Brian I did not disagree with you at all.

I whole heartedly support the concept that if a club hires bands to play music who include in their sets music written by others, by all means, make the club pay.


My comment was directed only at THIS SPECIFIC situation, and by extension, to clubs that ONLY host open mics and who play ONLY original music played by the amateur artists themselves. That makes no sense from either a moral or legal perspective.

If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop