I think ASCAP used to collect a check from the clubs I worked in Manhattan back when I was young and stupid.
“I think ASCAP used to collect a check from the clubs I worked “
When I was still gigging, we butted heads with ASCAP, and union guys, ala Blues Bros, a few times. They were a-holes! They wanted the bar owner to pay, as he probably should have been doing. But they also demanded that we play no popular music. Gigs in Cleveland were 6 hours long back then. Bar bands were generally considered as “human jukeboxes.” 6 hours of originals, and no pop music? No way!