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RE: Steemit Open Mic Week 81 - original song "Slide Me Down this Frozen River"
Hey ya... I think it would be a good idea 4 u to edit this post.. you may want to give a short description of the chord progression.. and a copyright sentence..something like "copyright (your name) 2018 all rights reserved". I think gonna put a backing track together and enter it soon.. I absolutely love this song and I am anxious to get it done, but I want you to get it legal for ya.. it's your song, copyright is how you own it. I'm sure you already knew that ;9) You also want to look into BMI.. cheers!
It's a simple 1-4-5 in G except the second 4 in the chorus is 4maj7. (And of course you can change the key if you like. Though this is one of my few songs that remains easy to play in standard tuning.)
It's a great song, my primary concern is the copyright status.. from what I understand if you have a simple lead sheet with chord progression and lyrics with the words "copyright (your name) and the year in which it was created" ie slide..river tcpolymath 2018" all right reserved then you have legal protection for your work. Then join BMI or Ascap and register the publishing ect. BMI is free, but your gonna have to do your own research... I already have an arrangement started 4 this... I just do not want someone to come along and claim your material... cuz it's that good.. Have a good day... ;9)
Thanks for your concern. I've been working in copyright-related fields for 20 years so I'm pretty confident in what I need to do.
This is true but a recording also establishes copyright. That advice probably dates from before home recording was a universal thing.
Also this isn't by any means the first release of this song.
Too cool! I didn't want to make any assumptions, and I wanted to make sure that you are protected. If you give me how you want the copyright notice to appear I'll include it, please just let me know.. alright I've talked your ear off. Good day sir.. ;9)
ps I usually post my openmic to youtube on the friday before the sunday start date.. so you will have plenty of time to review it... i plan to multi-track this... this song is epic.. ;9)
I have to take back that last part - I've recorded this before but now that I've gone and looked it seems I never released it. So if you want a copyright notice use:
Copyright (c) 2018 Tim Cooper @tcpolymath
Thanks.
Ahhh too cool... if ya want to kinda see where I think I may be taking the "multi-track" thing w/ur song... check out https://steemit.com/openmic/@gibber/stemmit-open-mic-week-80-creep-stone-temple-pilots-cover-by-gibber that's why this song is perfect 4 me. awesome song ya wrote ;9)