List your music playlists for tandem work, plz...

[groundrush87 0]

Hey guys, I did a brief search on here for this topic... but I certainly didn't waste much time, so forgive me if I'm asking for something that has been talked about before.

I recently started working at my local dropzone as a videographer for tandems, and when I go to dub their videos for them and put music in the background it has become strikingly apparent to me how little I know about bands and music in general. I know I like listening to the radio in the car, and that's about it. Of course when I hear songs I recognize the tune and know whether I like it or whether I think its lame, but I couldn't tell you what the name of it is to save my life.

In an effort to help reduce my learning curve by spending hours listening to different music that would be appropriate for tandem vids and memorizing the names could you all copy and past the titles and bands that you end up using the most when your working on vids for tandems so that I can set up a music library, and a playlist on my computer that will generally work well when I'm in a hurry looking for music to put on the dvd's that I'm dubbing so I can go ahead and worry about making sure my rig gets packed, interviewing the next student, making the next load etc... I would just ask some of the other camera flyers there but I don't want to always mooch music off their computer, or bogart their iPod when they are in a hurry and have shiz to take care of too.

Thanks in advance for the help guys. -Bsbd

[davelepka 4]

How about getting some royalty-free music, or just respecting the copyright laws and not putting music you don't own DVDs you are selling for a profit?

Let's face it, every new computer on sale today has a DVD drive and a video editing program of some kind. If a customer wants music, let them put it on themselves. They can pick their favorite song, and use it for their own enjoyment without busitng any copyright laws.

Now that you are a paid professional, how would you feel if your footage or pictures was being used by someone else, without your permission, for the pupose of mkaing that person money?

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[groundrush87 0]

Oh Dave... gotta love ya buddy. Take a peek at John 8:7 when ya get a chance.

[theonlyski 8]

So, if I were to use this free download without buying the whole set of songs, would that be wrong?

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[DSE 5]

nope...it's *free*.
That means without encumbrances or license, no hidden strings...it's yours. Enjoy, cheapskate!

[jtnesbitt 0]

Maybe its because I work in advertising...but anytime i hear "rock" royalty free music it always sounds like a car commercial

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[Zlew 0]

I started to take a little bit of a different approach to skydiving music/video material. One of my other hobbies is taking photos of and blogging about the local live music scene. I asked several folks I know from around town if I could use their music for youtube/facebook skydive videos. So far all have said yes. There are lots of good musicians out there who are not signed and just want exposure. You might ask around and see what you can find. I posted 2 videos in the video section if you want to take a look/listen.

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I started to take a little bit of a different approach to skydiving music/video material. One of my other hobbies is taking photos of and blogging about the local live music scene. I asked several folks I know from around town if I could use their music for youtube/facebook skydive videos. So far all have said yes. There are lots of good musicians out there who are not signed and just want exposure. You might ask around and see what you can find. I posted 2 videos in the video section if you want to take a look/listen.

This is a really great tip, and a super way to get exposure for the band and free music for yourself.
One caveat; be sure the band owns all rights to their music.
We had a band give us rights, they assured us (in writing/reps/warranties) that they owned rights.
We did a webisode for Panasonic and within a few days had a cease and desist from the band's producer, who also had (in writing) rights to the song.

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This is a really great tip, and a super way to get exposure for the band and free music for yourself.
One caveat; be sure the band owns all rights to their music.
We had a band give us rights, they assured us (in writing/reps/warranties) that they owned rights.
We did a webisode for Panasonic and within a few days had a cease and desist from the band's producer, who also had (in writing) rights to the song.

I realise/understand the reason for this but to me the idea that an artist doesn't have control of their own music is really sad...

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I realise/understand the reason for this but to me the idea that an artist doesn't have control of their own music is really sad...

Of course it's sad, but it's also the reality of the world.
If you specialize in "making a product" you may not necessarily possess the skills to sell that product. Look at how many awesome skydiving photographers are out there that can't sell their own products... There isn't a couple of weeks go by that I'm not asked something about selling/licensing/monetizing works of some kind or another.
So...
you "hire" someone, an agency, a label, whatever to promote your work so you generate revenues so you can continue making your product.
I've got over 400 copywritten works....I own about 30 of em' outright.
Apple, who made a big deal early on about how iTunes was going to give control back to artists has totally reneged on that position, and they're one of the biggest cannibals of em' all. I get about 1.10 per CD sold in mechanical form. On iTunes, I get .07 for that same sale. For the 1.10, the label works hard to promote and sell the CD, help with touring, merchandising, artistic direction. Apple/Amazon hosts it on a server and puts up a tiny graphic and a small sample.