[Dixielandjazz] Quick reference tune list of 20 Songs in PublicDomain

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

It works for me,  I have printed it out and will keep it in the drum 
cases ( just in case a sleuth shows up:))

Two out of 20 ain't bad, and maybe he will actually recognize those two 
:))   Heck if you've played One Blues You've played 'em all anyway 
right ? :)

When touring in europe I have to fill out the song performance log as 
well, and I usually just give them a song list of 15 or so songs that 
we may or may not have played listing my favorite artist/composers or a 
list of Original compositions by me which also works fine.

I have never receive a penny from any of the collected royalties they 
have collected form the festival promoters either nor even a 
notification that they ever even collected any money.  And I have seen 
them collect it too RAY.   I too have flown around the world on that 
Broomstick.   Did a show in Italy one night with the composer of every 
song we performed on the keyboard, and the Sleuth came up and wanted a 
list of the songs so he could collect for the songwriter/composer,  I 
gave it to him and took him over for an autograph from the composer and 
asked him to for once just give the composer the money he collected for 
him. :))   Ha Ha Ha.  oH no sir I must take it back to the office and 
we will send it to the ASCAP office in NY and they will forward it to 
him.  Yeah right ,  he has been dead for ten years and never got a 
dime, and that was back in 1989.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

Bye the way we would play any of them if our audience asked for them, 
except for the two or three War horses. :))
Most Trad. Jazz festivals tell us we play Too many Blues songs anyway,  
and since none of them have ever booked us anyway, why do we need to 
worry about the List. :))

We don't play cheap songs :))

Just kidding folks, :))  well sort of.

Tom





-----Original Message-----
From: larrys.bands at charter.net
To: barbonestreet at earthlink.net; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Quick reference tune list of 20 Songs in 
PublicDomain

   Thanks for the list Steve - It looks like my play list.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Quick reference tune list of 20 Songs in
PublicDomain


> Bob Ringwald asked about public domain tunes that you might list when
> faced
> with the money grubbers from ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC. And Ray Osnato 
pays
> a
> $35 ASCAP fee for more current tunes. Below is my quick 20 PD list:
>
> 1840    Frankie & Johnny Were Lovers
> 1902    Bill Bailey
> 1903    Ida
> 1909    Memphis Blues
> 1909    Some Of These Days
> 1910    That's Why They Call Me Shine
> 1911    Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
> 1911    Alexander's Ragtime Band
> 1912    All The Things You Are
> 1914    St Louis Blues
> 1914    Yellow Dog Blues
> 1915    Jelly Roll Blues
> 1917    At The Jazz Band Ball
> 1917    Back Home Again In Indiana
> 1917    Rose Room
> 1917    Original Dixieland One Step
> 1917    Darktown Strutters Ball
> 1917    Tiger Rag
> 1918    After You've Gone
> 1919    Royal Garden Blues
>
> Others include: My Honey's Lovin Arms, China Boy, Chinatown My 
Chinatown,
> Sensation Rag, Take Me Out To The Ball Game, Dallas Blues, Peg O' My
> Heart,
> Ballin The Jack, I Ain't Got Nobody, Pretty Baby, Poor Butterfly
> (beautiful
> verse), Livery Stable Blues, Hindustan, Ja Da, Dardanella, Mandy, 
Avalon,
> Whispering, Purple Rose of Cairo, Loveless Love, Wang Wang Blues, 
There'll
> Be Some Changes Made, Wabash Blues, The Sheik of Araby, Chicago, 
Runnin
> Wild, My Buddy, Limehouse Blues + many, many more.
>
> All 1922 or prior and in public domain for whenever the Tune Nazis 
are out
> and about. I do over 100 concerts a year with over 200 people in
> attendance,
> some with 5000 in the audience and so Ray's $35 fee would become 
$3500 to
> $5000 a year. That's a lot of money for a scam. And if you've 
licensed
> songs
> for a CD, it's approximately $80 per song, 3 minutes or less, so if 
Billy
> Joel paid $500 for a multi thousand audience, the rest of us get 
screwed
> licensing 15 songs for a 1000 CD run. (Costs over $1200 for the 
license)
>
> And what to do if playing for free? Pay a license fee? I don't think 
so.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
>
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