>>Ever hear of live shows?<<
Precisely. What did these poor people do in 1901? Oh yeah, they performed live.
Like my bands do.
They sold sheet music. 50cents a copy. Big money in 1900.
If you sang the song onstage or even on record, you did not pay the songwriter.
Laws were changed to force this as records became more available.
I go see live shows now more than ever and bands are using their albums to support their shows...imagine that. I’ve bought several Cds that I wouldn’t have normally bought, directly after seeing a live show.