[Fmpro] MusicFirst coalition

[Chris Alpiar]

I thought this is a pretty cool initiative, wish we could be moving forward
like the musicians with us composers..

Dear CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY ALPIAR,

The American Federation of Musicians is part of the musicFIRST coalition, a
group of artists and performers who have joined together with the goal of
achieving a full performance right for musicians in the United States.
Currently, musicians are not compensated when their songs are played on
terrestrial radio, only the songwriters are. The United States is the only
industrialized Western nation not to grant musicians a full performance
right. We believe it is time to end this inequity by lobbying Congress to
pass legislation that grants musicians a full performance right, so that
they are paid every time their work is broadcast on commercial radio. This
will in no way impact on songwriters; they would continue to receive
royalties.

The musicFIRST coalition has set up a website with helpful sections
explaining the issue in great detail and demonstrating how important a full
performance right is to musicians. There is also a musicFIRST podcast which
has so far featured AFM President Tom Lee, AFM International Vice President
Harold Bradley, and AFM member Bruce Bouton discussing why they believe a
full performance right is vital for American musicians. The link for the
podcasts is http://musicfirstcoalition.org/#/media/press-releases/?press=0.
We urge you to visit the music FIRST webpage at
http://www.musicfirstcoalition.org <http://musicfirstcoalition.org/>  and
keep up to date and the podcasts and the status of performance rights
legislation.

Sincerely,
Hal Ponder
Director of Government Relations
American Federation of Musicians

 

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar

Cinematic Composer

www.alpiar.com <http://www.alpiar.com/>  

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