I refer to ASCAP's guidelines which state " ASCAP members are individuals
who make their living writing music. As a society of composers, songwriters,
lyricists and music publishers, we know very well that there are many steps
between creation and compensation; months, if not years, can pass between
the creation of a song, its recording, its release, its performance, and the
day when the revenues due to the writer actually arrive. A music creator is
like a small business, and ASCAP exists to ensure that music creators are
paid promptly when their works are performed publicly."
By the time that a songwriter earns revenue, the song has to be recorded,
released, sold to the public and played on radio and television. By that
stage, the performers would meet WP:music in any event.
I would accept ASCAP listing in voting on AfD articles about a performer.
That performer is very likely to have achieved notability by that stage in
any event but thanks for bringing the resource to my attention.
On 10/23/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikispam(a)inbox.org> wrote:
On 10/23/05, Keith Old <keithold(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Anthony says there is a problem with verifiable garage bands as to what
do
with them. Garage bands in the sense that he
presumably means the term
are
unsigned bands practising in garages and playing
gigs at the local pub
if
thet're lucky are usually unverifiable. Third
parties who provide
verification such as the media and reference sources such as
Allmusic.com <http://Allmusic.com> <http://Allmusic.com><
http://Allmusic.com>arent interested in
writing anything
about them at this stage.
What about ASCAP? If their songs are listed with them, would you consider
that information to be verifiable? How many individuals/bands do you think
have songs registered with ASCAP but would fail that list of criteria you
present?
http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm
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