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Musicstar888 wrote:

12three wrote:

Musicstar888 wrote:

IT DOES. I am dedicated to it with all my heart, and it means the world to me.    It's just a pain to go through the record labels themselves. You have to find one, and then you have to go over there and ask if they like your music, and then you have to sign all these papers-it's too complicated. I CANT THINK ABOUT THIS MY BRAIN IS EXPLODING  !

The best thing to do is live for today. You could get hit by a car tomorrow, so start doing this.
Not only will signing a record label be more protective but you'll obviously get more fampus.

True. I just don't really know how to do this though. Or where to start, for that matter.  Do you send them an email saying "Hi my band is in need of a recording contract here is a sample of our music [insert attachment here]"?  Do they have a choice of choosing you or is it their job to just record you even if they're not crazy about your music? (It's not like they WONT be crazy about it, it's good stuff.)

Well from here on out if you have an email then email me before this gets closed for being to chatty.
My email is on one of your projects.

Last edited by 12three (2011-04-17 22:04:48)

Recording label w/ producing - $4000-ish

cheddargirl wrote:

Musicstar888 wrote:

...Or any Moderators or just everyday Scratchers.  My friend and I write some songs, and we want to make ourselves known. We can't do youtube or anything that actually shows our face (My friends mom won't let her) so I suggested Scratch. Then my friend said that someone could steal our ideas if we put it on the Web. (By "steal our ideas" she meant like singing the song as their own and not giving us credit.) I was wondering, since the little thing by the stage of a project says "Some rights reserved", does that mean that I can put my song on Scratch without having to worry about someone taking it as their own?
Sigh. This legal stuff can be confusing. 

Theoretically, anybody can steal whatever idea is put on the web, you take that risk whenever you upload something for anyone to see regardless of whatever license you put on it. 

As for the "some rights reserved issue", yes, that could pose a problem. Lemme see if I can explain - any work that you create is automatically copyrighted by you; adding a CC license does not mean you give up your copyright, but it does mean that you allow some things that is not normally allowed under copyright law.

While no one can claim the song as your own regardless of whatever permissive license you use (you can sue if someone does that), placing the CC license on it means that anybody can take that music and do whatever they want with it given whatever is outlined in the CC license (which, in the case of uploading it to Scratch, would be this).

In this case, if you want to keep the full copyright to your songs, I would not recommend uploading it to Scratch. You'd have to share it somewhere else that doesn't automatically place a permissive license of some sort on it (such as your own website). For extra protection in case that your music does get stolen from elsewhere, you can give your copyright "fangs" by registering it with the copyright office associated with your country.

P.S. You can actually share your song on YouTube without showing your face, just have a blank screen with the music playing in the background. 

Thanks cheddargirl! You helped a lot.    XD the cakes thing is funny. 

Last edited by Musicstar888 (2011-04-18 16:47:05)