Saturday, December 5, 2009

It's "AGINST TH' LAW" (and not just in Winston-Salem)

I rolled into LA county this morning to fix a song on the album that needed new lyrics. What was originally recorded included some lines from the infamous Woody Guthrie, but apparently that did not fly well with the caretakers of Guthrie's music. Of course I had to record the song first to let them hear it and decide, and no matter that permissions for such adaptation are "few and far between," I still felt it was worth a shot. The good thing is that I only needed to fax a form plus email an MP3 to Bug Music Publishing, and they got back to me fairly quickly that it was a no-go. Once again - worth a shot. Not knowing if the song could be rerecorded in time for it to make the album made the last few weeks a little confusing. Through some stroke of creative genius I was able to craft something of my own that's even better because now I own all the rights... no offense Woody! With that out of the way there are just a few more tasks that need to be completed before the making of this album is just part of the history books!

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