[atlantaprog] Re: atlantaprog Digest V1 #66

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Welty-Green" <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> But you know what? The formulas ASCAP (and BMI) uses to pay OUT the
> money that most clubs pay IN is grossly unfair. The distribute it
> according to which songs are getting the most airplay - NOT which songs
> are being actually played in the clubs. For instance, Joe's Bar and
> Grill may have singer-songwriters come in from time to time and play
> their original tunes... which the singer/songwriters have registered
> with ASCAP. The bar is required to pay ASACAP & BMI fees, but Justin
> Timberlake and Eminem are getting the $ because they're getting the
> airplay. The singer-songwriters aren't getting squat.

True, but I think this is a practical issue rather than an intentional
shaft.  Radio play is much easier to monitor than having some guy with a
notepad sit in every club in America and interview every performer afterward
to see who they are and whose songs they played, then track down and verify
this info.  I just don't know how they could keep their own administrative
costs from going through the roof if they tried to be accurate about club
playlists.

Brian

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