[Fmpro] going loopy

[Pete]

In the case of the violas writing the melody, you
might have a problem. I would say the violas are
co-writers for writing the melody. You have to have
all hired musicians sign a release saying they are NOT
co-writers and they are musicians for hire.
Particularly if they contribute a melody.

In the case of packaged loops, I don't think anyone is
getting their melody from a loop (a phrase at most).
And, the loop CD will already have an agreement on the
package stating that the author is free to use the
content. So, you're protected there.

P e t e
S u r d o v a l

--- sean at shunkydave.com wrote:
> I'm going to chime in here.  When I was in college,
> writing 20th century
> alietory music, I wrote a piece where I gave violins
> a set of notes,
> violas no directions, cellos another set of notes,
> and bass a written
> line.  The instruction was for the violin and cello
> to play in time with
> the bass part (it was constantly changing) choosing
> whatever notes they
> wanted from the set.  The viola was to play a melody
> around the violin and
> cello line, improvised.  The bass played what was
> written.  It was more of
> a brainteaser than an enjoyable piece, but it fit
> the assignment.
> 
> According to what you're saying here, I should share
> the writing credit
> with the viola player.  Nope.  It was my piece, not
> theirs.  They didn't
> come to me and say "I've got a great idea...I could
> do something like this
> or this" and we wrote it together.  I had the idea,
> even though I had no
> idea what they would play, and I got them to come do
> it.
> 
> If I put together a combo and I had the rhythm
> section playing a groove (I
> wrote the bass line and keys), and I asked a conga
> player to join in, and
> just asked him to fit in the groove, I'm going to
> expect him to have the
> chops to play an appropriate style and tasteful
> fills where appropriate. 
> If I want something special somewhere I'll ask for
> it.  If in his
> experience he has an idea that would work well, I'll
> be open to it.  But
> I'm not going to credit him with writing props. 
> It's not his piece.
> 
> --Sean
> 
> 
> 
> > If you hire a bunch of musicians and tell them to
> play something,
> > anything,
> > then they are playing their music and you are a
> producer, not a composer
> >
> > If you hire a bunch of musicians and explain your
> musical dream, your
> > vision, in a way that has direction, focus and at
> least minimal clarity,
> > then they are playing your music and you are a
> composer
> 
> 
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