Ok So Music is Copyrighted How About Rhythms?
Posted on May 10, 2008
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Ok, so music is copyrighted, how about Rhythm?
I doubt that a beat for say pop or folk or rock or something for that matter is copyrighted? My assumption is that you can create a rhythm and you can never say it’s yours. Take these rhythms for example.
- Pop
- Pop II
- Rock
- Hervey Rock
- Folk
- and so on and on all having some sort of musical pattern like a loop with just one tone or may be two becoming a rhythm. Can you call them copyrighted ?
You can pretty much play and make your own music for videos etc, if you are doing video-making.
For all those youtubers, my suggestion would be to go out and buy a budget or cheap musical keyboard with at least these features:
- Songs. [This would be for you to learn and compose your own, but not use it in your video. Since these are copyrighted] Budget keyboards can have upto 100 songs for you to listen and even play along by looking at the panel that shows fingers of your both hands moving as the song plays. Try learning if your goal is make mega-music!
- Rhythm : Some have upto 50 that you can use to compose your own music. They help you in many ways. You can easily follow them and create perhaps 2 minutes or 2 minutes of your own. Don’t worry about getting wrong key pressed in, you can always edit the part you like and the part you don’t like.
- Tones : You can have upto 90 or more tones. Tones help you make different kind of sounds. From one single keyboard you can produce sound like guitar, sound like harmonica, and even the Church Bells you hear on your Sunday at the church.
- By combining Tones of different types and Rhythm you selected, you can create our own music. Be careful even though, your fingers might make sound you hear. Sound? All sorts of music that you have bought and listened to. The advice from someone who is just learning ? Well, keep your eyers closed and pretend that you have never heard any music at all. Let your fingers move and follow your way. Then check if your music sounds like something you have heard before. No? Well, you just created one heck of a music by yourself.
- To record on a cheap device, it’s a bit difficult but it’s not impossible. All you need is a microphone inserted into the input device on your PC. Try making your microphone longer; if it’s short, cut it and add extra wires. U will need to do this if you are playing way far behind the computer and your microphone is only 2ft in lenght!! LOL!!
Ok. Ok. Ok. I discussed with you about the keyboard, making your own music now how to record them and use them in your project. I know you that question right now. Here are some useful tips, see if they help. If you have your own, just pass them as comment so others may benefit from your sharing.
- Use a sound recording device. Most cheap ones record in .WAV format. Try those record in .MP3 as most of today’s advanced Movie Making Software love .mp3 rather than .WAV (Also .WAV holds too much data making the file size way too big). VISTA is also known to have problems playing .WAV files.
- If your computer is built in with a audio card, it might have a utility to record. For example, Realtek HD Audio Manager (which is perhaps one of the most widely used audio card; RealTek) might be on your computer. It could be on your taskbar or in programs. Launch Sound Recorder. You could also try Microsoft’s Sound Recorder. Start Recording. Most of these will record in .WAV format.
- Once you have your .WAV files, open them in Audacity, one my BEST OPEN SOURCE audio editing program that imports and exports audio files to various format. You can mix multiple audios and make one single file. Great for making your own music. Google that software and you should be able to find it or copy paste the following address in your browser [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows]
I use CASIO CTX 700, Try this search : at Google for the model I am using
I grabbed cause it was one sale from $100 to $74. You can probably get a better one for that price now as the price every electronic devices are dropping day by day making it much affordable, perhaps something that companies are doing to boost the ECONOMY.
Watch this video made using CASIO CTK 700, the video is on youtube which shows you the music we created for the short film named “The Toothpick a short film” The music was made using that keyboard. The later video also shows you how you can make a sound even with dead leaf; lol!
Well, that all for now.
The question still remains the same. Do you think Rhytms are copyrighted ? And one more, WHY IS THE MUSIC industry doesn’t realize the CREATIVITY. Imagine the possibility of them giving even just a five seconds of their music for FREE for some CREATIVITY.
For other sounds that you would like to use on your project, try these sites. If you are going to use them for COMMERCIAL purpose such as videos of Youtube Partners, it is best to contact author and ask him permission and also to attribute him/her in a manner that does not violate the terms of its use. Use the music that allows for your commercial production, and allows remixing. To learn more about the licenses of Creative Commons, visit http://creativecommons.org/
FREE MUSIC SITES :
It’s a wise decision to contact the creator, get permission prior using their work.
- http://www.opsound.org/ - One of the greatest place to find some sounds
- http://www.archive.org/details/audio - you can find a whole lot be careful, read the license type carefully.
- http://www.richardbrice.net/ Richard has some great compositions. Just contact him and tell him your purpose and you can also describe the content of your video etc, He might give you his music for free.
- http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/fmp_gnu_article.html -This is an inspiring article you must read also, just do it.
Well, that’s all from me for now. An author may at any time decide to change his license type, but with written permission (even through email), you will be rest assured that your hard work won’t just go off; deleted from the video sharing sites such as youtube.
Conclusion ?
- Make your own; what-ever it is.
- Get support from others and use their work wisely.
- Rhythms aren’t copyrighted, but music is!
Take care U’LL!
:) ruben
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