Foo Fighters

[Texanne]

Do they get royalties because ESPN is using their music?

 

[Sydhank]

Wondered the same thing. Then I heard the same song on a commercial so it appears they have sold their song to the commercial Gods.

 

[moondog_LFZ]

Yes. They get paid royalties just like every time you hear it on the radio.
There is some sort of rule that you have to play a certain amount of the song.
If you just play a few seconds then maybe no charge.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

I think artists can even get away with a bar or two of a hit song, like Boston's More Than a Feeling" intro and not have to pay them.

Could be mistaken, but I heard that somewhere.

 

[ViperHorn]

Yes. They get paid royalties just like every time you hear it on the radio.
There is some sort of rule that you have to play a certain amount of the song.
If you just play a few seconds then maybe no charge.

The songwriters get the royalties for any songs on radio/TV and concerts. The performers get their agreed share of the revenue intake for concerts and record sales.

Anyone who thinks they know how concert revenues are distributed needs to observe a concert settlement. It is a fight for every penny between the act and the venue despite a contract specifying the responsibility and shares. (The strangest fight is usually who pays for the condoms and the clean-up of the showers after the condom use.)

 

[George Bailey]

(The strangest fight is usually who pays for the condoms and the clean-up of the showers after the condom use.)

They use condoms? Last time I was in there, it looked like the buttermilk truck had just tipped over...

 

[Texanne]

They use condoms? Last time I was in there, it looked like the buttermilk truck had just tipped over...

Yikes!