Rick Carnes, President of the Songwriters Guild of America wrote a piece last week for the Huffington Post regarding the pros and cons of Creative Commons Licenses on the future of songwriters. While he might be a bit idealistic, Rick is a smart man with a lot of experience and makes good sense.
The comments section is a thought provoking discussion on the subject from posters on both sides of the argument. At one point, Rick makes the point that “Just any song can’t replace any other song.” Original works always carry some value that can not necessarily be replicated with a different song. I can’t agree more. Anyone who has ever done audio post can tell you that if you take 5 (seemingly) similar pieces of production music and throw them up against your video, some will work ok, some won’t work at all, but when you find the right piece there is no substitute that can take it’s place.
Check out the article here.
