[Fmpro] Are loops stealing?

[Chris Alpiar]

Ahhh now the topic gets deeper. If I give you a chord chart as the bass
player when are you a co composer and when are you just a band member...

There is so many ways to answer it. I can only say that you gotta dig into
you heart and see what feels real. To me it would be if you created
something of a hook with absolutely no input from the composer, or you
created a melody, then yea you should be a co composer with some % agreement
of how much that would be worth between composer and associates

My whole life has been as a jazz performer, I have toured for years all over
and when I improvise a solo I never considered it to be composition in a
monetary sense, but I always acknowledge that improvisation (or at least
good improvisation) is more intense then composing since it is composing on
the fly (assuming you don't regurgitate practiced licks when you improvise)

Hmmmm all I can say is that I need to think on this a bit before I say more
;)

Chris

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[mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of leshurdle
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Are loops stealing?

So each to his own then?

However, if that bass player, or pno player/gtr player or heaven  
forbid the drummer actually 'added' something..... would they not  
also be composing?

I still stand shamed to think I dare use something I bought as they  
said I could.

How about the the performers world........... in the disco world [no  
giggles please] shouldn't I be paid for every time I played 'my  
line'............ wow..... how about everytime some other bass player  
used it on a recording, did they steal from me, should they pay  
me....... now I'm really getting looped ;-)

L


On May 29, 2007, at 6:37 PM, Chris Alpiar wrote:

> I wrote a LOT of jazz charts in my day, and rhythm section parts  
> often were
> chord charts with slashes and rythms for hits. But the chords were  
> very
> specific, the melody was written out, and any non rhythm section  
> parts were
> all written note for note. But that's jazz... ;)



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