Looping n Backing Tracks
Looping is not new in fact its been around since recording started back in the 50s looping was done by copying a section of tape many times then spicing them together . The producer George Martin ( Beatles) used a lot of looping on later Beatles albums Sargent Peppers,White Album classic examples.
In modern times it's become very easy now with modern Daws and software .
Now is looping cheating somehow because the music is played and recorded only once .
I say no because its a production tool like any other production tool in a producer's bag of tricks .
Vocals is a good example you record 4 or 5 takes pick the best one's to patch together as a main vocal track . Lines that are repeated through the song you pick the best take of that line and use it over and over where the song calls for that line to be repeated ,chorus is good example. So its basically a loop .
Now sampling a commercially released track and using a few bars from it in a loop can get you into trouble especially if theirs a melody in it .
Backing Tracks which are mainly just drums ,bass, rhythm no melody ,chord progressions cannot be copyrighted , if they could no one would be able to make music without breaching copyright. But the sound recording can be copyrighted of the original track .
Now most backing track companies allow the use of there tracks under certain conditions .
You can use them to practice add different parts etc etc. Add vocals etc which is a melody .
Now theirs the question of what you can do with this track
1 You cannot release it on Spotify etc etc even if you added your own melody but you can record the whole track all the instruments using the same chord progressions then you own the sound file .
Lastly can you post that backing track with your musical adds to sites like Wikiloops ,Redit, and others basically jam sites under a non commercial creative licence .
Well most backing track companies are ok with this as long as no is one making money from it .
Now streaming which is what you do when you listen to a track on Wikiloops ,seems to be an area of confusion .
Streaming on a commercial site Spotify etc people are paying for it .
Wikiloops your streaming free and no one is getting payed .
To end , my next upload is a song called Even Kings Turn to Dust its a 5 min sample from a backing track which run for 12mins just drums,bass,rhythm. PS I ask the backing track composer if it's OK to use it and he said OK he encourages people who use his tracks to post and share their creations on non commercial jam sites )
I always try to pick wikiloops tracks first for my projects but sometimes I find the inspiration elsewhere for a lyric being a singer I don't have the luxury of just creating a riff on an instrument I write by listening to a groove over n over fitting lyrics to it .
So would be good to get some thoughts and some points of view on this subject
Happy Jamming
Bluesjamer
Looping is not new in fact its been around since recording started back in the 50s looping was done by copying a section of tape many times then spicing them together . The producer George Martin ( Beatles) used a lot of looping on later Beatles albums Sargent Peppers,White Album classic examples.
In modern times it's become very easy now with modern Daws and software .
Now is looping cheating somehow because the music is played and recorded only once .
I say no because its a production tool like any other production tool in a producer's bag of tricks .
Vocals is a good example you record 4 or 5 takes pick the best one's to patch together as a main vocal track . Lines that are repeated through the song you pick the best take of that line and use it over and over where the song calls for that line to be repeated ,chorus is good example. So its basically a loop .
Now sampling a commercially released track and using a few bars from it in a loop can get you into trouble especially if theirs a melody in it .
Backing Tracks which are mainly just drums ,bass, rhythm no melody ,chord progressions cannot be copyrighted , if they could no one would be able to make music without breaching copyright. But the sound recording can be copyrighted of the original track .
Now most backing track companies allow the use of there tracks under certain conditions .
You can use them to practice add different parts etc etc. Add vocals etc which is a melody .
Now theirs the question of what you can do with this track
1 You cannot release it on Spotify etc etc even if you added your own melody but you can record the whole track all the instruments using the same chord progressions then you own the sound file .
Lastly can you post that backing track with your musical adds to sites like Wikiloops ,Redit, and others basically jam sites under a non commercial creative licence .
Well most backing track companies are ok with this as long as no is one making money from it .
Now streaming which is what you do when you listen to a track on Wikiloops ,seems to be an area of confusion .
Streaming on a commercial site Spotify etc people are paying for it .
Wikiloops your streaming free and no one is getting payed .
To end , my next upload is a song called Even Kings Turn to Dust its a 5 min sample from a backing track which run for 12mins just drums,bass,rhythm. PS I ask the backing track composer if it's OK to use it and he said OK he encourages people who use his tracks to post and share their creations on non commercial jam sites )
I always try to pick wikiloops tracks first for my projects but sometimes I find the inspiration elsewhere for a lyric being a singer I don't have the luxury of just creating a riff on an instrument I write by listening to a groove over n over fitting lyrics to it .
So would be good to get some thoughts and some points of view on this subject
Happy Jamming
Bluesjamer
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