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Musical collective is a phrase used to describe a group of musicians in which membership is flexible and creative control is shared. [1] The concept is distinct from that of a traditional band in that musical collectives allow for flexibility in their rosters, and members are free to rotate in and out of the line-up.
On August 1, 1942, the American Federation of Musicians, at the instigation of union president James C. Petrillo, began a strike against the major American record companies because of disagreements over royalty payments. Beginning on midnight, July 31, 1942, no union musician could make commercial recordings for any commercial record company. [1]
In 1887, the AFL and the Knights of Labor first invited the National League of Musicians to affiliate with the trade-union movement, but the offers produced deep divisions within the National League of Musicians. Some members objected to musicians being called laborers, insisting instead that they were "artists and professionals."
By the time singer/guitarist Scott Lucas and drummer Joe Daniels signed to Island Records and released their debut album, they were the only two members left, with Lucas adding a bass pickup to ...
The International Federation of Musicians (FIM) was established on August 3,1948, during a conference in Zürich, which had been organized on the initiative of the Swiss Musicians' Union. The conference brought together key figures in the music industry to address musician's rights and the need for international cooperation in protecting these ...
Edward James Kendrick [3] (December 17, 1939 [2] – October 5, 1992), [4] better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American tenor singer and songwriter.Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971.
The round-faced, bespectacled Petrillo dominated the union with absolute authority. [2] His most significant actions were banning all commercial recordings by union members from 1942–1944 and again in 1948 to pressure record companies to improve royalty payments to musicians. [5] These were called the "Petrillo bans". [6]
While Randy kept the rights to the full Bachman name, the remaining band members bought the rights to "BTO" and its trademarks, including the gear logo. [15] The re-structured BTO released Street Action in February 1978. The album became a commercial failure, missing the Top 100 on the US album charts and spawning no hit singles.