Originally Posted by Bill Robinson
I can understand a venue handling the license for a "Performance" of a cover. But this is a recording. Isn't that a different thing?

Bill,
Many artists now bring their own pre-recorded backing tracks to sing and/or play along with in their performances. Such tracks are usually recorded on CD's or could be WAV or MP3 files on their laptop computers, etc. The audio recordings can embody not the instruments and also various voices such as backup and harmonies, etc.

My educated guess is that the PROs now support online venue perfomance licensing. I bet Brian can find out right quick by calling his contact at BMI and also checking with Danny, the OurStage field rep here on JPF.

No need for us to speculate when the answers are probably right at our "finger tips" when both BMI and OurStage are JPF community partners and sponsors. I'm sure Brian can ask them! smile

Michael

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach

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