The Remix ?

[Brit' fan]

IF A REMIX IS DONE USING AN A CAPELLA WITHOUT THE VOCALIST KNOWLEDGE, WOULD THERE BE ANY PROBLEMS?

FOR EXAMPLE A SONG WAS MADE USING CORINA'S TEMPTATION A CAPELLA FROM THE 12" SINGLE, AND THE REMIX WAS AN UNDERGROUND CLUB/RADIO HIT THEN CROSSED OVER TO CHART. WOULD THE ORIGINAL VOCALIST BE ENTITLED TO ROYALTIES OR HER RECORD LABEL. IN THIS CASE, CUTTING RECORDS?

I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK THE VOCALIST WOULD ONLY GET THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE FEES (AND EXPOSURE).

LATELY THERE HAVE BEEN A LOAD OF DANCE/HOUSE REMIXES DONE USING VOCALS, LIKE THE LATE GREAT BOB MARLEY, EDDIE GRANT, RUN DMC, BOBBY BROWN & OTHERS...

 

[SONYA]

hmm thats a really good question im not too sure though. Anybody?

 

[Rhoq]

The answer to your question is "YES" - Corina, Cutting Records and the songwriters would be entitled to royalties.

Look at what happened 2 years ago with the unauthorized remix of "TEARS IN MY EYES" by Nu-Image. The accapella from the original song was thrown over a new track and credit was given to a phantom artist named "Troy".

The song was featured on Ventura International Records' MAXIMUM FREESTYLE, VOL. 3 and it sparked a legal battle between Atilla and Nu-Image.

 

[bassbump]

Ventura Records has been known to rip off artists and they hardly sell more then 100 copies of any of their albums in Canada. Artist misrepresentation such as the Frankie Boy saga four years ago ruined it all for Atilla. Many retailers do not bother with albums period. As far Corina, unless she had anything to do with the music or lyrics, she would not get a single penny. Only the lyrics, music and production are copyrighted and most likely if the single crossed over to the charts, they were credited on top of the new people who added their lyrics and voices to the new production; that's how mechanical rights are attributed by original labels (i.e. Cutting). However, the credits in the new product could list the original title and artist name as reference to where the sample or cue came form. It has been done in all styles of music (Puff Daddy with the Police 'every breath you take', Canada's Maestro and many others...

 

[beatsfromdapast]

ive got a tribal/trance record called subliminal cuts from back in 1993 that had a vocal snippet from corina's 'loving you like crazy'. it used the
"i was in search of perfection, a rainbow to fill up the sky"
repeat,
then
"i was in search of" gets looped with a tribal drum track
i was in search of, i was in search of, i was in search of...

pretty cool track and on a major club label that still exists, but no credits to corina or the sample at all.

ive heard many coro samples.

what about beats? does the same copyrights exist?