Today's (April 30) Press-Enterprise has an article on the front page about the Town Park Association needing to pay licensing (back) fees to ASCAP for the Summer Concert Series. The story brought to mind a situation my brother, a musician in Missoula, Montana, passed along to me a few weeks back.
A folk singer he knows, who performs only originals, played at a community market. BMI contacted the market and told them they had to pay licensing fees to have live music ... even if it was all originals by the performer. The community market can't pay the fee and so the performer is out of a gig. Seems more than unfair and it does makes you wonder, who empowered this organization.
Details here.
A folk singer he knows, who performs only originals, played at a community market. BMI contacted the market and told them they had to pay licensing fees to have live music ... even if it was all originals by the performer. The community market can't pay the fee and so the performer is out of a gig. Seems more than unfair and it does makes you wonder, who empowered this organization.
Details here.
—E.G.F.
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