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Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
The bebop players used to take tunes like Whispering, I've Got Rhythm and a ton of those old songs and put a new head on the chord changes and then improvise. Maybe the old Real Books would handle it. Or are those tunes copyrighted now?


Scott I was originally looking for and hoping to find tunes of the type you're describing. I didn't do an exhaustive search but in the search I did not find much that I'd want to be playing at a 3 hour gig.

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Orignially posted by Capt. Russ Steve...you can go on the ASCAP website and request a rate sheet. You can generally negotiate down from the rates. the New York office will put you in contact with reps for your state. You counld do that, and tell the owner what you find out. The owner can also contact other club/restaurant owners in the area, who can generally help with making the right contacts.

If the venue already has music but isn't paying fees, I'd be careful. You could inadvertantly trigger a request for back fees/fines.

Good luck!


Russ thanks for your phone contact and the suggestions you made. I have told the owner of the venue, what you suggested. The rest is up to him.