Are there any cases where ISA will refuse membership?
We do not like to refuse membership to anybody, but we made a decision many years ago, not to accept songwriters under the age of 18. This is no reflection on the talents of young people (indeed, where would the music business be without teenagers!), but we do feel that younger writers are not ready to engage in what can be a fairly robust industry – even apart from the fact that people under 18 are not always in a position to sign publishing contracts anyway.
We do not like to refuse membership to anybody, but we made a decision many years ago, not to accept songwriters under the age of 18, nor do we offer a “provisional membership” for those under 18. This is no reflection on the talents of young people (indeed, where would the music business be without teenagers!), but we do feel that younger writers are not ready to engage in what can be a fairly robust industry – even apart from the fact that people under 18 are not always in a position to sign publishing contracts anyway.
