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Re: Music List for FIRST events

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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait View Post
I wish most playlists on thursdays and fridays of competitions were this good. I hear it secondhand from the scouts, but I notice it too- the playlist is about 15 songs long, and it repeats ALL DAY. Also, FIRST must not be able to get the rights for a lot of pop music, because most of the pop music at FRC competitions is completely butchered into lousy remixes.
That's not really FIRST's fault. When buying licensing they don't pay by song. Two large companies the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers and Broadcast Music Inc basically handle licenses for everything. Organizations like radio stations (or possibly FIRST) buy blanket licenses to play music to large audiences. I'd be curious to know if FIRST pays for the licensing or not, because I know in Kettering's case they have the college radio station DJ, and in that case all the licensing is already handled.

Also, if Call Me Maybe is on loop for an entire competition I'm quitting FIRST.
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FLL ('01-'02), FRC Team 27 ('06-'09), Team 397 ('10), Team 3450/314 ('11), Team 67 ('14-'??)
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