[atlantaprog] Re: atlantaprog Digest V1 #66

Maybe it's just me, but if some band in idaho is playing a bar and
making $300 a night and wants to sing my song, they can go right ahead
and they don't have to pay me squat.

"You mean Napster is stealing my PENNIES?!?!?!"  - Camp Chaos

Alex F/Brain21

> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantaprog-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:atlantaprog-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wheat Williams
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:30 AM
> To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: atlantaprog Digest V1 #66
> 
> 
> I'm sorry about the guy and his business, but how else are 
> songwriters 
> supposed to make a living if they can't earn royalties on 
> performances 
> of their songs? Selling sheet music? Not in this day and age. ASCAP 
> enables musicians to earn a living! Otherwise a composer 
> would have to 
> go around to every bar in the country himself, frequently, 
> and persuade 
> the owners to pay him a couple of dollars for his songs.
> 
> --Wheat Williams
> 
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:52:06 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Randall Castello <randall_castello@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: atlantaprog Digest V1 #65
> >
> >
> > I knew a gentleman who ran a bar and booked live shows there
> > infrequently and was constantly harrassed by ascap about 
> registering 
> > his venue and paying annual fee's and what not. The bar 
> owner pleaded 
> > with them that all music performed was original, but then 
> ascap pulled 
> > the "happy birthday" bit and subsequently, the owner 
> stopped booking 
> > live music and his buisness suffered tremendously..He 
> eventually had 
> > to close for buisness.
> >
> 
>

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