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Howard Edwards

Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:17:52 +1200

I should add that the sort of cover version I like best is a new interpretation which brings out a completely new aspect that was never part of the original, something that leaves you with your mouth wide open and your eyes popping the first time you hear it.

Two…

Simon Grigg

Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:18:14 +1200

I looked into this issue further – mechanical licences as issued by APRA only cover “hard” copies produced for sale – eg as a CD. Digital reproductions (even for streaming only) need a different licence

Yes, streaming in another thing altogether, you are correct. However, if you just release the…

matthew bannister

Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:41:46 +1200

Hi Simon

I looked into this issue further – mechanical licences as issued by APRA only cover "hard" copies produced for sale – eg as a CD. Digital reproductions (even for streaming only) need a different licence, called a Mini Online or Streaming licence. However, APRA also says that if…

Renee Jones

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:20:23 +1200

If you do want to get a copy of Matthew's very fine album, all systems are go on www.powertoolrecords.co.nz

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:48:44 +1200

maybe I’ll just do it anyway
a reissue could 'evolve' into Positively Carnaby Street...
;- )

Simon Grigg

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:12:25 +1200

But if other people support me, maybe I’ll just do it anyway

I've not heard the album Matthew but if you are just covering and interpreting the songs in your unique way, they can't sue you.

Simon Grigg

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:10:18 +1200

Doesn’t the songwriter and their record company/publisher have some sort of opt-out / veto power though?

Not if you do a cover. None. And why would a record company have any say at all?

ISTR Billy Bragg’s “Route A13” having been blocked from release by Chuck Berry?

You mean Bobby…

Howard Edwards

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:36:42 +1200

Not the Matthew Bannister of BBC radio's Outlook programme then? Oh well.

I have to say that his version of Tomorrow Never Knows doesn't add a heckova lot compared to the original (IMHO of course), and it doesn't have that lovely sitar sound that I've always associated with that song.…

Rich of Observationz

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:48:39 +1200

You don't need to talk to them

Doesn't the songwriter and their record company/publisher have some sort of opt-out / veto power though?

ISTR Billy Bragg's "Route A13" having been blocked from release by Chuck Berry?

matthew bannister

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:19:06 +1200

Hi Simon
Yeah, I thought that too, but was initially cautious as I don't want anyone getting sued. But if other people support me, maybe I'll just do it anyway
Cheers
Matthew

Yamis

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 22:16:48 +1200

As it turns out, she crushed it:Did she ever! But claims that she is some virtual unknown don't really tally with the crowd singing along with the songs. Great voice, hope she smashes the US market.

You know you've made it when they are playing you over the PA at…

Simon Grigg

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:03:36 +1200

Oh, and that SJD mix is just wonderful. Great song, perfectly re-realised.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:55:48 +1200

They may have been given some cloudy info by Sony.

That's my guess. Listening to that great TNK cover as above, there was no requirement to go to Sony to do a deal. He simply had to record it and sell it legitimately, ensuring mechanicals are paid, and there is…

Samuel Scott

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 11:16:28 +1200

I concur with Simon about the Beatles cover legalities. They may have been given some cloudy info by Sony. Covering stuff is fairly simple legally if you are selling it in an industry standard fashion and paying your mechanicals etc. Unless it contains samples I guess...? I don't really know…

BenWilson

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:55:28 +1200

As it turns out, she crushed it:

Did she ever! But claims that she is some virtual unknown don't really tally with the crowd singing along with the songs. Great voice, hope she smashes the US market.

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:31:43 +1200

Thanks Ren. If someone texts me I can update the post.

Renee Jones

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:01:19 +1200

Hello – the online ordering system for the One Man Bannister CD should be all up and running tomorrow. In the meantime if you're super keen you can email Andrew: and order one. And then your bird can sing :)

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:05:22 +1200

The triumph of middlebrow taste! I guess you also had to suffer Mantovani and His Singing Strings, and James Last and Jimmy Stewart.

James Butler

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:38:34 +1200

I’ve always liked a good cover version.

I'm going to re-tell an anecdote which I have used over the years as an excuse for my sparse (but deep! Honestly!) appreciation of pop music:

When I was a child I seldom heard pop music in the house. One day when I…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:38:09 +1200

Just clicked again, that TNK (as Eno and Manzanera called it) cover is just great.

Richard Stewart

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:28:27 +1200

I'm loving that Doprah track. The autotune thingy usually gives me the screaming heebies, but there's something really musical bout the way they've used it. And it's a free download on Bandcamp.

Got my tickets to the Skeptics doco tomorrow (cheers Wendy!) should be interesting. Always loved the music but…

Rob Hosking

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:10:03 +1200

Beatle-tangental cover version: Bettye LaVette turns Ringo's first solo hit "it don't come easy" into a swampy soulful blues....

Simon Grigg

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:07:27 +1200

Unfortunately, that’s almost all you’re going to get online with this record. The licence Matthew negotiated with the publishers, Sony/ATV Music Australia, is not unreasonable in terms of royalties – about a dollar per CD – but it does not allow digital downloads.

This seems odd. Once a song is…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:56:12 +1200

I’ve always enjoyed a good Beatles re-interpretation / remix. Here’s Leftside Wobble’s remix of Tomorrow Never Knows:

That one's a fave. Although not actually all that different to the original, which underlines how nek-level the original was.

Thrash Cardiom

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:48:34 +1200

I've always enjoyed a good Beatles re-interpretation / remix. Here's Leftside Wobble's remix of Tomorrow Never Knows:

https://soundcloud.com/leftside-wobble/the-beatles-tomorrow-never-knows-leftside-wobble-edit-320k

Hadyn Green

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:38:41 +1200

Thus, the closing 'Tomorrow Never Knows' loops around to the Rolling Stones via Madchester and Primal Scream
And now I want to buy a CD for the first time in... a very long time

Graham Dunster

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:09:52 +1200

Banished From The Universe just popped up in my inbox with a free download mixtape thingy – http://banishedfromtheuniverse.bandcamp.com/?utm_source=Human+Beings&utm_campaign=8122ad84f0-ALBUM_COMPILATION8_2_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2cb5fcaa5a-8122ad84f0-89431821

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:57:34 +1200

Gavin Bertram has a Skeptics essay on Pantograph Punch.

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Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:57:34 +1200

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