Bobby Sain and Split Rail Records Winner at MEIEA 2010 International Conference

Limelight, the new simple solution for artists and bands to clear cover songs, has awarded Appalachian State’s Bobby Sain with a fee-free year of mechanical licensing at the MEIEA 2010 International Conference hosted by The Frost School of Music.

“I am very excited to be working with Limelight and look forward to creating some amazing cover songs,” commented Sain, who is currently a student at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina where he also serves as President of Split Rail, a student run independent record label. He was awarded the prize at the opening reception following a round of networking bingo.

Noted John Kellogg, President of MEIEA, “We are proud to have had RightsFlow and Limelight as a sponsor of the conference this year and look forward to a long-term relationship. We encourage the continued exchange of information and valuable services like Limelight between educators and leading practitioners in the industry like RightsFlow. This reflects our organization’s on-going commitment to help prepare students for careers in the music and entertainment industries.”

Limelight, a service of RightsFlow, provides artists, labels, church choirs and college bands with a simple, easy method to licensing cover songs and third-party compositions for $15 or less. The portal allows users to obtain licenses for physical releases, digital downloads, and ringtones, reducing the complexity of licensing with publishers directly. Limelight offers several key features, including copyright compliance, licenses that don’t expire, minimal fees, and coverage of the broader publishing market not represented by mechanical rights societies.

Under U.S. Copyright Law, mechanical licenses are required for music to be distributed through online music services. The current U.S. statutory mechanical rate for permanent downloads is 9.1¢ for songs five minutes or less and 1.75¢ per minute for songs over five minutes.

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The Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA®) is an international organization that was formed in 1979 to bring together educators with leaders of the music and entertainment industries. The primary goal of MEIEA® is to facilitate an exchange of information between educators and practitioners in order to prepare students for careers in the music and entertainment industries. The purpose for which MEIEA® is organized and operated is exclusively literary and educational as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its regulations.

In order to seek professional practical knowledge and functional strategies in education, MEIEA® endeavors to:
• Provide resources for the exchange of information and knowledge about all aspects of the music and entertainment industries;
• Foster scholarly research on the music and entertainment industries as well as on music and entertainment industries education;
• Assist institutions with the development of music and entertainment industries programs and curricula;
• Facilitate interaction between the music and entertainment industries and music and entertainment industries’ educators and affiliated educational institutions;
• Promote student interests in the music and entertainment industries through guidance and support of the Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association (meisa®).

MEIEA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of education in the music and entertainment industries. Institutional membership is available to institutions of higher education. In order to be considered for membership, the institution must be recognized, licensed, and/or accredited as a post-secondary educational institution. Organizations and business entities interested in supporting the mission and activities of MEIEA are encouraged to become sponsors of MEIEA through charitable support. Sponsor support is greatly appreciated and tax-deductible.
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