Re:Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn...
by CWuestefeld on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @04:07PM
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Most popular music is not written by the person who performed it.
I think that varies by genre. It's certainly true around pop music. But I don't think so much for, say, metal.
On the other hand, having recently watched a few episodes of VH1's "Clasic Albums" series (at least I think that's what it was), I was really surprised to see the amount of creative input that came from the album's producers. I was surprised to see that the melody of Kiss's "Beth" was written by the producer, and that Bob Rock did so much with Metallica (unfortunately?) in building the songs for The Black Album, albeit it out of riffs written by the band.
Re:Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn...
by adestefan on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @04:57PM
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It does vary, but I didn't want to pigeon hole pop. Mostly because it happens in a lot of other genres such as country/wester and even folk. It also occurs more in places such as Nashville, Austin and Memphis where there is a strong songwriting tradition.
For theater, part of the reason may be that most theatrical productions are performed by numerous actors. Just think of how many Hamlets there have been over the years. Even modern theater is usually performed by numerous groups. Given this, it's pretty easy to say that the "definitive" work is the actual written play. However, when it comes to movies the "definitive" work is seen as the performance by the one actor that was in the movie.