I was just talking to a local dancer about doing a little show together and I asked her what songs she was using. She said she had a CD with songs on it but her teacher never told her who or what the songs were (on purpose, keeping it a secret, so they could not practice anywhere but with her). So I have to get together with her to listen to her songs so we can figure out what they are...
Has anyone heard of anything like this before?!
I was just talking to a local dancer about doing a little show together and I asked her what songs she was using. She said she had a CD with songs on it but her teacher never told her who or what the songs were (on purpose, keeping it a secret, so they could not practice anywhere but with her). So I have to get together with her to listen to her songs so we can figure out what they are...
Has anyone heard of anything like this before?!
One of my first teachers, I am sorry to say, used to burn FULL CDs compiling all her favorite songs (they were great!) and would list them by name, or by a description but sh'ed never give the artist's name or the name of the song so that others (she told me) wouldn't 'have' to run out and buy a whole CD of music...that they'd just rely on her for the 'best' music.
OK.
She didn't stay as my teacher for long...
Gia
I've got a couple of cd's that have only "Bellydance" or "Mizmar Saidi" written on them, the rest being in Arabic.
Dear Gia,
Intellectual property rights laws make it illegal for us to use either film or music , even in class, without express permission from the owners of said music and film. ASCAP and BMI and film companies have very strict licensing rules, and often they are expensive as well. They also do not CARE whether or not you are helping them to make money. You can google copyright law and find out all about it. I went to an intellectual property seminar to find out exactly what the laws are and they are VERY clear that if you are making money, in any way then they want you to pay for it in advance. It does not matter it THEY stole the music from countries with which they have no copyright agreement, Legally WE still have to pay. There are even laws about how to handle it if you can not find the owners of the music. If you can find a piece of music that is not in public domain and has no copyright, you have the right to copyright it yourself, even if you had nothing to do with it being made. The laws are ridiculous and are set up to protect big companies.
Regards,
A'isha