MUSICIAN as FEC employer text: $8.6 million

A craft title instead of a label or orchestra name

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. Self-employed performers often type MUSICIAN instead of a label, orchestra, or management company. The $8,611,076 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not AFM PAC spending, not streaming royalties, and not a NAICS 7115 independent-artists rollup.

People who typed ACTOR, ACTRESS, a named label, COMPOSER, or SELF-EMPLOYED without this word sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into MUSICIAN. The FEC field records stored text, not a union membership roster.

274 donors and 8,925 lines

274 unique donors produced 8,925 MUSICIAN contribution lines totaling $8,611,076. That is on the order of 33 itemized receipts per donor. Unique-donor count is among the smaller sets in this dollar band, so dollars concentrate among fewer named people than many title-style rows nearby. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and union PAC filings are outside the $8,611,076 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Repeat names among 8,925 lines are expected.

ACTRESS and DESIGNER remain other keys

ACTRESS, ACTOR, DESIGNER, WRITER, and PHOTOGRAPHER are separate title-style keys. Combining them with MUSICIAN would invent an entertainment recode. This page stays at $8,611,076 for MUSICIAN only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside MUSICIAN — composer, producer, self-employed — as typed. A donor who listed a named record company is not in these 274 people unless the receipt grouped to MUSICIAN.

Donor table without catalog inference

The MUSICIAN donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a touring schedule, a royalty statement, or a motive to that line. The FEC field is not a credits database.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the title. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $8,611,076, 8,925 contributions, 274 donors, top employer MUSICIAN. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Unitemized gifts, state races, and union PACs are omitted.

Compare ACTRESS, DESIGNER, and PHOTOGRAPHER on the industry index. Occupation breakdowns show titles beside MUSICIAN. Cite $8,611,076 from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS performing-arts table.

Labels, ACTOR, and union PACs stay out

MUSICIAN as a craft title is not a named label, not ACTOR, not ACTRESS, and not DESIGNER. Those strings sit on other keys. The $8,611,076 total, 8,925 contribution lines, and 274 donors describe this one-word title only. PHOTOGRAPHER and WRITER remain sibling craft-title rows. Unique-donor count is among the smaller sets in this dollar band.

Unitemized gifts, state races, union PAC filings, and streaming royalties stay outside the $8,611,076. Occupation pages show titles beside MUSICIAN. People who still type the title remain in the 274. The FEC field is not a union membership roster and not NAICS 7115. Repeat names among 8,925 lines are expected.

Open the MUSICIAN donor table for disclosed names and committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a touring-schedule or royalty-statement inference. Cite $8,611,076, 8,925 contributions, and 274 donors from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports. Do not add ACTRESS to this title and call the sum an entertainment industry.

Researchers who want an entertainment recode must list ACTRESS, ACTOR, DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, and named labels as separate additions. The $8,611,076 figure does not absorb those rows. It stays on MUSICIAN as 274 donors and 8,925 lines. Union PAC filings remain other FEC categories. Follow recipient committees on the MUSICIAN donor table. Unique-donor count is small relative to dollars. Party share is not computed on the industry headline. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, self-reported employer text, not NAICS 7115 and not a union roster.

Questions

How much have MUSICIAN-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $8,611,076 to the MUSICIAN employer string, from 8,925 contributions and 274 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a musicians-union PAC and not a NAICS performing-arts total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include actresses and designers?

No. ACTRESS, ACTOR, DESIGNER, and PHOTOGRAPHER are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text MUSICIAN. Named labels sit in other keys when typed. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this AFM or recording-industry PAC spending?

No. The $8,611,076 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to MUSICIAN. Union and label PAC filings are other FEC categories. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed MUSICIAN?

The rollup counts 274 donors and 8,925 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count — on the order of 33 itemized receipts per donor. This is not a union headcount. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.