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Post by cassie on Jan 11, 2023 20:15:07 GMT -5
Thank you, Cassie, please clarify, by the artist do you mean the original artist? So, for ex. Bonnie Tyler would get the money, or would Adam get the money for the cover, or both? I am just curious because it is confusing. As I understand it, the song's writers get payment when an artist records and sells the song they wrote. For example, Pink gets a small piece of the pie when people buy WWFM recorded by Adam. HOFAH was recorded by Bonnie Tyler, but it was written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford. They get paid for Adam's use of their song, not Bonnie. Of course, Adam gets a majority of the sales for the song he recorded. But composers can actually make good money over time, especially if a lot of artists record a version of their song. Imagine how much Paul McCartney has gotten for writing Yesterday. |
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Post by pi on Jan 11, 2023 20:22:14 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jan 11, 2023 20:23:39 GMT -5
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Post by girldrummer on Jan 11, 2023 22:00:35 GMT -5
Sure hope Fairyland gets a good reception at Sundance. It's a very prestigious event. It would give Adam some attention, too.
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Post by pi on Jan 11, 2023 23:03:22 GMT -5
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Post by Jablea on Jan 12, 2023 0:39:55 GMT -5
Thank you, Cassie, please clarify, by the artist do you mean the original artist? So, for ex. Bonnie Tyler would get the money, or would Adam get the money for the cover, or both? I am just curious because it is confusing. That article covered a lot of ground and was somewhat confusing, but it looked to me that it’s the original writer who gets royalties, and Bonnie Tyler didn’t write the song. It also says that the lyrics, melody, or intent of the song can’t be substantially changed. Adam talked about “flipping” the songs around to make them new, but so far they haven’t strayed a lot from the originals. Makes me wonder about the Gary Jules version of Mad World, which is pretty much how Adam later did it, compared with the original Tears for Fears version written by Roland Orzabal. Or Adam’s version of Cher’s Believe. The words and melodies weren’t changed, but the mood certainly was! On almost all of the songs on Adam's recent Albums he's listed as one of the song's writers which covers a broad category from words to tune and we've said that he needed to do that to get the most income. Also important to own the song masters if he is the singer, something he gave up we think after leaving RCA and his first 2 albums. |
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