What MUSICIAN donors give in federal races

Small creative pool, very high line count

$15,245,521 is the occupation-level dollar total. 98,255 is the itemization count. 2,076 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $155. Mean dollars per donor record are about $7,344. Repeat giving is about 47 itemizations per donor record.

98,255 lines from 2,076 records is a high-repeat pattern: a compact creative-title pool generating many schedules. The per-line mean of about $155 is among the smaller means in this harvest band, which is why the contribution count explains the headline dollars.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of touring income allocated to politics. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no union-card field.

MUSICIAN is not ARTIST and not ACTOR

ARTIST, ACTOR, SINGER, and COMPOSER — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to MUSICIAN. This page cites only $15,245,521, 98,255 contributions, and 2,076 donors.

The FEC does not verify recording credits, union cards, or touring schedules. Session players, teachers who typed MUSICIAN, and people who play as a side occupation can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s word on that line.

What the dollars do not measure

$15,245,521 is not a recording-industry PAC total and not streaming revenue. Industry pages group employers. A freelance musician and a staff musician at an orchestra share this occupation string if they typed MUSICIAN.

Party is not stored in the occupation column. Open the MUSICIAN occupation page for recipient rows. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $15.2 million.

Using the hub

Cite $15,245,521, 98,255 contributions, and 2,076 donors together. A sentence that shows only the dollars hides that the money arrived in 98,255 pieces. Use the occupations index to compare MUSICIAN with ARTIST without merging them.

Unitemized receipts are omitted. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live filters may change displayed sums. Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Limits

2,076 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Extra words (professional musician, retired musician) create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to MUSICIAN.

Do not treat about 47 itemizations per donor record as a typical giving cadence for all musicians. It is an arithmetic ratio on this exact string.

Creative-title volume without a union match

MUSICIAN in this extract is $15,245,521 on 98,255 itemizations from 2,076 donor records. About 47 itemizations per donor record is a high repeat rate. Mean line size is about $155; mean dollars per donor record are about $7,344. ARTIST and ACTOR remain other hubs.

Industry pages for entertainment will not equal $15,245,521. Credits are not verified. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals MUSICIAN, dollars equal $15,245,521, contributions equal 98,255, donors equal 2,076. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column. Compact millions ($15.2 million) are the same headline amount as $15,245,521, rounded to one decimal place.

98,255 itemizations is the number that explains how $15.2 million accumulated on a mean line of about $155. Professional musician and retired musician create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to MUSICIAN. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Union cards are not matched.

2,076 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only. Use the occupations index to compare MUSICIAN with ARTIST without merging them. Quote the exact string, then $15,245,521, 98,255 contributions, and 2,076 donors, and stop.

Session players, teachers, and touring musicians share MUSICIAN if they typed that word. 98,255 itemizations from 2,076 donor records produced $15,245,521 on a mean line of about $155. About 47 itemizations per donor record is a high repeat rate. ARTIST and ACTOR stay outside. Union cards are not matched. Cite the three facts.

Recording credits are not in the packet. 2,076 donor records is not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Restate the citation as occupation equals MUSICIAN, dollars equal $15,245,521, contributions equal 98,255, donors equal 2,076.

Singer and composer strings stay outside $15,245,521 unless they normalized to MUSICIAN. Open the live occupation hub for recipient rows. Compact millions ($15.2 million) match the dollar total rounded to one decimal place.

Questions

How much have MUSICIAN donors given in FEC records?

Occupation MUSICIAN is attached to $15,245,521 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 98,255 contributions and 2,076 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a musicians-union roster. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Is ARTIST included in MUSICIAN?

No. ARTIST is a separate occupation string. This page covers MUSICIAN only: $15,245,521, 98,255 contributions, and 2,076 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters.

Why are there so many MUSICIAN contributions?

98,255 itemizations from 2,076 donors implies about 47 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $155. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing MUSICIAN prove recording credits?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify credits or union cards. Quote 98,255 contributions and 2,076 donor records with the $15,245,521 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.