MUSICIAN
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$222,553
Contributions
225
Unique Donors
66
Donors listing Musician reported $238,003 in itemized individual contributions during the 2008 federal election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates. Those dollars arrived in 242 contributions from 74 donors. The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $8,611,076; the 2008 slice is about 2.8% of that running sum. The key is not a recording-industry NAICS total and not a musicians-union PAC.
Key figures
- Musician × 2008 is $238,003 in itemized individual contributions.
- The cell includes 242 contributions from 74 donors.
- 2008 is about 2.8% of the grouping’s $8,611,076 all-cycle total.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a recording-industry NAICS total and not a musicians-union PAC.
- FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.
Musician crossed with 2008
Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Musician and 2008 — sum to $238,003. 242 itemized contributions and 74 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables. MUSICIAN is a one-word occupation-style grouping. The 2008 filter does not split recording, touring, teaching, or session work. It only keeps receipts whose grouped field matches this string in that cycle.
Neither the Musician hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. The Musician hub is the year index for this string. COMPOSER, SINGER, and ENTERTAINER stay on their own keys if filers used them. Federal arts awards on USAspending are a different file and are not funded by these itemized gifts.
2.8% of the Musician roll
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $8.6 million ($8,611,076). The 2008 slice of $238,003 is about 2.8% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 97.2%. Treating 2008 as the Musician FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $8,611,076 as the denominator for the 2.8% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $8,611,076.
Full analysis: Musician and the 2008 FEC election cycle →
Questions
- How much did Musician donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $238,003 in itemized individual contributions for the Musician grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 242 contributions and 74 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $8,611,076 all-cycle figure. Filings remain on FEC.gov. Quote packet facts only.
- What share of Musician FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,611,076. The 2008 cell of $238,003 is about 2.8% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 97.2% on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Musician hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Is this Musician’s PAC or an official account?
- No. $238,003 is itemized individual receipts whose employer or occupation text grouped to Musician. Committee PAC filings and official organization accounts sit outside this rollup unless an individual receipt itself carries the string. The key is not a recording-industry NAICS total and not a musicians-union PAC.
- Where is the overlay for the Musician 2008 join?
- Open Musician 2008 for the cycle overlay, Musician for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. Original filings remain on FEC.gov.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HENLEY, DON | $62,700 | 21 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 2 | LEVINE, JAMES L | $20,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | MUSICIAN |
| 3 | GOULD, JONATHAN | $15,450 | 15 | WILLOW, NY | — |
| 4 | GRUSIN, DAVID | $14,400 | 9 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 5 | NEWTON, NANCY | $12,900 | 20 | SANTA FE, NM | — |
