Musician question

[jwgh]

So, what do the musicians and songwriters (and, I guess, anyone else who is interested) out there think of this?

(Summary: Local music club/artist's collective is boycotting ASCAP and BMI and are requiring bands who play there to perform only original music or other music they have a right to play for free.)

My own opinion, which is worth not very much because I am not all that well-informed on the issue, is that it's abstractly a good idea, but that it makes it difficult for a band like mine (which usually plays a lot of covers) to play there.

Comments

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I'm not a musician or, really, a songwriter, but I've heard that other people have tried things like this and not been able to maintain it for very long; the spies always get them.

[jwgh]

I remember hearing a few years back that ASCAP/BMI had never lost a lawsuit. I am guessing that if a musician slips a non-original in there that AS220 (and not the musician, or maybe also the musician) who will get in trouble.