tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012486.post368876936886411552..comments2023-11-03T08:43:08.633-07:00Comments on ccMixter Blog: Oh Bloody HellGurdonarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808311825546186934noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012486.post-68320452402263208852007-07-21T12:11:00.000-07:002007-07-21T12:11:00.000-07:00I am not offended by songwriters wanting the right...I am not offended by songwriters wanting the right to license their songs, but I believe that this is the kind of thing that could benefit by missionary work--"hairdressers--play this, it's free!".<BR/><BR/>We should have titled the compilation "music for beauty parlors".Gurdonarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808311825546186934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012486.post-2635468158869413802007-07-21T12:00:00.000-07:002007-07-21T12:00:00.000-07:00Hospitals??? Damn that's cold. Cool story. I wish ...Hospitals??? Damn that's cold. <BR/><BR/>Cool story. I wish they'd make a movie about it. Starring Leonard Cohen as the big boss. He could use the cash. : )teruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05728464922686743684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012486.post-56979751058036829312007-07-21T10:53:00.000-07:002007-07-21T10:53:00.000-07:00I was offered a job about 20 years ago from BMI..t...I was offered a job about 20 years ago from BMI..the gig was to "audit" certain big places (hospitals, big grocery stores) and write down every song I heard for 3 hours..then figure out which ones were licensed by BMI. Then they'd send along an "enforcer" (their term) to see that the place was paying the proper....juice, uh, I mean licensing fee. You should have seen the guys they'd send to clubs..<BR/><BR/>The musicians union used to do that too..in Chicago at least, NYC too. You'd be playing a club and at the break a guy would show up and ax to see your card..in the old days, the reward for not having a card after 2 such visits was to see your Kustom Amp floating in the Chicago river..tuck 'n' roll floats..<BR/><BR/>sorry for the hijack T, just reminiscing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com