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Music Online Info

* Music download store - Apple Computer
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* Free Music Downloads
* Free Mp3 Downloads
* Napster
* Download classical sheet music and midi files
* Napster



Tips For Musicians

How many songs should we put on our demo tape?

The industry really rarely likes to see more than three or four songs on a demo tape. It should be three or four of the best songs that you have with the best song first. If you have only one good song, then put that song on the demo.

How do we get our demo to a record company?

While many record companies accept "unsolicited material", sometimes it is necessary to go through a manager or a lawyer that the record company is familiar with. Unsolicited demo tapes can be sent via courier, mail or delivered personally.

How do I copyright a song?

Copyright, in most cases, arises automatically under The Copyright Act in the absence of any formality such as a registration. The song however, must be original, that is, not copied from another copyright protected work.

How much are your rates?

Lawyers' rates vary depending on the service to be performed. Some rates are flat rates on routine matters and some rates are billed at hourly rates. Our rates currently range from 85.00 an hour for a paralegal to 225.00 an hour for the most senior associate.

What is music publishing?

Simply put, music publishing in the business sense, is the exploitation usually by way of licensing rights to musical compositions with a view to making money. In the legal sense, music publishing means issuing copies to the public. Copies may be in the form of a tape, sheet music or records, for example.

How do I find a manager?

Finding a manager can be a difficult task. In most cases, if an Artist has commissionable earnings, a record deal in hand and a publishing agreement, managers often come to the Artist. A manager can be solicited much like a publisher or a record company. Often managers find artists and not the other way around.

One of our band members has left the group. Can we still use the songs we wrote together? Can we still use the band name?

Both of these are complex legal questions and skilled legal advice should be obtained. Under The Copyright Act in Canada, the general rule is that the songs that were co-written cannot be exploited without consent of the other co-writer, so if there is a dispute as to exploiting the songs, it may be difficult to use the songs that were co-written. Use of the band name triggers a complex trademark issue and skilled legal advice should be sought.



Music News

30 Jun 2008 at 5:30am
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month....
27 Jun 2008 at 8:14am
Music Player for X-Cart - X-Cart Mod - is very easy in use music player, which could be placed on every page of your store to create strong impresseion about your products. [Update | License: Commercial $25 | Requires: Win 98/ME/2000/XP | Size: 30 KB]
26 Jun 2008 at 9:59pm
Some bands work better in the context of an outdoor summer music festival than others. And Gnarls Barkley is one that excels at creating the right vibe and making the proper music to score a evening under the stars.
3 Jul 2008 at 9:22am
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write....
3 Jul 2008 at 3:05pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers....
3 Jul 2008 at 1:19am
Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie at age 82, has died. He was 83.
29 Jun 2008 at 7:31am
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse takes on a reveler while performing at the Glastonbury music festival.
27 Jun 2008 at 1:11pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- MTV isn't ruling out giving viewers more Britney Spears at this year's Video Music Awards. "Everyone deserves a second or third chance, right?" Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music Group, playfully told The Associated Press during a telephone interview Friday. When asked if he was just joking, Toffler said "sorta."...
2 Jul 2008 at 10:39am
VERNON, CT (MARKET WIRE) TicketNetwork.com, the leading source for the ticket industry's most comprehensive inventory, today announced it is offering the lowest prices for tickets to the summer's hottest country music concerts.
3 Jul 2008 at 2:46pm
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Research firm eMarketer predicts that music sales as a whole will continue to decline, but online and mobile markets will grow rapidly.
28 Jun 2008 at 2:53am
Source: ifilm.com Music Videos Panic at the Disco channels Sgt. Pepper while they frolic with young children in a trippy park.
1 Jul 2008 at 2:47am
The MTV- and RealNetworks-backed music service distances itself from subscriptions to focus on appealing to owners of the ubiquitous Apple iPod.
25 Jun 2008 at 1:32am
A former band and music teacher at Evergreen High and Middle schools has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student.
27 Jun 2008 at 3:45pm
Let's post some favorite tunes again. I think it was Llibit that did the party on here and that was great fun. YouTube - Sailing: Christopher Cross (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqfz1l9s6k0&feature=related)
25 Jun 2008 at 6:58am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bob Dylan. Yo-Yo Ma. Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. These aren't musical acts in a summer concert series: They're artists featured on Barack Obama's iPod....