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Topic: What is an original song? |
Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 20 Jul 2004 8:37 am |
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It might seem like an obvious answer but the question came up recently regarding a performance that was required to have at least 3 original songs in the set, as opposed to cover songs.
As it pertains to a band....does that mean one of the band members wrote the song?
Or all the members wrote the song?
Or, as we take it, does it mean a song that was written by someone not in the band, but was written for the band, and was not previously released.
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Dave Boothroyd
From:
Staffordshire Moorlands
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Posted 20 Jul 2004 9:00 am
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It means a song that has not been recorded and distributed by anyone more famous than you.
So if you sang a song by me, that would be original, but if I'd already had a hit with it, sung by Celine Dion or Elton John (I'd cry all the way to the bank!) then it would be a cover.
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Cheers!
Dave
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 20 Jul 2004 12:24 pm
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| As a songwriter, I would tend to agree with Dave's loose definition. |
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Tracy Sheehan
From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2004 8:36 pm
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| Reminds me of grand pa Jones defination of a new song.Some one would say to him i wrote a new song and he would than say.great.Whats it the tune to. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2004 12:14 pm
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| Songs that the club owner doesn't have to pay ASCAP for. |
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