[musictlk] royalty question

[Brad Dunse']

Venues pay a license fee to ASCAP for example that covers all songs 
played in their establishment. Establishments do not pay or target 
individual artists or writers. The larger the establishment, the 
larger the license fee. It would be nice if we got paid when someone 
did our tunes, including us, which technically we ought, but those 
license fees go to the Adel's Taylor Switfs and etc. of the world. A 
very small coffeehouse here in my area pays $750 a year for a license 
and that was  actually negociated down from a higher rate based on 
assumption of more patrons fit in the place. At any rate, venues 
don't need to know the person/writer. You on the other hand, if were 
putting someone's song on a CD would need their info/publisher/etc. 
to make arrangement to pay them for use of their tune on your project.

Hope that helps some.

Brad


On 9/8/2011  05:12 PM Foggddm at aol.com said...
>i aman ascap member and I tried a searchh but it seems the composer is
>needed which is information I don't have. The venue is going to pay the
>royalties but they need to know who to pay hence the need to know 
>who is responsible
>for the songs we are going to play. Unless it is possible to pay one and
>have that be ok?
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