Music List for FIRST events

[Astrokid248]

Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19

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.

FIRST doesn't buy the licenses. They have a list of approved songs, and the djs play those songs if the djs own the licenses. I imagine that's why some regionals have better music selections than others. Personally, I think Lone Star has the best variety of music, and the dj is normally good about picking appropriate tracks.