MUSICIAN

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.

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.