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Originally Posted by OFKU0
If these musicians are hired to play someone elses music and the venue wants a recording, usually a waiver accompanied by the contract is made available releasing rights to ones performance. And that's a crap shoot. Usually it gives the performers exposure and a resume builder as payoff. But if it's a hit, you as a musician get squat. But even then each senario is different.
Technically the church has to ask the musicians permission since it is a paying gig no matter whose music. To do otherwise would be a sin.
And as a musician signing stuff away? That's a crap shoot also. As told to me many years ago. 1% of something is better than 100% of nothing.
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This confirms what I heard through other sources. FYI, the music in question is classical (as in Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart), so publishing rights really aren't an issue.
From what I understand from someone who is married to a professional musician and who has organized classical concerts (which are recorded) for a high school, here's how it goes:
Most of these musicians for hire are in a union, and they have rules about these kinds of things. So you'll need to check with them/the union about their rights and the fees they get if the performance is recorded. If they aren't in the union, you still need to get a waiver, but it's a bit more open as to what kind of deal you work out.