[HANASHIR:10399] Re: hello & question

[Rob Weissman <robw...>]

Beth --

Here are two links that provide useful information on copyright.  The first
link is to the U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/reg.html.

The other is to an article in musiciansfriend.com; this article also
contains several other helpful links:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=011127045126216132102132544114/conte
nt/g=home/s=articles/doc_id=81807

Good luck!

Rob Weissman
Annandale, VA


----- Original Message -----
From: "beth hamon" <batiya5723 (at) yahoo(dot)com>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:16 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:10398] hello & question


> Hello -- I'm new to the listgroup and have a question.
>
> I am somewhat new to Jewish songleading (started three
> years ago), but not new to music education (HS band
> teacher/adjudicator and drum instructor for a number
> of years). Currently taking graduate courses and
> teaching religious school in Philadelphia but
> originally from Portland, OR.
>
> Two years ago I began trying my hand at composing folk
> melodies on liturgical texts for use in family and
> youth services. Some of my pieces have been well
> received  by my students and/or congregation and I
> would like to copyright them. Some questions:
>
> Do I need to write out more than a Lead-sheet form
> (i.e., do guitar parts need to be written out
> note-for-note on a grand staff, or are chord symbols
> sufficient)?
>
> Should I submit a recorded performance with the music
> sheet?
>
> Can I copyright a number of pieces all at once and
> save any money?
>
> Thanks in advance for any info you can offer.
>
> Beth Hamon
>
> p.s. can anyone in the Philadelphia area suggest where
> to go to record an *affordable* demo tape of six to
> eight songs? Production values/acoustics at home are
> dreadful. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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