[Oe List ...] THANKS to ALL that FOREWARDED

[David Walters]

When I was kid in Mobile, AL in the 50's my family used to frequent a
local restaurant that employeed a fellow to play dinner music. The
gentlemen seatede next to us one evening seemed to enjoy it as much as we
did. They clapped with after a few songs. He they finished eating, they
went over and started confiscasting his sheet music. It turned out they
worked for ASCAP and were on a businees trip and had stopped in Mobile to
eat. That was the first and only teime I have ever encountered the
"copyright cops.

The piana player thought that becuase he paid for the sheet music at a
local music store that he paid the music writersa royality.

 I think that the only way get into trouble is if we were to used
someone's tune in a profit making situation.

David Walters


> Good work, All.
>
> Do we know about copyright laws re use of tunes? I think some church or
> churches
> got busted back in the 70's/80's for writing hymns to existing tunes
> (don't know
> where they got such a notion). With UTube, etc. everything is instantly
> public.
> Wouldn't want to waste creativity and energy.
>
> Doris Hahn
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jack Gilles <icabombay at igc.org>
> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Fri, March 25, 2011 3:23:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] THANKS to ALL that FOREWARDED
>
> David,
>
> I think your suggestion is great!  We often think of our songs and singing
> only
> in relationship to our corporate and individual spirits, but I believe you
> and
> Dixie are right in opening up this form of "formation".   I could see some
> great
> new songs, posted on UTube that could reach a whole new level of Those Who
> Care.
>  It will take some careful work, but it's one of the best ideas of
> "getting our
> wisdom into history" that I've heard.  Let's go for it!
>
> G&P,
>
> Jack
>
> On Mar 25, 2011, at 12:20 PM, David Zahrt wrote:
>
> Thanks very much Jack for the Contradictions file. Dixie Jennings-Teats is
> suggesting that we do some Pentecost Hymn-Writing. I suppose it could
> either be
> a workshop or simply a public request with a deadline for posting.
>>
>>
>>I was fascinated by the posting that Herman gave earlier this week. I was
>> also
>>fascinated by the brillaince with which Jaime writes as he recalled
>> John's life
>>work. Perhaps we could do some hymn-writing.
>>
>>
>>Its not enough to present a new world-view in the sermons if the hymnody
>> parrots
>>the indiscriminate Sunday School amalgamation of Mark, Matthew, and Luke
>> echoing
>>a 2-story universe.
>>
>>
>>And what's more, we could take Jack's analysis and do some
>>Bob-Dylan/Pete-Seeger-style song writing. That would be one more way for
>> the
>>issues get off the page of contradictions into the mainstream media!!
>>
>>
>>In my brooding I've listed issues that could be topics for songs
>> (attached). Is
>>there anyone interested in joining the effort?
>>
>>David
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