Recording Issue Everyone know?

[shawn040]

Hi everyone

i planning to do some recording biz, helping client to record their own voice into their minus one favourite artist song as a package just for themselves. Do i need to get any copright for the minus one cd i used for the client? I had ask Compass & IRAS. They throwing questions here and there. I feel confused. Anyone here know? Tks u so much.

 

[someone]

If you are charging people then you would cirtainly have to pay some kind of copyright license. Sounds like it would fall under the KTV type of license to me

 

[blueprintstudios]

hey shawn, yes, you need to pay some copyright license thing I believe. i recall one of the KTV/kbox or something have their own recording studio for this kind of minus one recording, and they already have the "license" to every song to their advantage.

i wonder is it possible to make the client sign a contract whereby they're the ones held responsible for getting the license/permit from compass etc and the recording engineer is not liable. because seriously I once recorded a "cover" without knowing (the band didn't tell me it's a cover, they just tell me "we have 1 song") it was done by someone else.