General Music Chat

Ray wrote a lot of the lyrics but not all of them, We all have contributed in varying degrees both with the lyrics and our individual musical parts.
However we do give Ray the leadership roll for the group, and he is pretty animate about the music being "for everyone". Thanks for the info as I intend to try to stay up to date on this as much as possable I mean you never know where something like this can lead to in the future.

Killing Joke vs Nirvana

It appears that Cobain ripped off the guitar riff from the song "Eighties" when he composed "Come as you are". Killing Joke dropped suit when Kurt died.
Inevitably, most all of us "borrow" a riff or two when on a composin' spree.


George,
My opinion is to not get hung up on getting ripped off. Write em and play em and make everybody happy!
John

Good lord I hope so! I'll sure keep my gaurd up after hearing that one.
Yes I'm beginning to think Ray is right, He just wants to keep it fun and simple. I'm cool with that.

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Im a songwritter out of Mississippi and have a collaberation of 7 songs on a cd that i had copywritten. A couple of years ago I spent money going to Nashville a week at a time to learn the game. Give it a title download the form pay the fee and they give you a number and a seal. Im getting ready to send some more off.every 30 years you or your siblings pay it again or it becomes public for anyone to use. Then choose a society B.M.I. ascap sesac they collect for you. Solicitated is with a publisher unsolicitated is unpublished thats where the money comes into play . The publisher works on pitching your songs to the record labels he knows what their looking for music row is made up of publishers record labels.Its a city made up of recoding studios cd duplication .And you cant swing a dead cat without hitting a singer songwritter guitarist . Theres about 23 24 clubs thru the week with open mic night The Bluebird Cafe is Known for artist being discovered.They have a website recording was so high i bought some equipment so I could do it again and again but that came with a price too I became an engineer There is a program called acid pro that might fit your bill.I play covers but when Im out playing and someone asks me if I know a song I say no but check this one out I write constantley without the songwritter there wouldnt be covers Im a bluesman played down on Beale street New Orleans And even out in front of the Kings house he played for me as a child so I retuned the favor A good book is everything youd better know about the record industryby Gary A. Greenburg N.S.A.I. can give you alot of pointers too. Good luck and remember A copywritre protects you and your songs

Whaddya got the hiccups?

the blogs on my myspace page offer links to the actual copyright laws for musicians including the commercial use of somone elses music ..."sampling"...check it out

bluesman65 may not know how to start a new paragraph, but I daresay that you'd do well to re-read what he said.
Just imagine when to start a new paragraph to say . . .