Are Composing Musicians Dying Early Because of Unfair Payment Practices?

Hey Rockers,

I write you from sadness, and the lost of many in my life.  Both family and friends, and the barrage of this week's death of Glenn Frye (R.I.P.) of The Eagles, an amazing musician.  The Eagle's Long Run tour and Glenn's extreme talent inspired me in many ways.  Very, very sad that ' The Desperado' has passed.

Prior to Glenn Frye's death, the deaths in late in 2015-2016 were shocking. 

Lemmy's (R.I.P.) passing, devastated the entire rock world, and many are still shocked.  'Lemmy is God', as esteemed actor Steve Buschemi jokingly quipped in the movie 'Airheads'.  Lemmy had such profound and positive impacts on our lives and world with songs like 'Bastards', and more.  Lemmy is definitely in or headed for heaven.

Not to offend anybody, but there are simply too many dearly departed musicians to list here.  You can check out my Facebook daily posted tributes to my favorite fallen artists.  These postings still do not pay homage enough to the true loss of each good soul.

But, why?

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The Problem.

Given the difficulty musicians have in trying to emerge as artists and then get fairly compensated for their work, it really makes me wonder; how many artisans, including composing musicians have been dying prematurely due to unfair payment practices?

During research, I recently found out that Congress actually has a Bill that they are considering to fix unfair compensation practices, so it is a real problem.  However, I believe that that Congress and our political leaders are part of the problem today, and they created this problem decades ago.  Our leaders likely knew about unfair compensation practices, and were concealing it.  Our leaders likely have been controlling our music, and our musicians like slaves, and the music itself has suffered.

Musical integrity has been dying a slow death, while musicians themselves have died.

What?  For more billions dollar election campaigns? 

Amoral.

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The Positive Contributions of Musicians and their Paycheck...

 >>  What would a Superbowl be like without music?

 >>  What would television be like without music?

So, does the stress to get paid fairly cause the premature death of musicians?

 >>  How many lives have we lost prematurely (direct losses)?

 >>  How many lives have been lost indirectly?

 >>  How much have we lost?  Culturally?  In other areas?

Was it worth it?

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In closing...

Now, please reflect on this serious matter, and talk about that concept and comment by clicking through the title header above, or below (if you already have done so).

Please pay homage to lost artists everywhere by always remembering to celebrate the lives of our fallen musicians, artists, and others in the artistic communities of citizens.  Life would not be so grand without musicians, who thoughtfully compose for us.

Being a hard rock realist, I do not expect our politicians to treat musicians fairly anytime soon.  However, please raise awareness of these issues, and call your Congressional Representative to lobby for fair practices.  It cannot hurt matters.  To increase your effectiveness, lobby repeatedly in writing and then over the phone to let your Representatives know of this tragedy and the great contributions that musicians made to your life through their work, and how their art improved our daily lives.  A one page letter is fine.  In addition, please use educational rally's and all other productive forms of protest to push for reforms until musicians and other artists are fairly compensated.

In the coming weeks, please check for my analyses, commentary and upcoming posts on Facebook, Linked In, and my other sites.

May Our Grieving Be Brief.

Thank You,

Ted ;^)



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