Just a couple questions for those beat producers...

[jmarques]

where did you see that you can just copyright 20 sec of a song.,.. that will not hold a grain of salt in court..you must have the whole song copywritten in order to prove someone stole your melody to your beat that they heard..20 secs cannt justify that..

but to be safe i will make sure..for everyones benefit..

ok bknot1 you are probably right.

If you are really paranoid about this guy then I would go with Mindset route and make the person sign a contract.

If the guy is even remotely serious about recording then I'm sure he be willin to sign to the contract on good will, but I don't think you can make him pay until there is a product to be sold.

oh btw you should probably get a lawyer to draw you up some contracts for you. That way it's all legit and get some advice from a pro!!.

 

[Fieva]

Oh and Re-Lapse, I'll throw in some input...when I get drenched for ideas, I make a choice to do 3 of the following..

1.) Turn on the radio or MTV and just listen with the ears of a normal person, not as a musician. Sometimes you catch shit that you wouldn't have earlier that makes that song come out...hell sometimes you come up with new melodies that add to what you're doing.

2.) Go into Reason (or FL in your case) and make a simple drumloop, save it for later and let it marinate for a couple of days. Usually something pops up by then.

3.) Listen to old soul, funk, hell even disco is good for trying new shit. Listen to/for vocals, samples, drum loops/patterns/sounds, different instruments and melodies. You'd be surprised how many beats are still based off that old school flavor, but synthed up to sound modern. Trust me on that one kid.

Fiev.

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

..... Listen to old soul, funk, hell even disco is good for trying new shit.... You'd be surprised how many beats are still based off that old school flavor, but synthed up to sound modern. Trust me on that one kid.

Fiev.

I agree wholeheartedly with the information that you are sharing with the members of our community here at HR.COM.

 

[Re-Lapse]

Oh and Re-Lapse, I'll throw in some input...when I get drenched for ideas, I make a choice to do 3 of the following..

1.) Turn on the radio or MTV and just listen with the ears of a normal person, not as a musician. Sometimes you catch shit that you wouldn't have earlier that makes that song come out...hell sometimes you come up with new melodies that add to what you're doing.

2.) Go into Reason (or FL in your case) and make a simple drumloop, save it for later and let it marinate for a couple of days. Usually something pops up by then.

3.) Listen to old soul, funk, hell even disco is good for trying new shit. Listen to/for vocals, samples, drum loops/patterns/sounds, different instruments and melodies. You'd be surprised how many beats are still based off that old school flavor, but synthed up to sound modern. Trust me on that one kid.

Fiev.

I'll take your advice and do such, I usually get alot of my inspiration from random noises throughout my days, sometimes t.v., sometimes cars, sometimes a washing machine gives me a cool beat. Never the less, I like the input. Thanks again Fiev, always a pleasure reading what you have to say.

--Re-Lapse

 

[Mindset]

ok bknot1 you are probably right.

If you are really paranoid about this guy then I would go with Mindset route and make the person sign a contract.

If the guy is even remotely serious about recording then I'm sure he be willin to sign to the contract on good will, but I don't think you can make him pay until there is a product to be sold.

oh btw you should probably get a lawyer to draw you up some contracts for you. That way it's all legit and get some advice from a pro!!.

There's actually a whole bunch of contracts posted up by BK here, search for them, or he might just post one up for you to use. Just modify them, and there you go. Usually a 'Work For Hire' contact is generally used.

 

[Fieva]

I agree wholeheartedly with the information that you are sharing with the members of our community here at HR.COM.

Appreciate that Spin. How've you been? Haven't seen you around in a while.

Fiev.