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097 – Performance Rights Act Part 2

Recorded 31 March 2009

Here’s the second half of the interview with Singer-Songwriter Alice Peacock and Founder and President of  Alligator Records Bruce Iglauer about HR-848, the Performance Rights Act. Among the topics we discuss this episode:

  • Studio musicians and their role in performance rights
  • 50% of terrestrial radio stations don’t play new music
  • The history of the beginning of Performance Rights Act from the 1930’s
  • How this fits with the Internet and “Appearance of Free Music”
  • The Digital World and protection
  • Online Theft
  • Performance Royalties and other nations
  • Digital technology and the vision at conception
  • How you can act on this issue
  • How does the current copyright terms affect this or does it?
  • Grass Roots approach to action on this issue
  • MusicFirstCoalition.org

If you’d like to learn more about Alice Pecock and her music, including her new release Love Remains, you can visit her at AlicePeacock.com. To find out more about Bruce Iglauer’s label Alligator Records, you can visit AlligatorRecords.com.

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096 – Performance Rights Act Part 1

Recorded 31 March 2009

This episode is the first half of an interview with Alice Peacock, singer-songwriter and past president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and Bruce Iglauer, Founder and President of Alligator Records, the world’s largest independent Blues Record Label.

Some of what we discuss in this episode of With A Voice Like This:

  • What HR-848 is all about
  • What the breakdown of royalty payouts
  • How the Payouts are handled (Master owner, performer, etc.)
  • Perspectives of Indie Labels and performers
  • Shrinking business of recording music
  • Does HR-848 go far enough?
  • History of Performance Rights Organizations
  • Reply to the ‘radio free promotion for the music and musicians’ stance

If you’d like to learn more about Alice Peacock and her music, you can go to AlicePeacock.com and to learn more about Alligator records, you can go to AlligatorRecords.com.

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