Public Domain OK?

[horacejesse]

The following listing is from Nov. I was not able to determine from reading it whether unique arrangements of classical standards were acceptable. That is what I submitted anyway. I probably should have called first, but took a chance in the blind. From listening to samples of some of the recommended artists I noticed that some of them had arrangements of old pieces on their albums. This is why I took a chance. But did I waste ten dollars with a two guitar arrangement and a ukulele arrangemnt of two classical standards?An LA-based Music Library seeks melodic CLASSICAL CROSSOVER SONGS & INSTRUMENTALS a la Sarah Brightman, the Irish Tenors, Andrea Bocelli, Sissel, etc. for film/TV/a/video game placement. The company has been in biz for about a year and already has had placements on ABC, NBC, and HBO as well as films distributed by Disney, Warner Bros., and Trimark. You must own all of your song's licensing/pub. rights and have release forms for any & all performers on your recording [if you hired studio musicians, for example]. They offer a non-exclusive deal. The company's owner will screen your submissions. If you were forwarded for #Y060510TV or Y060811TV, do not submit the same material. Broadcast quality needed [excellent home recordings are OK]. Please submit one to three songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS ONLY -- NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI. For ground submissions, please enclose a S.A.S.E. if you would like a response. Submissions must be rec'd by Nov. 17, 2006.TAXI # Y061117CL

[hummingbird]

Quote:The following listing is from Nov. I was not able to determine from reading it whether unique arrangements of classical standards were acceptable. That is what I submitted anyway. I probably should have called first, but took a chance in the blind. From listening to samples of some of the recommended artists I noticed that some of them had arrangements of old pieces on their albums. This is why I took a chance. But did I waste ten dollars with a two guitar arrangement and a ukulele arrangemnt of two classical standards?An LA-based Music Library seeks melodic CLASSICAL CROSSOVER SONGS & INSTRUMENTALS a la Sarah Brightman, the Irish Tenors, Andrea Bocelli, Sissel, etc. for film/TV/a/video game placement. The company has been in biz for about a year and already has had placements on ABC, NBC, and HBO as well as films distributed by Disney, Warner Bros., and Trimark. You must own all of your song's licensing/pub. rights and have release forms for any & all performers on your recording [if you hired studio musicians, for example]. They offer a non-exclusive deal. The company's owner will screen your submissions. If you were forwarded for #Y060510TV or Y060811TV, do not submit the same material. Broadcast quality needed [excellent home recordings are OK]. Please submit one to three songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS ONLY -- NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI. For ground submissions, please enclose a S.A.S.E. if you would like a response. Submissions must be rec'd by Nov. 17, 2006.TAXI # Y061117CLHi - if by standards you mean covers of already written/public domain songs, then I think you read the listing wrong - this sentence "You must own all of your song's licensing/pub. rights and have release forms for any & all performers on your recording [if you hired studio musicians, for example]." tells me they want originals. But I agree it seems a little murky so I would have called first. Don't throw those songs away tho - something else may come up.H

[zircon]

If a song is public domain, I don't see why you wouldn't own all the licensing/publishing rights to your own arrangement of it.

[matto]

Normally the listing will mention it when it's okay to submit covers or PD stuff, so if it doesn't specifically say so I would assume they want originals...The sentence quoted by hummingbird doesn't explicitly exclude PD material, as you would still own the rights to your arrangement of the song...unless you take the *your* in "your song's" literally of course.Definitely one of those cases where it would've been best to call, that's what the 800 number is for.

[horacejesse]

I see no reason not to make it clear in the wording of the listing in the first place. Heck, am I supposed to play some kind of cryptic game where the word "your" may or may not translate into authorship, where not mentioning something means it is either so or not so, depending on X or Y? I have enough work. Every listing should explictly state this important qualification, not drop clues.

[horacejesse]

Yo Vicki,These were not "songs" from the jazz or stage era but pieces of instrumental classical music several hundred years old, Bach and Fernando Sor. I do a wee bit of transcribing to guitar or ukulele from other instruments now and then. In some cases I do adaptations rather than transcriptions. These were on the borderline, fairly straight but only rarely if ever formalized to these instruments, I have a thinking.

[matto]

Quote:I see no reason not to make it clear in the wording of the listing in the first place. Heck, am I supposed to play some kind of cryptic game where the word "your" may or may not translate into authorship, where not mentioning something means it is either so or not so, depending on X or Y? I have enough work. Every listing should explictly state this important qualification, not drop clues.Actually it's quite simple...unless it says "covers or PD songs okay", or something to that effect, they want original songs. In 95% of the cases that's what Taxi is looking for, and I believe this is covered in your Taxi starter kit. So there's no need to search for cryptic clues.