I’m 6’5” – and a bit of a weight gym rat. “One Size Fits All” – just about never, ever fits me. In fact, “One Size Fits All”…is a monopoly – and thus fits hardly anyone at all. One-size-fits-none monopolies – are always a bad idea. Government monopolies are particularly awful. To wit: Government-medicine Medicare. […]
Whenever the issue of songwriting royalties arises, the most common reaction is “Wait a second – the federal government sets music royalty rates?” Yes – sad, but true. Trump Signs Sweeping New Music Licensing Legislation: “The bipartisan act addresses music licensing and royalty legislation, among other issues related to music rights….. “The legislation includes a […]
To the Members of Congress – House and Senate, Bizarrely, the federal government has set music royalty payment rates for decades. What songwriters get paid – is determined by…you guys and gals. Rather than by private negotiations between the private parties involved. There exists the government middle man. You are currently considering the Music Modernization […]
Government damages and destroys everything it touches. Things afflicted with any sort of government – warp and wither. At the very least, they are hampered from better bettering their situations. The federal government is a $4-trillion-a-year nightmare mess. The Barack Obama Administration spent eight years endlessly expanding government – time and again to our national […]
I’m a lifelong conservative – and a retired musician. One thing that vexed me as I chased a magical, mystical record deal – was how bizarre and obnoxious was the system to divvy up the money from the hits. The font of all this bizarre obnoxiousness – is the federal government. The Feds bizarrely, obnoxiously […]