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dbuckley

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Anyone who has done this show - how did you arrange rights for the tunes played by the band?

 

Edited to say - I know at least some of the possible ways this could be done; I'm enquiring of those who have actually done this very show.

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That's the way I think it worked. Certainly in our case, the band already had the music in their library and just brought their own arrangements. They play this music at several concerts throughout the year so guess they own the rights, at least to the arrangement if nothing else.

 

That said, the script does prescribe which music should be played. I wonder if the music is made available when buying the performing rights in case the band don't have it?

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I'm in New Zealand, so things may work slightly differently here.

 

First off, Sammy French are the rights holder, and they dont do the music for the show, presumably because the tunes are standards. For many shows, with music written as part of the show, you can get "grand rights" for the show for all the show tunes, but not for Brassed Off.

 

NZ like the UK has two types of licence, essentially one for the tune, and one for mechanical copyright. So to play a CD you need both, but for a band to play a tune for music that is in copyright, you need just the first.

 

There is a difference in the copyright position between a band having and playing the music in a concert situation, which is covered by one set of rules, and music used in a dramatic context which (here at least) is covered by a different set of copyrights, and attracts specific fees.

 

Still not much the wiser...

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