Yearly Archives: 2022

On October 6, members of the Recording Academy met members of Congress in 200+ congressional districts nationwide to advocate on behalf of music creators. Having recruited a dozen Recording Academy members from New Mexico, Rachel flew to the "Land of Enchantment" and gathered these accomplished music creators for meetings with the staffs of U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján and three members of the House of Representatives.

All photos by Curtis McElhinney. @curtisvision

Our meeting with Senator Luján's staff was hosted at the Kitchen Sink Recording Studio in Santa Fe. Thank you to the Kitchen Sink's Jono Manson and Tim Schmoyer for...

...musicFIRST wants the FCC to preserve what little competition remains between owners of AM/FM stations at local market levels:

“AM/FM radio station owners also all compete in intergroup competition with satellite radio and streaming audio platforms for audience and revenue. We also respectfully request that Congress be advised that smaller AM/FM cluster ers must and do compete with both larger AM/FM clusters locally as well as streaming and satellite-based audio providers for audience and revenue. We, as members of the music community who provide much of the content used by all audio platforms to generate audience and revenue, care about the well-being of all AM/FM radio stations. We are concerned about the impacts of potential...

By Rachel Stilwell and Lindsay Meisels

A new federal court filing by a trade organization representing AM/FM radio station owners would, if granted, alter the way royalty rates are determined for radio airplay, undermining the rights of songwriters and music publishers and ignoring the clear intent of Congress in ways that could result in a reduction of royalties paid.  In short, the radio industry that already pays nothing to the makers of sound recordings is looking for yet another way to stiff music creators.

The Radio Music License Committee, Inc. (“RMLC”), a trade organization that...