No, I got that part.
What I'm saying is, all the artists that have been here want the 1.25 to go away. They have all been stating that it should be gone. That's the reason you exist. If you didn't have any musicians, you wouldn't be in business.
Somewhere, you have a fundamental problem with your main partner in understanding this. They don't understand it or somebody doesn't understand the issue here. Your partner doesn't understand this.