Music Theory 101 (How To Steal A Song)

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@BillCooperMusic Жыл бұрын

Excellent work, Sergio. You explained it well and it's so true. Cases like this shouldn't make it to court. Just because something sounds a little bit similar doesn't mean it's the same. If that's the case and we included everyone that used Pachelbel's chord progression, we'd have 50% fewer artists.

@BrianMcBrearty Жыл бұрын

Terrific job. Tangentially, that scenario you described midway never happened. Let's Get It On and Thinking were never heard back to back in the courtroom; not the recordings we all know, at least. It WOULD have gone just as you said :) but it didn't. Songs recorded before 1978 generally don't get played at trial.

@BrianMcBrearty 9 ай бұрын

@@yasaph2 when did I say he said it ever happened?

@soood3os Жыл бұрын

u r amazing. i've been spending the whole day learning and making music. i go onto a youtube break and watch ur runaway video. then im brought back to my day by your lil side-quest of music theory wow. i'm slowly working on a video essay about mirrorland by earthgang too - you've inspired me to do it faster. will shout u out (just like u shaught aught the other video essay on runaway (setting a "give your flowers" precedent to video essayers!))

@soood3os Жыл бұрын

FOCK OFF you add a lil mashup of your own at the end too - C R E A T I V I T Y

@lynnadams9876 4 ай бұрын

The fact that these copyright cases even make it to court is outrageous. And I’m so glad Ed Sheeran won. It re-established a precedent that can now be used as a reference when fighting these ridiculous copyright claims. As you’re illustrating in this video, the fact is that western music theory is a finite system, with only 7 notes in a scale and only a certain amount of chords that correspond to said melody. Rhythmic possibilities are also quite finite. So unless you want to string together a bunch of random and unrelated notes and chords, which would sound like crap and no one would like, the chances of a songwriter writing a song that has similarities to an existing song is extremely high. Music, just like every other art form or creative work is derivative. Anything a human creates is merely a mutated combination of things they’ve seen/observed/heard. But that’s perfectly okay because it’s impossible to create things any other way! This is often a very subconscious process, but it doesn’t have to be. Art that was consciously inspired by another existing work of art is also perfectly valid. Basically, doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Whether they’re consciously aware of it or not, good songwriters take bits and pieces of things they like from existing songs and merely put it in a new combination. And that is where room for infinite creativity lies-the endless permutations.

@JfromthaDale Жыл бұрын

was looking forward to you covering this! When I heard he was going to court I listened to the songs back to back and just laughed. Seems like Marvin Gaye has quite the team...