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For those not familiar with the scope of the composers and artists that routinely deny karaoke, here is a list...


Restricted Composers

Anderson, Jon
Howe, Steve James
Andersson, Benny Goran Bror
Ulvaeus, Bjoern K.anderson Stig
Adkins, Adele
Anzilotti, Luca
Muenzing, Michael
Apple Publishing Ltd
White, Barry
Armstrong, Billie Joe
Wright Iii, Frank Edwin
Pritchard, Mike Ryan
Nilsson, Harry Edward
Bacharach, Burt F
Ballard, Glen
Matthew, David
Bass, Jeff
Bellamy, Matthew James
Lange, Mutt
Bevan, Jack William
Gervers, Walter James Morrison
Philippakis, Yannis Barnabas Emanuel
Smith, James Andrew
Congrave, Edward
Bourdon, Robert G
Delson, Bradford Philip
Hahn, Joseph
Hahn, Joseph
Bennington, Chester
Brel, Jacques Roman
Buck, Peter Lawrence
Mills, Michael E.
Stipe, Michael J.
Berry, William
Byrne, David
Carlile, Brandi M.
Russell, Brenda Gordon
Carter, Shawn C.
Child, Desmond
Sambora, Richard S
Bon, Jovi Jon
Carlsson, Andreas Michael
Clayton, Adam
Evans, Dave
Hewson, Paul David
Lanois, Daniel Roland
Mullen, Larry
Cutler, Scott Michael
Dylan, Jakob
Flowers, Brandon
Keuning, Dave
Stoermer, Mark
Vannucci,ronnie
Foster, Amy Skylark
Frey, Glenn Lewis
Felder, Don
Meisner, Randy
Leadon, Bernie
Costello, Elvis
Gadhia, Sameer
Cannata, Eric Matthew
Tilley, Jacob John
Comtois, Francois Paul
Doostzadeh, Payam Reza
Gershwin, George
Gershwin, Ira
Gibb, Barry Alan
Goldwasser, Benjamin Nicholas Huner
Vanwyngarden, Andrew Wells
Greenfield, Howard
Grohl, David Eric
Ham, Peter William
Hamilton, Priscilla Renea
Harris, Stephen
Smith, Adrian
Gers, Janick
Dickinson, Bruce
Johnson, Jack
Hart, Angie
Austin, Simon Sean Nicholas David
Hector, Wayne Anthony
Henley, Don
Hetfield, James Alan
Ulrich, Lars
Hammett, Kirk L
Horner, James
Imbruglia, Natalie
Jones, Daniel
Hayes, Darren Stanley
Knopfler, Mark
Kroeger, Chad
Kruspe, Richard
Lindemann, Till
Riedel, Oliver
Schneider, Christoph, Doom
Lorenz, Christian
Landers, Philip
Leto, Jared
Lewis, Donna
Lewis, Huey
Madonna
Ciccone, Madonna Louise
Ndegeocello, Meshell
Martin, Kevin Colin
Klett, Peter Andrew
Mercado, Scott
Martin, Bardi David
Krusen, David
Morris, Stephen Paul David
Hook, Peter
Sumner, Bernard
Gilbert, Gillian Lesley
Morrison, Van
Mumford, Marcus Oliver Johnstone
Dwane, Edward James Milton
Lovett, Benjamin Walter David
Marshall, Winston Aubrey Aladar
Nelson, Prince Rogers
Newman, Randy
Ocasek, Rick
Page, James Patrick
Plant, Robert Anthony
Jones, John Paul
Bonham, John
Perry, Katy
Preven, Anne
Ramone, Johnny
Ramone, Joey
Ramone, Dee Dee
Hansard, Glen James
Irglova, Marketa
Rice, Damien George
Rogers, Evan A.
Sater, Steven Edward
Sedaka, Neil
Sondheim, Stephen
Stephens, Lascelles
Stewart, David
Lennox, Annie
Sheeran, Ed
Stills, Stephen
Strummer, Joe
Jones, Mick
Headon, Topper
Simons, Paul
Berryman, Guy
Buckland, Jonathan
Champion, William
Martin, Christoper
Sturken, Carl Allen
Lamm, Robert
Isaak, Chris
Aguilera, Christina
Tankian, Serj
Tempchin, Jack
Temperton, Rod
Thompson, Linda
Tillis, Pam
Tillis, Pamela Y
Timberlake, R Justin
Van Halen, Edward
Van Halen, Alex
Anthony, Michael
Hagar, Sammy
Vega, Suzanne
Waits, Tom
Waters, Roger
Weiss, Donna
Weller, Paul
Williams, Hayley Nichole
Farro, Joshua Neil
Simon, Paul
Williams, John
Williams, John
Winwood, Steve
Yarrow, Peter
Yorke, Thomas Edward
Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy
Greenwood, Colin Charles
O'brien, Edward John
Selway, Philip James


