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Sumiko Fagnoni
I would like to know how I can remix a song that doesn't have an exact bpm. Especially old songs don't have the same exact tempo the whole time, so it's challenging to remix them since they end up off-syncing.
I have no idea how should I go about getting the license to remix the song. I find that contacting labels or artists directly is going to lead me nowhere as I am virtually nobody to them. There are some licensing services (personally heard about Soundrop) but most of them are either confusing, too pricey or don't help with licensing acapellas specifically.
I mean, I've seen some bigger acts who just release remixes of other songs and it seems like the artist didn't contact the original artist to get the permission (although I can't see behind the curtains, just my observation). For example there's an older song from Afro Medusa called Pasilda - there are hundreds of remixes and whatnot out there and I doubt every single one of them asked for remixing permission.
I'm a graduate film student that would like to use a popular song by the "Black Eyed Peas" in my film. Once the work is completed, I would like to distribute it in various film festivals. I'm working with a very limited budget and realize that obtaining rights to that music is nearly impossible. I've opted to use a remixed version of the song instead.
My question is: How do I get permission to use the remixed music from the original recording company? What do I need to get? Do I even need to get permission from the original recording company if the song is remixed?
If you are using an existing recording rather than recording your own version of the song (i.e., recording a cover version), you will need to obtain the rights to use (1) the sound recording and (2) the underlying musical composition (i.e., song) embodied in the recording. For the sound recording, you will need a master use license, usually obtained from a record label. For the underlying song, you will need a synchronization license, usually obtained from a publisher.
Unfortunately, a remix could be at least as difficult to use as the original recording because, by definition, a remix is a derivative work of the original recording. Among the many exclusive rights that a copyright owner enjoys is the right to create derivative works. A derivative work is essentially a work that is based on an existing work. For example, the author of a book has the exclusive right to write (or give permission to someone else to write) a screenplay based on the book. That's because the screenplay is a derivative of the book, and the book is a copyright belonging to the author over which the author enjoys certain exclusive rights.
My initial question would be whether the remix is itself an infringing work. In order to be a legal remix, the remixer would have needed to get permission from the owner of the original recording (probably the Black Eyed Peas' record label) to create the remix. Depending on whether the remixer changed the basic melody and lyrics, the remixer may have also needed to get permission from the owner of the song (probably the Black Eyed Peas' publisher).
Even if the remixer obtained the proper permissions to create his/her remix, the owner of the remixed recording would be unlikely to have the rights to grant you all of the permissions you need to include the remix in your film. For example, the label and/or publisher may have restricted the remixer to audio-only uses of the remixed version and required the remixer to obtain additional consents to use the remixed version in videos. More importantly, the owner of the remixed recording is unlikely to be able to grant any synchronization licenses for uses of the underlying song to third parties such as yourself.
Since you are making a student film and are only interested in a festival license at this point, you might consider sending a request for synch license to the publisher of the song and a master use license request to the label that released the recording you are interested in (again, the original recording may actually be easier than remix) together with a description of the film/specific use and asking each for a gratis (i.e., free) license for your student project and/or film festivals. It might also help to send them a cut of the film in which you want to use the music.
- Your remix will be sellable: this means you can upload it, publicise and share it on your own accounts and gain money from it, without the fear of it being taken down for copyright infringement.
You can remix a GarageBand song in real time, in either the Tracks area or the Live Loops grid. Using the Remix FX, you can scratch mix the song like a DJ using a turntable, play the song in reverse, stop or downsample the song, and use a variety of remix effects.
After you record a remix, you can edit the Remix FX region like other regions in Tracks view. If you cut or shorten the FX Remix region made with a locked effect, that effect shuts off at the end of the region, and starts again at the start of the next region when you play the remix.
"Old Town Road" is the debut mainstream single by American rapper Lil Nas X, first released independently in December 2018. After gaining popularity, the single was re-released by Columbia Records in March 2019. Lil Nas X also recorded a remix with American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, which was released on April 5, 2019. Both were included in Lil Nas X's second EP, 7 (2019).
The song has been widely labeled as "country rap", a genre that had not often reached the mainstream prior to its release. Dutch record producer YoungKio composed the instrumental and made it available for purchase online in 2018. It features a sample of "34 Ghosts IV" by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. The sample was placed behind trap-style Roland TR-808 drums and bass. Lil Nas X purchased the instrumental for US$30 and recorded "Old Town Road" in one day. At the time, he had been living with his sister after dropping out of college; his real-world struggles were an influence on some of the lyrics.
The song initially gained popularity on the social video sharing app TikTok and eventually entered the Billboard charts in March 2019.[3] The song reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart before the magazine disqualified it from the chart on the grounds that it did not fit the genre, sparking a debate on the definition of country music. Though it was not re-entered onto the overall country charts, both versions of the song collectively peaked at number one on the general Billboard Hot 100, for a record-breaking nineteen consecutive weeks and the remix peaked at number 50 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. One or more versions of "Old Town Road" have topped the national singles charts in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and have charted in the top 10 in various other markets.
The song was certified diamond by the RIAA in October 2019 for selling ten million total units in the United States, the fastest song to be certified diamond.[4] At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, the remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was nominated for Record of the Year and won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video. In October 2019, Nas X's label Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment, won the Music & Sound Recordings Award from SAG-AFTRA "for work that exemplifies equal access" of LGBTQ and "other misrepresented or underrepresented groups."[5]In September 2021, the song set the record as the second highest certified song ever by the RIAA with 16-times platinum status in the United States, meaning it accumulated 16 million equivalent song units.[6] It has sold over 18 million records worldwide,[7] making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.[8] Rolling Stone named it the 490th greatest song of all time in its 2021 list.[9]
In 2018, Lil Nas X dropped out of college to pursue a music career even though he was discouraged by his parents. He moved in with his sister, spending time promoting his music on the Internet while having just three hours of sleep each night. Lil Nas X found the beat for "Old Town Road" in October 2018 and began writing after his sister told him he had to move out soon.[14] Lil Nas X felt like he was "out of options" and said that his sister's and parents' frustrations with him inspired the song's chorus, "can't nobody tell me nothing". Within a month of writing it, Lil Nas X chose to alter the song's meaning so that the "old town road" would be a symbol of success.[12] Lil Nas X recorded the song on December 2, 2018,[14] at the CinCoYo Recording Studio in Atlanta,[15] and released it the same day on SoundCloud under the title "Old Town Road (I Got the Horses in the Back)".[14][16]
The Dutch record producer YoungKio produced the beat a year before the song's release and uploaded it as Future Type Beat[17] to his online store for selling beats. He sampled Nine Inch Nails' track "34 Ghosts IV" after finding it from his Youtube algorithm's suggested videos. YoungKio downloaded the song and uploaded the file to Fruity Loops chopping up the Nine Inch Nails sample and filtering it so that it sounded like an old field recording, then reordering sections in an effort to make the austere original more catchy and adding drums underneath.[18][17] He had never heard of Nine Inch Nails before stumbling upon "34 Ghosts IV".[10] YoungKio did not have the intention of the beat being country related and did not see it as a country music instrumental.[19] Lil Nas X bought the beat from YoungKio for $30,[10] but since purchases on his online store were anonymous, YoungKio did not know the song was purchased by Lil Nas X until he saw it in an Instagram meme in December 2018.[20] Trent Reznor later said that, shortly after the song began gaining traction, he received a call from Lil Nas X's manager about the sample, asking for clearance to use it, which he granted. He described the song as "undeniably hooky".[21]
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