I hate the RIAA and now I hate ASCRAP (sic) and other groups that are killing live music.
Nothing but greedy people, they have no love of music, just green. They truly are people with the worth of a gnat.
In the article, they acknowledge that this is where the next generation of musicians comes from. Potentially. Ultimately, they want to own an artist. Back catalog. Future output. Image (including a cut of t-shirt sales, tickets, and even endorsement revenues).
They also prefer to control the gate of “who gets in” (makes it).
They may act as if they care about the next generation, but they aren’t scouting for talent, they are the taste makers. Which is why the music industry as pushed crap ever since they realized the potential revenues (when they saw Woodstock).
Stupid greedy at that. A neighborhood restaurant had Kareoke three nights a week. ASCAP came in with the shake down. There were two dining rooms that were secluded from the lounge. ASCAP wanted to charge for “total occupancy”. No more Kareoke. So instead of getting the revenue from the lounge. They get nothing.