Covers = Illegal (blues, country, rock, tunes, copyrighted)

Bane of your existence · 08-04-2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MRV

But... I AM sympathetic to songwriters... and they earn their living through sales and primarily "performance" royalties.

Not saying that you are, but how can people feel sorry for them and not the people who make their money by performing music?

BandcaveMan · 08-07-2007, 06:53 PM

I was once in a band that wrote a song with one singer, he then left the band and performed that song in his new band. He had to pay for the use of the music when he performed it (he only wrote the lyrics). We then wrote new lyrics and used the new version live so that he wouldn't get a penny.. The new version was better anyway. Created music has an owner, listeners are just license holders.

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08-07-2007, 06:53 PM
BandcaveMan Groupie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 16	I was once in a band that wrote a song with one singer, he then left the band and performed that song in his new band. He had to pay for the use of the music when he performed it (he only wrote the lyrics). We then wrote new lyrics and used the new version live so that he wouldn't get a penny.. The new version was better anyway. Created music has an owner, listeners are just license holders. __________________ BandcaveMan http://www.bandcave.com