Lyle Lovett “If I Had A Boat” – 11/1/07 – Ryman Auditorium

Another clip from the Americana Conference.

Lovett to Testify for Radio Royalties

In the ever shifting musical business landscape there often needs to be an outside arbitrator to straighten things out. And ironically a country as free-market loving as ours it’s often the Feds left to straighten things out.

I think this is correct. Figuring out if a broadcaster should start paying songwriter royalties to performing rights groups ASCAP, BMI and SESAC (who was a big presence at the Americana Music Conference) instead of the current model of exemption from performance royalties [...]