[HANASHIR:4208] Sephardic Music

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

I am currently working with an 8th grade spanish teacher at our day school
and we'd like to put together a couple of ladino tunes for the kids.   THese
kids are very musical and could handle music at the high school level.   I'm
going to peruse my sephardic books tonight, but thought if there was
anything out there, upbeat, a "sure thing," that you know the kids would
enjoy, I'd ask you guys first!   Thanks.
Meris Ruzow
-----Original Message-----
From: SOUNDSRITE (at) aol(dot)com <SOUNDSRITE (at) aol(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 1:33 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:4206] Re: recording copyright question


>Dear Susan, et al,
>
>People call our office several times a week in regard to the use of Debbie
>Friedman's music for projects similar to yours.  We are always delighted
when
>people call for permission and readily give it!  Since your recording will
be
>given away to congregants and no money will change hands, no royalty is
due.
>We do, however, request that the correct copyright information (which we
will
>provide) be printed on the accompanying J-card/CD booklet, etc.  We also
ask
>that you send us two copies of the completed product - we keep one on file
in
>our office so we can track where Debbie's work appears, and the other one
is
>forwarded to Debbie so she can see how and where her songs are used.  It is
>really exciting for us to see how Debbie's compositions are creatively used
>all over the world!
>
>This process is a very simple but valuable one.  It is important for the
>protection of Debbie's copyrights to credit her appropriately.  By calling
>us, people using the music are validating the professional stature of the
>artist.  Recipients of the recording  see that their leaders are respectful
>of the creative work of others, are using material with permission, and are
>educating the congregation about Jewish music and its composers.  Though
many
>people assume that some of this music that has been around a long time came
>down from Sinai with the Torah and is exempt from copyright issues, this is
>not the case!!!
>
>Thank you for asking this important question.  I look forward to hearing
from
>you and others about your projects.
>
>Randee Friedman, President
>Sounds Write Productions, Inc.
>www.soundswrite.com
>
>In a message dated 10/16/1999 4:11:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>sschanerman(dot)dvh (at) tuhsd(dot)k12(dot)az(dot)us writes:
>
><< Subj:     [HANASHIR:4189] recording copyright question
> Date:  10/16/1999 4:11:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:  sschanerman(dot)dvh (at) tuhsd(dot)k12(dot)az(dot)us (Susan Schanerman)
> Sender:    owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Reply-to:  hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> To:    hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org (hanashir)
>
> Copyright experts:
> My temple has asked me to make a tape of the Shabbat melodies that I
> generally sing at our services.  They plan to give (not sell) this to
> those who attend a temple retreat in November to help congregants learn
> the songs so that they can sing along at services.  If I credit the
> composers on the song index that fits in the cassette, am I doing
> anything wrong by not writing to the composers to get permission?  The
> tape is being used for educational reasons.
>
> Susan Schanerman
> Phoenix
>  >>
>
>
>

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