May 3, 2007
Rise of the Silver SESAC
Last night I was a guest on the uber-geek podcast Extra Life Radio. It was one of the most fun things I'd ever done on Skype, the conversation was funny, lively, and touched on topics beyond cover songs.
And I made an announcement about a future Coverville project that I haven't announced here yet. Intrigued yet?
Posted by bibbott at May 3, 2007 2:02 PMLove the idea! I'll be getting one of those and now that I know of you I'll be listening to your pod cast!
Posted by: Samantha Jane at May 3, 2007 3:11 PMIt was a great appearance on ELR Brian. You stopped O talking which is a major achievement! Your geekability is confirmed :-)
And that idea is fantastic and I think I can speak for all Covervillians when saying the very best of luck!
Regards
Wayne
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at May 3, 2007 4:04 PMBrian, can you please explain what you meant about cover artists getting around paying royalties to the original artists?
You said something about how the techno version of "Heaven" was done specifically for that reason.
Confused in Birmingham,
-Brian
Here's how I understand it:
A song has two associated licenses, the songwriters license (usually through ASCAP, BMI or SESAC), and the mechanical license (the sound recording be the performer).
If you cover a song, you only need to pay the songwriter's license, unless your performance is too close (derivative is the term they use, I believe) to the original. So when someone needs Bryan Adams performing "Heaven", they pay both licenses. If they hire a performer to recorda cover version of the song, they only need to pay the appropriate songwriting license, depending on how many copies are produced, distributed, etc.
There's a lot more to it than that, most of which I don't understand, but that's the essence of it.
Posted by: Brian Ibbott at May 4, 2007 3:49 PMI'd like to go on record with the suggestion that the title be "This one goes to eleven".
Posted by: Luke at May 5, 2007 8:36 AMLuke, I was going to say there should be 11 songs
Posted by: Ian R. at May 5, 2007 12:00 PMThat's good news, Brian. Good luck!
Posted by: B. at May 6, 2007 4:57 AM"This goes to 11" is definitely a contender for the title. (It may stick after I watch the movie again next weekend to look for anything else that jumps out), but there will be 11 tracks, and the first pressing may be 11,000 copies.
Posted by: Brian Ibbott at May 6, 2007 5:50 PMSo when will the CD be available and how can we get it? I can't wait!
Posted by: Phil Robinson at May 7, 2007 12:51 PM