are being played during each
year, where and about how many times
To help make PPL returns simple yet effective by eliminating detail,
we have created a return form that you can easily use to help make this vital
task much more efficient for both you and PPL.

Here is a guide and an explanation on how to complete the return, so please spend a little bit of time and do your to bit participate at least Once a year, and help to keep your kind Of music alive!

 
PLEASE DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ACTION

GUIDE TO COMPLETING PPI- RETURNS

The point of making a return to PPL is to make them aware of the artists whose
recordings are being played and the of plays they receive over a given
period of time. This could be quarterly, half yearly or even yearly.
To simplify filling in these forms we have listed the most popular artists
with their company names and catalogue prefixes. use the spare columns
to list other artists you play that are not included on this list.

1. List your favourite track for each artist that you feature. This track will
then represent all the tracks you have played by that artist during the
period

2.Include the catalogue number of the CD - eg. CDTS 212 .

3. Then give a value in the plays column equalling the total number of
plays of All tracks by that artist made during the period you have
covered.

The example below I have put me in for 3 different cd's this is not necessary to do this but as long as you pick one track

from one cd and enter the amount of times you play any track by the artist in the period you are claiming for,

in this case 3 months.

The average dance club meeting once a week will play approximately 1600
tracks in a year. This should be according to the period of the
return, for example 400 plays for a quarterly return and 800 plays for a half
yearly return. The total number of plays should then be split amongst the artists
featured according to popularity and usage.
If you require any further information or help regarding the
submission of play information to PPL, please do not
hesitate to get in touch with us at Maestro Records.
PPL is the UK's organisation for issuing
to cover the public performance of recorded music.
Making A Return To PPL Only Applies When You Use
Our Recordings For Public Dancing I Keep Fit Etc.