That is a dilemma. The bars are getting away from paying the fee, which spread over the year may not mean much per day, but they pay the musician every day to perform, maybe hundreds of dollars. They must figure it pays to have live music, so would they stop having it just to escape paying those fees. Then you have to look at the possibility of losing hundreds of dollars a week just to gain $25.00 a month from BMI. I don't know what I would do, weigh your options and hold you nose and choose what is best for you. It is sad when the users of music will not do all they can to help the suppliers of that music, but that is the way of the world.