so to get the label off you just put it in water right?? :D
*please note the little smiley face above* ab [flip the scrip and down pitch the speed] >At 12:05 AM 3/12/2001, Jayson B. wrote: >>Like someone said earlier, your forgetting that somebody WROTE that track >>and i'm sure they would want people to hear it and own it. >> > >Agreed, but the dj is doing them a favor by playing it... he's not >prohibiting the promotion of the track or anything like that, simply >promoting a nameless track, at that point. It's certainly not detrimental >to the track itself, when you consider that you'd never have even heard it >to want it had the dj not played it for you (assumming it's something >you've never heard before). But this is why clubs are required to pay BMI and ASCAP dues. Royalties are a legal requirement. There is a sound principal at work. If a club or radio plays a song, the artist deserves (funny word) to get some reimbursement for it. It's a generally accepted means of exposure. Not all clubs pay dues, but they are liable to be shut down if they don't. Similarly not all underground labels are members of BMI or ASCAP. The issue is that but for this system, clubs would not have the authorization to play *any* music. It's a flawed system, but it illustrates the principal at work. The idea of paying admission is based on this principle. The question isn't "why shouldn't you take labels off", it's "how can you justify doing it"? I have yet to hear a sound argument as to why it's OK to steal that exposure from the artists. Maybe the question should be "why are clubs not required to post a tracklist at the end of a set"? That may be extreme and hard to implement, but you can see what I'm getting at. We're fortunate to be able to hear music before we buy it through whatever sanctioned or unsanctioned means are availalable to us. We're fortunate that laws aren't stricter, requiring that each track's info be announced every time it's played (this would be annoying in a club). The DJs primary purpose is to expose music. That is the original history of DJing. It is how this all started. A lot of things have changed since the early days of radio, but I fail to see how the DJs primary obligation to expose artists has ever mutated. Tristan ---------- Lots of music, pics and info here: http://www.mp3.com/stations/313 http://www.mp3.com/Frogbot http://phonopsia.tripod.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] <FrogboyMCI> on AOL IM _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
