Plus, the Military Bands don't charge admission for their concerts and they aren't in the business of trying to make money at a gig or off of their recordings.BGuttman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:05 pm @Wilktone: The $800 was for a performance so it included all royalties (since we did not have BMI membership; just ASCAP).
I would bet that pop stuff like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé will have a lot of roadblocks to creating a Big Band arrangement unless done by their respective arrangers for a gig.
The Military Big Bands have "in house" arrangers to provide arrangements of popular music for their use (your tax dollars at work ). It's too bad these arrangements cannot be bought because they are done by the Military and cannot be given because of copyright issues.
Quite different than the 'civilian world'.