In a message dated 7/18/2003 1:55:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > The no cover thing is due to the fact that they are a gallery, not a club, > and therefore don't pay thousands of dollars a year in Ascap and BMI fees > (which would then get paid to Eminem and Madonna due to a grossly unfair > payment > structure - but that's another thread). > > That being said, they wouldn't care if a band threw in a cover or two - I'm > sure folks do it all of the time - as long as the ASCAP or BMI spies never > found out. > The trick to playing covers in places that frown on them is not to play anything obvious. If you play Syd Barrett tunes you're more likely to get away with it than if you play "Comfortably Numb". CH