....just a little to late for the holiday season, thanks to a courier who wasted 1 week storing the CDs instead of delivering them (long story).....
But anyway,- got them today and have set up a "Buy Now" option on my website, CD Baby will follow in January and then iTunes a little later.
So if you can't wait for it to appear on CD Baby and want it a little too late for Christmas :? then click here. You can also listen to 1-minute samples of each song there.
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All right! I've got to go over there!
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Just got my order in. :mrgreen:
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
great news Steinar. congrats.
I will be ordering this evening after work.
yippie.
Sounds pretty good!
If you don't mind me asking, how did you go about getting rights to record the covers? Feel free to PM me if you don't want to clutter up the thread.
Thanks guys! :D
Regarding the rights,- you don't need permission to record and release versions of other people's music, as long as you pay licensing fees through the proper agencies.
What you can't do without permission is to make radical changes to the song (translating the lyrics to your own native language is a classic example for us non-English speakers, can't do that without permission), or list yourself formally as "arranger" because that will take a piece of the cake going to the owner of the publishing rights. So even though I have made my own personal interpretations of these songs, I can't register myself as "arranger" without the permission of Experience Hendrix LLC who owns the rights.
But other than that you're pretty much free to record and release just about anything you want as long as you pay the licensing fees (in the US I believe it's the Harry Fox Agency that deals with that).
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yes indeed Steinar is correct. I have been looking into this now that I have mastering software and my recordings of covers sound much better. I learned that you need to pay a small fee to get the licensing to publish. then, the versio n you post is yours and others need permission. cool.
Harry Fox is one .BMI is also a major liscenser. they have regional offices here in the states. Nashville, NewYork and LA. I contacted the Nashville office several weeks ago and have not heard a peep.
And now also available as CDs and MP3s on CD Baby (recommended for customers outside Europe):
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/steinar2
