Personally I pay the $50, If you gig a lot that is a great investment

it costs $50 to register with ASCAP

Is that a one-time fee? You might want to talk to some ASCAP artists with similar levels of expose to you. It's a bit different in Canada as SOCAN paid for my US registration fees but even if you're only earning a couple dollars a week in royalties it's not necessarily a terrible idea if it's a one-time registration fee and if your music continues to be played/performed for years to come.

And even if it is petty money, Its better in your pocket than someone else's, The beauty of it is, YOU don't have to perform, Bit different with chip but in other genres, if I write a melody, register it with APRA, Then Joe Blow down the street performs, I still get paid.

I can't really talk about ASCAP, But APRA, Any one could register, I know there is a 3 year old registered, Its a cute story for another time but yeah. And yeah your right, thats what I was saying with the Bigger Crowds Bigger Cheques.

But seriously man, you may aswell register with them, Whats the worst that can happen, You get a Cheque for $5. Theres a free meal basically.

royalties? never been paid any of those in the past 12+ years. literally gigs with 6 acts, 50+ attendees and after venue, soundguy and doorgirl get their cuts, they say theyve got $37 for the acts to split.. sometimes nothing at all

If your not being paid royalties, its your own fault, provided your music is original, register with a collection agency, Like APRA for copyright Or PPCA for Phonograph here in Australia, I think you BMI & ASCAP in the US (Look Up, Im Not entirely Sure), Every quarter or 6 months or so, You fill in a Live Performance return with all the shows you played and once that is verified, KA-CHING. Royalty payments.

The bigger the performance the bigger the check.

Hope that helps you get some dosh.

Sound guy doesn't get paid royalties like most live performers do, provided the fill in a live performance return with their collection society

Although there are unions in cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville, for the most part we do not have this in the US. You can be paid (poorly) as the songwriter.

It's pretty much what Wizwars said.  And I always tell them it is stereo (with the request that the channels be panned only 15-20% if the room is wide and PA is stereo).   

The thing with the subs, I was right, and asked politely.  I know how much low end I SHOULD be emitting, especially since a lot of the bass notes are fundamental waveforms.  I treat sound guys great because they can literally kill your performance, it's like insulting the cook making your food. It doesn't mean that I can't judge them for being bad at their job.

i wish the soundguys were underpaid in chicago... most gigs that i've played here, they made more than all the artists got combined

Sound guy doesn't get paid royalties like most live performers do, provided the fill in a live performance return with their collection society

th

damn! touche

the thing about it is this: th