So, anytime a hip-hop/rap or R&B artist who may or may not have some kind of credibility as a lyricist releases a new record, these click-bait "X Amount of Writers are Credited on ____'s New Album" articles always seem to pop up. The purpose is usually to subliminally invalidate the artist's skill-set and fuel debates on whether they're talented or not. It's been done with Kanye West (The Life of Pablo had 103 writers), Beyoncé (Lemonade=72 writers) and now Drake (Views=81 writers). That sounds like a lot of Pablos, views and gallons of lemonade, but hold up! There's a little technicality to be mindful of. Not even half of the individuals listed did any literal writing. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if no more than 10 people actually assisted. Let me explain... Often in hip-hop/rap and R&B, there's this cute thing called sampling that happens, where portions of a song by someone else are mixed in. When this is done, the song and its original writers typically have to be cited for legality's sake (e.g., "This song contains replayed elements from 'You Tried It' by Tamar Braxton"). Those few of us who still buy physical copies …show more content…
This is probably in part to how hands-on producers are in creating the music or melodic ideas the artist uses. Taking into account how limited credits are in showing the true extent of each person's contributions, a "producer" can be a composer, someone who programmed the drums, or made with the chorus melody that the song was developed around. In that case, it makes sense to consider this kind of work "writing." However, this doesn't mean that Drake, Nicki Minaj or Kanye West are sitting in a room full of 10 other people taking different bits and pieces of lyrics to make a song. These times are occasional, and rarely involve more than 2 or 3 people tops, which is the average amount of writers on a song in any
was never, and has yet to be, attributed to any one certain individual. Rap, also known as
As a co-writer and producer, Brown has worked to develop many of the artists we have come to know today. Performers such as, Rick Barry, Status Green, Corey Wagar, Jerzy Jung, Natalie Stovall, Alex Brumel, and Andrew Holtz have all come to know his commitment to songwriting quite well, with some gaining major momentum because of it. His long career has seen him go thru several major label recording deals and at least three distinct publishing deals. He has achieved song placements in TV and film, and working with great producers and mentors like Danny Kortchmar (Don Henley, James Taylor, Rod Stewart), Peter Collins (Jewel, Rush, Indigo Girls), Monty Powell (Keith Urban, Lady A, Diamond Rio) and others that he’s no doubt picked up a few tricks from over the years.
The chapter “Clarify What’s Important to you” introduces several successful leaders and many praiseworthy values to me. Although each leader comes from different environments and possesses different characters, all of them keep their precious values in mind and persist in chasing their ideal lives. Even if each value can be interpreted by different meanings, they all lead encourage individuals to become better.
There are a lot of people who helped create the music video. Sean Forbes wrote the lyrics, while Jake Bass created the music. Adrean Mangiardi directed and edited the music video. Joel Martin and D-PAN Entertainment are the Executive Producer and the Production Assistant is Stefan Verdun. Lastly, the assistant director is Mark Levin.
COURSEWORK FOR CONTRACT LAW (MUSIC*) *On what basis does the inclusion of samples of a recording made by *Pink Floyd constitute an infringement of copyright? In civil law regarding copyright, there are two types of infringement; primary and secondary. Primary is concerned with the unauthorised use of copyrighted works and secondary would involve the dealing or making commercial use of such infringing copies. In the music industry, an infringement of copyright often consists of an existing piece of music being used by an artist without permission from the person or company who own the rights to the original music or recorded sound. This is exactly what has happened with Alexei Duff. He has used two samples from two Pink Floyd tracks and did not get permission from the appropriate copyright owners. If found guilty in court, this would be regarded as primary infringement. There is a lot of confusion about sampling in the music industry. Several think that if only a small fraction of a piece of music is sampled, whether it is a few notes or a few seconds, then it does not need to be cleared for use however this is not the case. The 1988 Copyright Act says that for an infringement of copyright to have taken place, the sample used must be of a substantial part. This means that it is the quality rather than the quantity of the sample used which determines if an infringement of copyright has occurred. In the case of Alexie Duff, one of his tracks uses a ten second sample extracted from the song “Dark side of the moon” and the sample is looped throughout the track entire. This means that the sample substantially contributes to the overall piece of music created by the artist and as the sample has not been cleared, an infringement of ...
