MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: reggie miles
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 10:46 PM

Amos, I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself and my breath smells like bait. It reminds me of that Carol King song Aunt Tissy's Patients.

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Amos
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 11:56 PM

Cool, man!! That's how I feel; that's why I stay up until all hours combing these darned lists and juggling filters!! :>)

I love this job!!

A

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Barbara Shaw
Date: 25 Oct 02 - 09:07 AM

That $2 fee for an online license is new since I did my licensing last year. Guess they found another way to pick up a few more dollars beyond the statutory rate. Anyway, it's quick and easy, not all that expensive to legally cover your use of someone's song, and you get the license back online within 48 hours. I used HFA for my Gillian Welch tune.


Another song requiring license - Man in the Middle, by Harley Campbell - was not handled by HFA. You need to look songs up on their website http://www.songfile.com/, where you can also continue on to do the licensing.


When HFA didn't work out, I ended up having a nice correspondence with Harley about his great song, and he directed me to Paul Craft Music, which owned the publishing rights. This led me to an outfit called Copyright Management Services, which had a website called copyright.net. They required paper back and forth, but did the licensing at the same rate. Lately, however, this copyright.net site doesn't seem to work anymore. Interesting, but definitely a tangled web.

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Amos
Date: 28 Oct 02 - 09:53 AM

I am happy to report that as a result of a LOT of HErculean searching by our own Sorcha, we have reduced the number of songs which have problems on the permissions front to a small handful. I'll get a list out tonight. Sorcha really came through in the pinch over the weekend and should get a medal!

Since we can't use songs unless they are (a) permitted or (b) in the public domain, the options mentioned above will apply to those concerned. (See 23 Oct 02 - 09:01 PM)

Good news is this is a smaller issue than I feared! THe majority of songs are known trad or written by the performer or someone known to him.

More later, pals.

A

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: MMario
Date: 28 Oct 02 - 10:01 AM

*grin* before the flaming and arguing start - I think Amos is using "trad" in the music business sense of "public domain" - not necessarily as "no known author and collected from the singing tradition"

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Amos
Date: 28 Oct 02 - 03:23 PM

Thanks, MM -- that combat de pis was the last thing I needed!

A

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 28 Oct 02 - 04:50 PM

Amos - In case - Boonierats is clear. I have written permission to do what I want with that song.

Steve

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Amos
Date: 28 Oct 02 - 05:08 PM

I figured, Steve!! Thanks!! I like it!!

A

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: reggie miles
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 08:15 AM

How do you keep a mudcateer in suspense? Tell ya later. ;~)

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Amos
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 09:30 AM

Reggie:

I assume Girl with the Shimmy In Her Pants is something you guys wrote. Not so?

A

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Amos
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 02:41 PM

Schedule Update:

I intend to put these issues if I possibly can this weekend.

This means I will then publish the final contents list with any subbing or replacing due to permissions issues. This listing will also go to michaelr for inclusion in the slipcover art -- which BTW I hope will have some artsy differentiation based on the disk names I mentioned above -- color bars or flower images or some such. I leave that to the artists in our midst.

If anyone is sending me an additional tune or a replacement tune SEND IT TONIGHT!!!

This means there may be some last minutes scrambles for permissions checks if Angel Sorcha is up for it.

If you have been asked to check with someone for okay to use (KEndall, Morty, etc.) please get a response to me as soon as everly possible. (Everly POssible was the 3rd Everly brother, the one with the tin ear...)

Thanks, everyone. Please PM me with any issues, concerns, etc.

The home stretch looms, guys!! We WILL ship by Xmas, I do believe!


A

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: reggie miles
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 06:08 PM

Amos, yup, I done wrote it.

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Sorcha
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 06:09 PM

I can handle it, Amos.

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: MMario
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 06:27 PM

Go Team GO!

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Amos
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 06:48 PM

You guys are the greatest!

A

Subject: RE: MUDCAT CD IX: Songs of Cerulean Hours!
From: Dharmabum
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 07:08 PM

A BIG THANKS to all involved with this project!

    DB.