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Everytime Sammy uses all his energy to make that fat body move, he is paying royalties to David Lee Roth:
Summer Concerts: Playing and Paying
June 30, 2004
Van Halen and back-again lead singer Sammy Hagar are selling thousands of tickets for their summer tour, and that means big-time cash for… former lead singer David Lee Roth? That's right, because as "CJ" reveals, top musicians don't have to play onstage to get well paid. It's all about doing the rights thing, and as the summer concert season heats up, so are the rights fights.
As entertainment attorney Barry Littman explains, Roth gets paid even though he's not touring with Van Halen because, legally, he is a composer of all of Van Halen's early original work.
"If you have an immensely successful concert that's focused on David Lee Roth-Van Halen tunes, he's going to see more money than if Van Halen never went on tour," Littman notes. "The composers of the song are listed and each of them will have the right to get paid for anybody else performing their song live."
According to Star 98.7 DJ Lara Scott, equal legal credit is a common practice in the music industry. "A lot of bands, like REM, U2 and Coldplay, their big thing is to make all of the band members the owners of the songs," Scott tells us. "That way, there's no confusion, no dispute over who owns the songs. They can all perform them, they all get the royalties and they all get the money."
Summer Concerts: Playing and Paying
June 30, 2004
Van Halen and back-again lead singer Sammy Hagar are selling thousands of tickets for their summer tour, and that means big-time cash for… former lead singer David Lee Roth? That's right, because as "CJ" reveals, top musicians don't have to play onstage to get well paid. It's all about doing the rights thing, and as the summer concert season heats up, so are the rights fights.
As entertainment attorney Barry Littman explains, Roth gets paid even though he's not touring with Van Halen because, legally, he is a composer of all of Van Halen's early original work.
"If you have an immensely successful concert that's focused on David Lee Roth-Van Halen tunes, he's going to see more money than if Van Halen never went on tour," Littman notes. "The composers of the song are listed and each of them will have the right to get paid for anybody else performing their song live."
According to Star 98.7 DJ Lara Scott, equal legal credit is a common practice in the music industry. "A lot of bands, like REM, U2 and Coldplay, their big thing is to make all of the band members the owners of the songs," Scott tells us. "That way, there's no confusion, no dispute over who owns the songs. They can all perform them, they all get the royalties and they all get the money."
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