“Every songwriting process is a different story. You can get a closer look at it by watching ‘Diary of a song’ by The New York Times on YouTube, and documentaries such as Ed Sheeran’s ‘Songwriter’, or Shawn Mendes ‘In Wonder’. But all these stories have something in common. Nowadays, the song is usually composed using samples and artificial instruments. This aspect of creating music is the domain of the musician called the music producer. His instrument is a computer with appropriate software. With access to the sound library, he has millions of possibilities to choose from in determining what the song will be like. But are music producers treated equally with other songwriters? Do they receive the royalties? Unfortunately, it’s not so obvious …” (more)
[Aleksandra Sewerynik, The IPKat, 4 January]
First posted 2022-01-10 18:00:49
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