Affected Artists

30 Seconds To Mars
Abba
Adele
Amy Foster
Anne Preven
Apple Publishing
Barry White
Bee Gees
Bon Jovi
Brandi Carlile
Brenda Russell
Burt Bacharach
Candlebox
Carl Sturken
Chicago
Chris Isaak
Christina Aguilera
Clash
Coldplay
Damien Rice
David Byrne
David Matthews Band
Dire Straits / Mark Knopfler
Don Henley
Donna Lewis
Donna Weiss
Eagles
Elvis Costello
Eurythmics
Evan Rogers
Foals
Foo Fighters
Frente!
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
Green Day
Harry Nilsson
Howard Greenfield
Huey Lewis
Iron Maiden
Jack Johnson
Jack Tempchin
Jacques Brel
James Horner
Jay-Z
Jeff Bass
John Williams
Justin Timberlake
Katy Perry
Killers
Lascelles Stephens
Led Zepplin
Linda Thompson
Linkin Park
Madonna
Metallica
Me’shell N’degeocello
Mgmt
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Mutt Lange
Natalie Imbruglia
Neil Sedaka
New Order
Nickelback
Pamela Tillis
Paramore
Paul Simon
Paul Weller
Pete Ham (Apple Publishing)
Peter Yarrow
Pink Floyd
Prince
Priscilla Renea
R.e.m
Radiohead
Rammstein
Randy Newman
Rod Temperton
Savage Garden
Scott Cutler
Snap
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Stills
Steve Winwood
Steven Sater
Suzanne Vega
System Of A Down
The Cars
The Ramones
The Swell Season
Tom Waits
U2
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Wallflowers
Wayne Hector
Yes
Young The Giant

Ah man! Everyone's been wanting the latest hits from Snap!!

Try to karaoke their music, and they "will attack, and you don't want that!"

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C Mc
KJ, FL

I wish I could understand why.

Is it really just about money?

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Never the same show twice!

I would say much of it is insecurity.

Songwriters: They're skittish because they've already been raped by the music producers who bastardized their works of art by only allowing the song to flourish if it's shoehorned into the producer/record label vision of which cookie cutter made up performer of the day will record it.
(Studio recording scene of Love on the Rocks from The Jazz Singer movie comes to mind here)

Original Recording artist: Let's face it . . . with millions of karaoke singers out there, the odds are heavily stacked that someone, somewhere, will interpret and sing the song better than the original artist did.

Singer, Songwriter: Afraid someone else's interpretation and/or performance will eclipse their own

I wonder if this means they also deny performance rights through ASCAP, BMI, etc.?

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KNOW THYSELF

As a musician,.......Now that is a very scary thought!!!!!!!

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Purple Frog Karaoke Cuz we all feel odd and love to "croak"

Nothing but a bunch of whiny pieces of CRAP!!! Each and every one of them should be run out of the business!! It just angers me to no end. Music is supposed to be there to be enjoyed. It makes life fun. It is relaxing. I provokes emotions. It is a creative force. It has been said that music is even curative, to a certain extent. Karaoke is made for people who love music. It doesn't matter if they have musical talent, or not. It was made for fun, and for people to express themselves. For musicians to deny their "CUSTOMERS", (because that is exactly what we are, those of us that buy music), the "privilege" of singing the songs they wrote, to me, is completely wrong.

Why don't they put a stop to cover bands?? Why do they only pick on Karaoke singers?? If I were a musician, I would be HONORED to have my fans singing my songs!! Hell, if they sang my songs better than me, more power to them. I am not a bad singer, and there are plenty of other singers that sing the same songs I do. Some of them sing those song MUCH better than me. I LOVE it!! They are enjoying themselves, and making others happy. That is what music is all about. Those that are blocking their music from Karaoke should be ashamed of themselves!!

OK, rant off.

Michael, keep up the good work, and thanks again!!

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I am the ONLY SANE 1 HERE

There have been many lawsuits against bars with cover bands not paying their PRO fees.

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That is a separate issue. I know that. I lost my first venue because of BMI issues.

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I am the ONLY SANE 1 HERE

I'm surprised Dan Fogelberg isn't on that list. His wife must have gotten my email.

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The Line Array Experiment is over. Nothing to see here. Move along.

You asked why they dont pick on cover bands.....they do.

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Yeah, they do police cover bands along with all other forms of music played in public venues.
I find it interesting that they always omit that information when they report it as a karaoke thing in the "news articles". I think it demonstrates their lack of respect for karaoke, and their desire to make karaoke look like something that will cause trouble for a venue. Perhaps that's because many of these articles are authored and promoted by struggling band members who have to compete with karaoke for gigs.

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KNOW THYSELF

I don't believe any of the performance societies will touch that with a 10-foot pole. It's not their business. They collect fees based on the performance, not whether or not the underlying work is licensed for any particular use from the rights holders.

Case in point: The Eagles went after SC for the discs, ASCAP didn't not - and it's not their job to police anything other than performance. ASCAP and the others don't sue or even license cover bands either, they sue the venue only -- for the performance rights only.

SC then put out the RBTL disc (Read Between The Lines) that had a bunch of Eagles songs and no graphics.... couldn't be touched for that.

They can't stop cover bands. There's no mechanism to do that, but they can tighten the screws on karaoke because you normally use the lyrics (another license) and a sync license (another license) and they CAN stop that.

If you are at a venue that has paid the performance societies and have any song that is "not allowed for karaoke" and you have the audio and a singer walks up, and you hit play -and there are no lyrics - they can sing it freely all day long because then, it's just like a cover band.

Performance license is paid for the venue/event, you're good to go.

It just encourages people, who know how to do it, make their own Karaoke tracks to make up for what is not allowed to be produced. I know a few people who can do it, and DO.

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I am the ONLY SANE 1 HERE

Well, if you call it a church service and the music is being used for worship... it's fair game!

Of course this only really works for Christian music in a church setting, but you can use the music under Federal law in this setting.

Methinks Joey Ramone is not denying these requests

No but his power of attorney for his namesake surely might be.

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I think he's making a different distinction than you think he is. He's not saying that BMI and ASCAP and SESAC licenses aren't enforced--he's wondering why artists allow their music to be licensed by PROs so it can be played by cover bands (and as background music) but separately refuse to license it as karaoke.

Meh, just make your own karaoke tracks and make sure the applicable fees are paid.

To be really safe, just put everything in your brother in laws's name incase things go sideways