| 6 | FREY, GLENN | $10,598 | 2 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 7 | NASH, GRAHAM | $6,050 | 9 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 8 | TODD, KENNETH | $4,600 | 2 | GUILFORD, CT | — |
| 9 | HILLMAN, CHRISTOPHER | $3,500 | 3 | OAK VIEW, CA | — |
| 10 | CROW, SHERYL | $3,300 | 2 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 11 | FLANDERS, ELINOR | $3,300 | 5 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 12 | RICHARDSON, CATHY | $3,000 | 3 | ELMHURST, IL | — |
| 13 | Heisler, Lauriann Ms. | $3,000 | 2 | Wynne, AR | — |
| 14 | HARBURG, ERNEST | $2,750 | 11 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 15 | OTTAWAY, ALEXANDRA | $2,650 | 9 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 16 | BUKSTEIN, KATHERINE | $2,550 | 8 | HILLSBOROUGH, CA | — |
| 17 | WILSON, ROSALIE | $2,549 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 18 | PARDINI, JULIE | $2,500 | 5 | REDWOOD CITY, CA | — |
| 19 | NOLL, WILLIAM | $2,338 | 5 | ATLANTA, GA | — |
| 20 | CHASE, ANDREW M | $2,300 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 21 | BOWMAN, DICK | $2,300 | 1 | PIEDMONT, CA | — |
| 22 | WILLNER, ELLEN | $2,300 | 1 | ENGLEWOOD, NJ | — |
| 23 | KELLMAN, JACK | $2,300 | 1 | NORTHBROOK, IL | — |
| 24 | CLAYPOOL, LES | $2,000 | 1 | SAN RAFAEL, CA | MUSICIAN |
| 25 | KING, JUSTIN | $1,950 | 4 | EUGENE, OR | — |
| 26 | DUBOW, ROBERT | $1,750 | 6 | ARLINGTON, VA | — |
| 27 | BEER, ANNE | $1,600 | 1 | BOULDER, CO | — |
| 28 | WINKELMANN, KAREN | $1,500 | 2 | NASHVILLE, TN | — |
| 29 | LIN, JIMMY | $1,500 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 30 | DAVIS, WILLIAM JR | $1,500 | 3 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 31 | CHASMAN, PAUL | $1,450 | 5 | WALPORT, OR | — |
| 32 | HELLER, ROSALIE | $1,400 | 4 | LOS ALAMOS, NM | — |
| 33 | SALIERS, EMILY | $1,200 | 4 | ATLANTA, GA | — |
| 34 | NELSON, RACHEL | $1,150 | 1 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | — |
| 35 | NOVOSELIC, KRIST | $1,130 | 3 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 36 | WEST, CHET D | $1,100 | 4 | TEX ARKANA, AR | MUSICIAN |
| 37 | MORSS, ANTHONY | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK CITY, NY | — |
| 38 | FRENCH, PRISCILLA S | $1,000 | 1 | PORTSMOUTH, NH | — |
| 39 | GEORGE, INARA | $1,000 | 4 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 40 | JERNIGAN, DAVID | $1,000 | 1 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 41 | MOORE, W H | $1,000 | 1 | LEXINGTON, SC | — |
| 42 | KEPPER, HEIDI | $1,000 | 2 | SANTA MONICA, CA | — |
| 43 | HOLLAND, BRAD | $1,000 | 1 | TUCSON, AZ | — |
| 44 | MATTHES, CARL | $875 | 3 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 45 | GREGORY, MARC | $750 | 3 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 46 | MALLETTE, CAROL | $500 | 1 | ST LOUIS, MO | — |
| 47 | SIMON, CARLY | $500 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 48 | BUCK, PETER | $500 | 2 | ATHENS, GA | — |
| 49 | PERRY, CHRIS | $500 | 2 | PORTLAND, OR | — |
| 50 | RAIT, BONNIE | $500 | 1 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431569 | $71,288 | 43 |
| 2 | C00451393 | $39,550 | 30 |
| 3 | C00431445 | $36,799 | 71 |
| 4 | C00434332 | $16,000 | 10 |
| 5 | C00208991 | $10,598 | 2 |
| 6 | C00341396 | $6,050 | 9 |
| 7 | C00042366 | $4,675 | 6 |
| 8 | C00401224 | $4,600 | 2 |
| 9 | C00255752 | $3,500 | 3 |
| 10 | C00193433 | $3,000 | 2 |
| 11 | C00010603 | $3,000 | 2 |
| 12 | C00369710 | $2,750 | 11 |
| 13 | C00431205 | $2,650 | 6 |
| 14 | C00440859 | $2,300 | 1 |
| 15 | C00431619 | $2,300 | 1 |
| 16 | C00193342 | $2,300 | 1 |
| 17 | C00329292 | $1,500 | 2 |
| 18 | C00370007 | $1,400 | 4 |
| 19 | C00431577 | $1,150 | 1 |
| 20 | C00412304 | $1,130 | 3 |
| 21 | C00309567 | $1,100 | 4 |
| 22 | C00439075 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 23 | C00440362 | $1,000 | 1 |
| 24 | C00280206 | $500 | 1 |
| 25 | C00266932 | $500 | 1 |