According to “The Changing Landscape of the Music Business,” Artists have to develop an image that appeals to the supporters in order to be unique. This can be achieved through the promotion of their music, but if the artist makes the wrong move, this can result in the artist struggling to sustain their career. There are many ways that licensing music can go wrong, with it either going into the wrong hands, or is abused with promotion so that the song isn’t enjoyed anymore, resulting in less sales or profit for the
They would tell stories what would involve mass use of repetition. In their situation they used it as a method for memorization, but in hip hop, repetition was used as a key element to get a message across. Also in the past African Americans practiced communal authorship, in which the original author of a story would be unknown, the stories would be passed orally from generation to generation combined with others stories in one. Such communal authorship is also an element in hip hop, otherwise known as sampling. Sampling involves one artist using another’s work in order create a new song. In years’ past this did create many copyright problems but it also helped create a new form of art that still has ties to black tradition. Also in the past loud sounds where used as a form of “coded communication [which] inspired fear in slaveholders” (Rose 62), there is a slight similarity with this and how loud car speakers driving playing rap music can alert the people that something may occur
Becoming a music producer can mean discovering and helping make the careers of artists. However, it takes time, effort, training and contacts. That's because a music producer has plenty of responsibilities during an album's production, both on the creative and the business looks sides. The producer supervises all aspects of the recording process, from helping to select songs to contracting with session players and deciding the sound of the song, selecting the studio and engineers, booking studio time and overseeing the recording budget.
Record Producer is a person who creates beats for other music artist or for themselves. A producer has many roles such as creating a blueprint for the project, selecting songs and musicians, coaching the artist in the studio, controlling the recording sessions, and supervising the entire production. Producers also often take on a wider management role with responsibility for the cost, schedules, and negotiations. A producer aims to gain popularity in the music industry or individual positive exposure to music labels (such music companies as Sony, OVO sound, Def Jams, etc.) Nowadays record producers create music to get label contract or to be heard on the radio.
I disagree with Cusic when he states in paragraph 5 that singers who do cover songs are bad for recording labels. Cover songs bring a new outlook and songs and helps new generations discover old songs. Cover songs are a big part of this generation’s culture. It is fun to experience different singers out takes on the songs because you get hear a new version of the
Critique of "You DO Like Reading Off a Computer Screen," by Cory Doctorow In his article "You DO Like Reading Off a Computer Screen," author Cory Doctorow claims that people who say that they do not like reading off a computer screen actually mean that they do not like reading novels off a computer screen (para.1). This would be an arguable claim. The author uses anecdotal evidence relating to the distractions he experiences while reading long works on a computer. This is done with humor, to make a pathos appeal to the reader, in order to support his claim.
The idea that everyone is an author and that almost anything can be authored is something most people never even consider. Once you stop and think about it though, it makes sense. Most people think of an author as someone who tells a story. A story is a telling of a series of events that either the author or a character narrates. It also provides some sort of meaning or lesson. In my opinion, music is one of the most relatable forms of expression. As shown in many Garth Brooks songs, the lyrics tell a story and convey a theme, which is widely acknowledged as authoring.
Music Copyright is a very important aspect of the music industry. The Copyright law was established to preserve the creativity and rights of authors, composers, performers of expression. Copyright is the law that protects the property rights of the creator of an original work in a fixed tangible medium. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copyright) A fixed tangible medium is something substantial like copying lyrics on paper or putting a song on tape or CD. Copyright can be seen every where in the music industry. Many music artist of our culture today have been involved in copyright issues. Recently, on MTV news it was stated that, "As the music industry becomes increasingly concerned about protecting the integrity of artists copyrights in the age of MP3. Prince has now filed a motion in New York federal court aimed at shutting down several websites offering free downloads of the Artist's songs." (http://www.mtv.com…19990304/prince.jhtml) In addition, in recent music news, "Nine Inch Nails lead man Trent Reznor copyright infringement suit was dismissed. Another artist claimed that the Reznor had stolen material for his last album." (http://www.mtv.com…19991202/nine_inch_nails.jhtml) The copyright law has become an important legal aspect to know our music generation.
“Music producers are responsible for the overall production of commercially recorded music.” (ECVG 374) Because music producers oversee all production, they are very important when it comes to being in the studio. The 37th Annual Ed. 2014 Songwriter’s Market tells that producers have the most control of the creativity in the recording studio or on a project (Duncan 161). Specifically, a task that producers perform is helping to decide what should be recorded for a certain project. James Duncan also informs in the book previously mentioned, that producers can help develop and assist artists as well (161). They will most likely specialize in a specific genre so they can narrow down the projects they record. (ECVG 375) In addition, producers will often select the musicians, recording studio, and engineer for an artist and can even co-write for the project. (Duncan 6) They also aid in “mixing.” “Mixing” is another term for “final editing.” Producers accompany the artists, musicians, and engineers to make sure...
The pressure received from the music industry to writes songs to produce popular hits to please listeners to listen to more of the singers songs. Songwriting is an activity distributed between various number of people. Songwriters might be paired with different songwriters such as for example: A songwriter so excels in writing lyrics may be paired with a with a gift for creating original melodies. Some songwriters have their own publishers: some are their own publisher. Technology has advanced that songwriting can be recorded on your laptop and with an advanced microphone.