Soundtracks
Proposed Soundtracks For Projects:
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Didn't really want to be on google. I dunno. Anyway.
"Microsoft's failure to patch a...
(by cmptrgy412 26 Jul 2007 04:28, posts: 20)
(by cmptrgy412 26 Jul 2007 04:28, posts: 20)
We're on google.
We are the third link on "contacting the donnas". Amongst other search...
(by Patryk 26 Jul 2007 00:45, posts: 20)
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Totally irrelevant, but Ian Scott, knowing Nathan, came from Scott Ian the guitarist to Anthrax...
(by drummerdude767 12 Jul 2007 01:38, posts: 13)
(by drummerdude767 12 Jul 2007 01:38, posts: 13)
First of all this is by no means a definate list of what's going into the sound track. Right now I'm compiling a list of songs that I like and could fit into the movie. They are in no particular order.
Like Jake said, by no means my final choice or anything. Just some general ideas.
Any feedback on these?
[ignore] I think you all should work on creating your own music… Garage Band on the Mac is really a pretty decent program for doing your own stuff… Plus if these movies ever get entered into a contest you won't have to go back and change all of the music [/ignore]
Well, I didn't quite think of that, but right now, I'd rather work on getting these projects finished at their highest possible quality.
If it turns out that we do want to enter it into a contest, we can easily go back and edit music, but priority one is finishing/polishing the movies.
[edit]Another utility like Garage Band is Sony Acid Pro which is said to be better than Garage Band. Acid's for windows. There might be a mac version. Not sure.[/edit]
Actually I had thought of that. But I have to say, I have my heart set on some of these songs. I would hate to trash them if I didn't absolutely have to. I guess I'll have to agree with Jacobeme on this one, we will cross the "Second Soundtrack Bridge" when we come to it. Sad… I almost hope we don't. How's that for twisted? Love the fake html, Rufkahr, possibly the coolest nerdy thing I've seen you do yet.
Reading up on Royalties, just thought I'd post my findings.
Synchronization rights and royalties - A synchronization license is needed for a song to be reproduced onto a television program, film, video, commercial, radio, or even an 800 number phone message. It is called this because you are "synchronizing" the composition, as it is performed on the audio recording, to a film, TV commercial, or spoken voice-over. If a specific recorded version of a composition is used, you must also get permission from the record company in the form of a "master use" license. The synchronization royalty is paid to songwriters and publishers for use of a song used as background music for a movie, TV show, or commercial.
(3) Synchronization Fees:
Unlike mechanical royalties, synch fees are purely negotiable and are not regulated by statute; they are strictly contractual and vary greatly in amount depending on the usage, subjective importance of the song and production, and medium used. Ranges can vary as low as free for an unsigned artists for an unknown and un-released song for a local public TV program, up to $250,000 or more for a major artist’s hit song featured in a high-budget feature film. Generally, however, synch fees are determined and negotiated by custom and practice based on a number of objective and subjective factors.
I'm not reccomending this, but I'm just wondering, since these are independent films, made by Highschool students… wouldn't the royalties be generally, quite low?
It really depends on the record company. While a bunch of bands are nice, we have gone from the era where bands, mostly, own the copyrights on their own work. No matter how much a band would want to support us by letting us use their stuff for free, it's purely up to the record label.
Knowing the RIAA, (See members here: http://www.riaa.com/about/members/), and how they constantly sue the people (music pirates) who can't really defend themselves, I know they're mostly jerks.
Not all the members of the RIAA are bad, but I wish the ones that weren't would oppose what the RIAA is doing. If you find a good one, they may let you use it for free, so basically after these 3 short paragraphs:
Start letter writing. Mention that you're a poor orphan in need of a triple lung transplant though.
Cool.
I was talking to Ryan about it, and he agreed with me. I would rather fill out a shit load of paperwork, and STILL find out I couldn't do it, then just compose simple lyric-less music to go with my movie. So yeah, I basically just wanted to know the process.
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-licensing.htm
According to HSW, the main person you have to get in good with is the publisher. I CAN'T FIND THE PUBLISHER FOR THE DONNAS. Also on their website, there's no email for questions. Their record labels have been Atlantic and LP (forgot what it stood for). Atlatic no longer recognizes them on their website and LP is having server problems or something. Maybe they don't exist. So basically, I CAN'T FIND THEIR PUBLISHER. You can call the Warner Music Group Licesning number here: (818) 953-7900. I dunno. May not be connected to atlantic anymore though…
:(
*sigh*
We are screwed?