Well, I cant tell you then. My experience with Hymnals was as I related it. But here is something to keep in mind. ASCAP, BMI and SESAC here in the states are on a suing spree on venues that don't pay licencing fees. Many have been reported to ASCAP and BMI in hopes to get their payments up, only to find that these venues, which are mostly very small places, QUIT having live music at all due to one more expense they can't afford. So songwriters cut their noses off to spite their face. And they don'\t get paid from ASCAP, BMI or from the gig. It's just gone.

I'd be willing to bet that churches are the LAST place a Government wants to sue because of very bad publicity. But you may be looking at an oncoming thing where writers are no longer going to be paid in the future and possibly those songs and lack of being mentioned in the titles, could be a "canary in the coal mine" of what is coming.

MAB

Last edited by Marc Barnette; 10/09/19 10:04 AM.