if you write a tune for a set of words , as i understand it it is more than trad arranged , you receive 50 per cent of the amount of a self composed song and sometimes more.
i did not say the amount would be so small it would be an insult. YOU HAVE MISQUOTED ME.
On the subject of bands having hits, it seems to have been quite common for the bands to have been ripped off depending on the contracts signed examples, bo diddley the small faces.
Nick if the music belongs to everybody, logically it means just that. trad music in the words of walter belongs to everybody , the problem arise when commercialism steps in and greedy agents etc.
all this illustrates the current state of folk music in the uk it gets fucked up when money grabbing people enter the scene be they, Kennedy. dave bulmer,
Nick called them family songs, but are they self composed songs? or tradtional material, and unless they are copyrighted gypsy like gorgios are not protected, if they are copyrighted it means in theory they cannot be sung by others if the people are getting paid for singing them ,enforcing that is more difficult