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I would say no good musicians have been put out of work by laws requiring that songwriters be compensated for the use of their work. There are probably marginal clubs that can't afford to pay licensing fees but they can't afford the fees because they can't compete in the marketplace and don't have enough customers. The musicians that don't get to play there are not good enough to find employement elsewhere at the clubs that are doing well. I'm not going to shed any tears for them.



Couldn't agree more, Keith. I just did a Valentine's gig dressed in a tux at a big resort in Palm Springs. Maybe 200 mostly well dressed people. I get gigs like that because I'm a pro and the resort can afford to pay the fees. A bunch of yahoo blues players who basically make their living as dope dealers and all they can manage is a gig at the Dew Drop Inn off the highway in the middle of nowhere, are not. Please people, don't start about all the good completely pro blues players out there, you guys know who I'm talking about here.
The fees are not stopping pros from getting work although the idea of busting someone who posts a song on a small restricted musicians forum is a bit much but whattaygonnado?

Bob

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