I am not against ownership of the property. I am not against the artist being paid. What I am against is the blanket rules developed and carried on by a bureaucracy of lawyers & high paid execs.
I was a house builder for many years. When I sold a house we agreed on a price and that was it. Now if I had wanted to I could have had the deed drafted up so that each time the house changed hands I would receive 20%. Sounds sort of stupid doesn't it? The same arrangement with songs.
I'm just sort of frustrated to hear a lot of my fellow musicians talking about loosing their jobs because ASCAP/BMI has come in and demanded large fees from small clubs that can't afford this extra burden and then the $$$ doesn't even go to the artist it goes to this big perpetual machine. Sorta like the direction the USA is headed.


John
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