I don’t want to water down this post’s intent.
Ramble on, get too wordy—that kind of stuff.
I don’t want to do that.
All I want is to offer up a BIG THANK YOU to Daniel Peters of Hal-Leonard Corporation.
At Hal-Leonard, Daniel represents song composers and publishers, and he administers the rights for lyrics reprints. I contacted Daniel in February for permission to use certain song lyrics in my book. His response was immediate, efficient and, best of all, positive.
One of those “Sure we can do that,” type of responses.
Over the ensuing months, I became, let’s say, a little frustrated with the delays and complexity associated with obtaining permissions from other publishers. It was then that Daniel showed his professionalism—not to mention, for someone so detached from my writing project, his enthusiasm. He suggested catalogs I might want to browse, he outlined some of the composers and publishers his firm represented, and he offered his thoughts about the likelihood of obtaining lyrics permission for the songs I had in mind.
All to say, not only did he save me time and frustration but, by pointing me in the right direction, Daniel helped me select compositions that were more simpatico to the book’s premise.
Now, that’s what I call above and beyond.
And so, once again, with gusto, thank you Daniel. You, sir, are the man.
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I’m leaving town tomorrow and will be out and about, with neither cellphone nor computer, until September 24th. Unless I come across a web-enabled machine during my travels, you’ll see no update on this blog ‘till I’m back.
In the meantime, thanks for reading my posts. I truly appreciate it.
