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Post by Jablea on Jan 12, 2023 0:39:55 GMT -5
Thank you, Cassie, please clarify, by the artist do you mean the original artist? So, for ex. Bonnie Tyler would get the money, or would Adam get the money for the cover, or both? I am just curious because it is confusing. That article covered a lot of ground and was somewhat confusing, but it looked to me that it’s the original writer who gets royalties, and Bonnie Tyler didn’t write the song. It also says that the lyrics, melody, or intent of the song can’t be substantially changed. Adam talked about “flipping” the songs around to make them new, but so far they haven’t strayed a lot from the originals. Makes me wonder about the Gary Jules version of Mad World, which is pretty much how Adam later did it, compared with the original Tears for Fears version written by Roland Orzabal. Or Adam’s version of Cher’s Believe. The words and melodies weren’t changed, but the mood certainly was! On almost all of the songs on Adam's recent Albums he's listed as one of the song's writers which covers a broad category from words to tune and we've said that he needed to do that to get the most income. Also important to own the song masters if he is the singer, something he gave up we think after leaving RCA and his first 2 albums. |
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