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Auburn singer has formed the CNY Live & Original Music Series, which starts with a performance by the Funky Blu Roots Nov. 4. Jacobs formed the series both to spotlight local bands and to give the series' venue, the Apple Station Winery in Cayuga, a way to continue hosting live music.

The winery, Jacobs said, recently decided to stop hosting live music in order to avoid the of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music Inc. and other performance rights organizations.

Under U.S. copyright law, the organizations collect licensing fees from venues that either play recordings or host performances of music by the artists the organizations represent. However, ASCAP and BMI have been accused of strongarm tactics in collecting the fees, as well as not compensating the appropriate artists fairly.

Mikal Serafim, vocalist and guitarist for the Funky Blu Roots, is one such critic of the organizations.

"They artists aren't getting paid," he said. "They're not doing right by musicians."

The Funky Blu Roots will be promoting their new album, "Auburn Lights," at the first show in the CNY Live & Original Music Series. The album spans pop, traditional jazz, swing, blues and rock, Serafim said. It also features a tribute to the late , of Auburn, who promoted the band's shows in the area, in "Keep Your Friends Close (The Ballad of Art Wenzel)."

With roots in South Florida, Serafim has frequently made the trip north to play the Auburn area, and found it rewarding.

"There are more places to play in a 10-mile radius in Auburn than in a 100-mile radius in South Florida," he said. "Auburn's a very fertile ground and has got a lot of great musicians."

Auburn has remained committed to paying the performance rights organizations' fees and preserving its live music scene, Jacobs said. Meanwhile, venues in Syracuse and Geneva have stopped booking cover bands. Then there are places like the Apple Station, which hosts music seasonally and sources less business from it, and therefore can't justify paying the fees.

With the new series, Jacobs hopes to not only give the winery another chance to host music, but to also cultivate the area's songwriting scene. All musicians who play the series will be able to sell CDs and merchandise, and patrons will have an additional opportunity to give back in the form of a tip jar. Even the interlude music will come from CNY musicians' CDs.

Though local bands generally avoid playing too much original music because it's less palatable for live audiences, Jacobs hopes the series will encourage them to write more. To that end, one night of the series will compile a few bands who don't have enough original material for a full set.

Jacobs is waiting to see whether the series gives the Apple Station, which will be paying for the bands, a return on its investment. If it does, she said, the winery is willing to host another run of CNY Live & Original in the spring.

"Either people have an appreciation for local artists playing their own music, or they don't," she said.