Lindsey's guitar pic?

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by elle

ha, never thought about it that way but you might be right: he calls Kristen Kit (according to UTS liner notes i guess?).

i always assumed he/they put two separate words together and it sounded good - since he used word "mind" a lot all over SWS and also wanted to have Kristen's name included. but watch for Kit, acknowledge Kit, take Kit into account, think of Kit or

Pay Kit...

Originally Posted by beccamorrisfift

Haha, another FMac mystery to solve

So who does Now Sounds belong to then? This is so confusing

"Now Sounds" is actually the name of Lindsey's publishing. Stevie's is "Welsh Witch Music". These are not mortar and brick companies, to clarify. Anyone who writes songs needs a publishing company to put their songs under. It's ideal if you have your own, it means you own the copyright to the song and you get 100% of the royalties. Then you get a contract with BMI, ASCAP, SESAC for performance rights, royalty distribution, etc. etc. etc. It can get a little complicated - it's all about people wanting/getting a piece of your pie and you need to keep as much of that pie as you can. For instance, you can publish your songs with a music publishing company and only get a writer's share of royalties - you share 50/50 with said company or you can co-publish and get 75%. The pros for sharing publishing is that someone manages all the royalty stuff for you - if I understand this correctly, the example is that Lindsey's publishing, "Now Sounds" is registered with ASCAP (Stevie is with BMI) and those organizations manage their royalties and cut them checks. This is how Stevie's Mom was seeing checks for $25,000 - $30,000 every month or so from BMI for "Silver Springs". Stevie named the publishing company "Barbara Nicks Music" and split the earnings with "Welsh Witch".

Originally Posted by beccamorrisfift

High five for that gem.

SN: I never did really get the connection to Kristen with that song.

You think it's about Stevie? She is a-muse...ing.

Originally Posted by michelej1

Hey, you guys are right. Lindsey does have a company called:

Buckingham Touring, Inc.

There's no "Lindsey" in the registered company name though. It was formed in 2006.


Michele

Cool! Thanks for the scoop Michele. I believe this is done primarily for tax purposes. I did think when you incorporate it was more for what was coming in rather than what was going out though and thought the roadies are paid from a percentage of ticket sales.

So, since it's legit and not a joke - I still have this thought - what a boring thing to put on a guitar pick!