Lonesome EJ....come off of it with that "thugs" BS. Composers are
entitled to be compensated for performances of their creations. Establishments that play music, even from radios or TV's have to get
blanket licenses from BMI and ASCAP. They use the music to help create
income when serving food and liquor etc. They have to pay for it, just like they pay rent, pay employees, pay their food and liquor suppliers
You may be playing for no cash compensation,but that's your doing. ASCAP and
BMI certainly are not sampling your performances, their concern is with
the proprieter of the establishment. Stop whining and worrying about the
cafe owner...he's in the business of making money.... music is part of his overhead.It would look a lot different if you created songs and
were not getting your share of performances because of unlicensed
establishments.