here's my song - Page 2

elSicomoro · 12-27-2003, 11:22 PM

It'd be a trademark issue if anything, not a copyright issue.

I've seen registered band/singer names (Chicago, Billy Joel, the "Aphex" in Aphex Twin), but never a song title...though in theory, it could be done.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-28-2003, 10:30 PM

But the music and lyrics are copyrighted so why would the title be a trademark issue, if anything at all?

slang · 12-29-2003, 03:14 AM

I'm not interested in hearing the song but the pic of the cat is cute.

staceyv · 12-29-2003, 06:57 AM

lumberjim: thanks! your advice is good. one thing though- that's not my husband on lead guitar, that is all me- why would you assume it's him?

lumberjim · 12-29-2003, 08:35 AM

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Originally posted by staceyv
lumberjim: thanks! your advice is good. one thing though- that's not my husband on lead guitar, that is all me- why would you assume it's him?

i don't know. I guess I just pictured you two playing and singing together? now i'm even more impressed. couple q?'s:

can you sing and play lead at the same time? ( i can't...i'm too busy making retard faces when i play to be able to sing more than a chorus or something)

what kind of guitar do you play?

what did you use to lay your tracks down and mix them?

how do you record them into mp3 format?

I play a Stratocaster, and had an 8 track recorder at one point and mixed a few songs onto cassette tape, but i've always wondered about midi input and mixing etc....

elSicomoro · 12-29-2003, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
But the music and lyrics are copyrighted so why would the title be a trademark issue, if anything at all?

A copyright "protects an original expression (artistic or otherwise)." A trademark "protects a word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination of these things." (soyouwanna.com)

But since the music and lyrics are already copyrighted, it's really not worth it (in my opinion) to try and register the title as a trademark. And depending on the title, it may be so common that the USPTO may be unwilling to register it.

russotto · 12-30-2003, 12:55 PM

For some strange reason, titles generally aren't trademarkable.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2003, 02:28 PM

Ah so, thanks Syc. Come to think of it, I would think the title would be part of the lyrics, but I guess not. Well, I always knew the music business was nuts.

staceyv · 12-30-2003, 04:42 PM

okay lumberjim...to answer your questions, i mostly play rhythm and sing although i can play the day tripper riff or something like that and sing along to it. when i play at an open mic i bring along my blue sparkle top limited edition gibson les paul, but i dont like that guitar at home because it hurts my back. i used a "Rockwood Pro" (dirt cheap stratocaster wanna-be) for the recording. i love that cheap guitar! it was my first electric and it has nice sound and it's so comfortable... to record the drum machine, bass, rhythm and lead guitars, i used a $99.00 4-track. there was no room for vocals, but then my husband got a computer, so we got Sonar software which has unlimited tracks, effects, etc...i plugged the 4-track into the back of the computer, played it into sonar, went back, added vocals, and using the same program, exported it into a wav. file. my husband's the one who turned it into mp3 somehow. so you could totally turn those cassettes you have into mp3s, just get sonar software for your computer. (some people have been known to pirate it from kazaa)

lumberjim · 12-30-2003, 10:39 PM

thanks! i have no idea what happened to the tapes, and the songs were not good, but that's definately somthing i'll look into.

Sun_Sparkz · 01-01-2004, 05:26 PM

I just went and listened to your song, my favourite part is the first little bit, about wearing a person as a pair of your favourite jeans. It brings a smile to me and its a good song that can do that. I also love the guitar, very cruisy. I liked "my love". well done.

12-30-2003, 10:39 PM	#25
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	thanks! i have no idea what happened to the tapes, and the songs were not good, but that's definately somthing i'll look into. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-01-2004, 05:26 PM	#26
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	I just went and listened to your song, my favourite part is the first little bit, about wearing a person as a pair of your favourite jeans. It brings a smile to me and its a good song that can do that. I also love the guitar, very cruisy. I liked "my love". well done. __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

12-27-2003, 11:22 PM	#16
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	It'd be a trademark issue if anything, not a copyright issue. I've seen registered band/singer names (Chicago, Billy Joel, the "Aphex" in Aphex Twin), but never a song title...though in theory, it could be done.

12-28-2003, 10:30 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But the music and lyrics are copyrighted so why would the title be a trademark issue, if anything at all?

12-29-2003, 03:14 AM	#18
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	I'm not interested in hearing the song but the pic of the cat is cute.

12-29-2003, 06:57 AM	#19
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	lumberjim: thanks! your advice is good. one thing though- that's not my husband on lead guitar, that is all me- why would you assume it's him?

12-30-2003, 12:55 PM	#22
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	For some strange reason, titles generally aren't trademarkable.

12-30-2003, 02:28 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ah so, thanks Syc. Come to think of it, I would think the title would be part of the lyrics, but I guess not. Well, I always knew the music business was nuts.

12-30-2003, 04:42 PM	#24
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	okay lumberjim...to answer your questions, i mostly play rhythm and sing although i can play the day tripper riff or something like that and sing along to it. when i play at an open mic i bring along my blue sparkle top limited edition gibson les paul, but i dont like that guitar at home because it hurts my back. i used a "Rockwood Pro" (dirt cheap stratocaster wanna-be) for the recording. i love that cheap guitar! it was my first electric and it has nice sound and it's so comfortable... to record the drum machine, bass, rhythm and lead guitars, i used a $99.00 4-track. there was no room for vocals, but then my husband got a computer, so we got Sonar software which has unlimited tracks, effects, etc...i plugged the 4-track into the back of the computer, played it into sonar, went back, added vocals, and using the same program, exported it into a wav. file. my husband's the one who turned it into mp3 somehow. so you could totally turn those cassettes you have into mp3s, just get sonar software for your computer. (some people have been known to pirate it from kazaa)

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