more SOCAN

I guess what is bothering me is this...well, it would seem as though SOCAN is useful, I won't deny that... and for some musicians it is the difference between receiving or not receiving sizeable amounts of money...but for the majority of musicians it means getting a small cheque every once in a while.

I was a member of SOCAN back in the brief time I was trying to make a career of being a punk musician. Not that I got very far in my career, but for me SOCAN membership meant not getting any money at all, rather just a glossy magazine.

I now work in community and social services and unions are very active in this field. I don't think we would tolerate what most musicians have to put up with...we expect to get paid either hourly or on salary for the work we do. We don't just get paid if our clients like our work. And besides payment, there is the recognition that we are potentially putting ourselves in a very vulerable position, not unlike musicians.

Ah, well I am trying to make sense of what I am able to download and read about SOCAN. I cannot say I know very much as I was not a professional musician for very long. But I am wondering if there are some aspects of being a musician that SOCAN overlooks.