Music fees cause a racket
COUNCILLORS in Llwchwr have been making a noise about live music fees.
Llwchwr Town Council has been told it needs to pay licence fees of more than £500 for live music played at Llwchwr Welfare Hall.
At a Welfare Hall committee meeting last week the council was told it required a Performing Right Society (PRS) licence to have live music performances in the Welfare Hall.
PRS also assessed the licence fee to cost £510.72, despite the hall being used for charity events.
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Clerk Anthony Davies said he was concerned that he thought the figure was excessive.
He said: "Most of the live music played in the hall is for charitable events but PRS assess them at £40 regardless of the fact that it was for charity."
The council was also told PRS was seeking to impose a charge in relation to keep fit and dance classes, neither of which play live music in the hall.
The council has disputed the assessment.
Comments
by Julesbreadbox
Monday, January 14 2013, 5:25PM
“You should never write a comment with the lights out, here the mistake reduced version:
"PRS, GEMA and other organisations of that type have become arrogant megalomaniac self-adoring and self-serving kill-joys.
Reading through their websites makes your blood run cold. Such "importance" and contempt for the real issue -ensuring that musicians get their royalties is unparalleled.
Greed is the nicest word I can think of regarding their attitude.
If you -on the other hand -are a musician waiting for your money, you'll find the same contempt. Rip-off without a leg to stand on."
BTW: Did you know you have to pay them to perform your own stuff? Ridicoulus, init?”
by Julesbreadbox
Monday, January 14 2013, 5:20PM
“PRS, GEMA and other organisations of that type have become arrogant megalomaniac self-adoring kill-joys.
reading through teir websites makes your blood run cold. Such "importance" and contempt for the reall issue -ensuring that musicians get their royalties is unparalleled.
Greed is the nicest word I can think of regarding their attitude.
If you- on the other hand- are a musician waiting for your money, you'll find the same contempt. Rip-off without a leg to stand on.”