Thanks for including Hunt! He'd appreciate it and is available on Insta if you want to forward this to him, an Austinite now, "Lost in Austin" my new publication details the time I spent there. He wrote that beat but got no credit for the reason you state (very thorough Matt) but adds that it was really the George from the Jungle cartoon theme he channeled. But you gave credit where credit was due. My only comment pro-Sales is that drumbeats should be considered "writing" especially when it's so instrumental (shameless) to the track's success. Writing is every aspect. Technically as a lawyer I should add having written about this subject for the NYLJ the criteria for writing credit are based on either being in the room when composing (I used to announce to my band that I wrote this song last night), contribution can be anything and barring an agreement to the contrary then equally divided. (e.g. When you see the Jagger/Richards Lennon/McCartney it's by agreement they didn't write everything together and the other band members contributed.}
Anyway, I thought I'd add this disclaimer: Copyrights are more complex than any single answer to any situation but that's the short take. If you have a particular question, please feel free to ask, for free!
Merry Christmas let's hope it's a good one without any fear... (J. Lennon)
Thanks for the detailed comment Steve. A bit of a miss for me not going into a bit more detail RE: the copyright angle here. Are you cool with me adding a bit of this comment to the original text for further context? Appreciate it either way. :)
Thanks for including Hunt! He'd appreciate it and is available on Insta if you want to forward this to him, an Austinite now, "Lost in Austin" my new publication details the time I spent there. He wrote that beat but got no credit for the reason you state (very thorough Matt) but adds that it was really the George from the Jungle cartoon theme he channeled. But you gave credit where credit was due. My only comment pro-Sales is that drumbeats should be considered "writing" especially when it's so instrumental (shameless) to the track's success. Writing is every aspect. Technically as a lawyer I should add having written about this subject for the NYLJ the criteria for writing credit are based on either being in the room when composing (I used to announce to my band that I wrote this song last night), contribution can be anything and barring an agreement to the contrary then equally divided. (e.g. When you see the Jagger/Richards Lennon/McCartney it's by agreement they didn't write everything together and the other band members contributed.}
Anyway, I thought I'd add this disclaimer: Copyrights are more complex than any single answer to any situation but that's the short take. If you have a particular question, please feel free to ask, for free!
Merry Christmas let's hope it's a good one without any fear... (J. Lennon)
Thanks for the detailed comment Steve. A bit of a miss for me not going into a bit more detail RE: the copyright angle here. Are you cool with me adding a bit of this comment to the original text for further context? Appreciate it either way. :)