I am a member because I want to be able to live well off my music. I also consider copyright to be a very valuable asset and want to protect my songs. On top of that, I would like to increase the currently low proportion of women at GEMA.
More immediately, companies including Audoo are utilizing proprietary song-recognition tools to monitor usages in public establishments like bars and restaurants as part of a broader push towards hard numbers and accurate data.
The database's search page provides users with the ability to search for songs by their name, ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code), or standard work code, on top of also allowing users to search for songs by their performing artists or publishers. A misconception is that the GEMA database houses the actual songs listed in audio form, but this is not true; the database only maintains information on these songs, which is retrieved when searched for.
When an individual song is viewed in the database, all known information is presented, including the song title, duration, involved musicians (individually; it will not list the name of the involved band, but of every member), as well as any further working titles for the track, if any exist. When individual musicians' names are shown in the database entries, their unique artist number (IP Name No.), as well as their role in production (composer and author are the two typical roles that musicians are listed with).
While being a German website, song titles are not listed with actual umlauts where they typically should be (ä,ö,ü); they instead appear as ae,oe,ue (For example, Feuerräder would be Feuerraeder), however searching for song names using umlauts will return the same results as if searching with ae, oe and ue.
The song "Gema" by Los Dandy's expresses deep admiration and affection for a person who is described as a precious gem. The lyrics convey a sense of awe and reverence towards this person's beauty and value.
The song goes on to describe how the narrator once had the hope of finding a love that would make them feel cherished and worthy. However, since the person entered their life, they have loved them with their entire being, pouring out their soul in adoration.
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