[mplpost] Release gimmicks

[Ian Boddy]

I just want to clear up some of this discussion since it was me who has
helped Joel Morelli.

David McNeil at the Roxy theatre produced Joel's live recording.  The ticket
price of $20 included a CD of that live recording.  The CD is now complete
and is in the process of being delivered to those who attended.

  There is no second CD or CD-R included.  The show was digitally videoed
and so far, a CD-R single has been produced and sold at some of Joel's
shows.

The show itself was worth $20 and was a display of what talent is hanging
around these Grey-Bruce backwoods.

The delay wasn't negotiating a reasonable rate.  The delay was getting CMRRA
to send us the licence.  It took months. If you have never heard Joel sing
House of the Rising Sun, get a copy, it is worth the wait. (Or go and see
Joel and Tyler Wagler and Tanglefoot at Hugh's tomorrow night.)  If we had
deleted that song, or ignored CMRRA, the CD would have been ready in July.

 Due to the fact that there are people are listed as having written it, we
wanted to protect our butts and apply for the licence.  CMRRA is supposed to
return the deposit if it is public domain.  They didn't.  Joel has a
licence. His butt is covered.  The whole CD is really good.

Ian C. Boddy
ianboddy@log.on.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Regenstreif <mike@ckutfolk.com>
To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [mplpost] Release gimmicks


> At 02:22 AM 11/23/01, steve@stevebriggs.com wrote:
> >Joel Morelli did a nice thing at his release up here in Owen Sound. $20
> >got youa ticket to the live show, the CD AND a live recording of the gig
> >you attended, burned onto CDRom. However there were some copyright
hassles
> >because they did house of the rising sun onstage and couldn't get rights
> >at a reasonable rate, which has delayed the live CD. 6 months later it's
> >still not out. No complaints here tho', the show in itself was worth the
$20.
>
>
>          "House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song in the
public
> domain.  Anyone can copyright their own arrangement.  SESAC lists 7
> versions, ASCAP has 22, BMI has 65, "written" by people ranging from
Huddie
> Ledbetter to Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan to Eric Burdon and many others.
>
>          I would assume that SOCAN must have some versions as
> well.  However, they don't have a searchable database on their website.
>
>
> Mike Regenstreif
>
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