Re: Guitar Hero nonsense

[MB ZEPFAN <mbzepfan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, all, if not most of the tracks these days on GH come from the
actual masters, and they promote the games/songs as such.

Nicolas is right with the thing that says: "As performed by"

On 14/09/2009, Tim Fricke <oldstyle5150@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That was the case on the first release or two, but it's the actual songs
> these days.
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Nicolas Santoli <
> nsantoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I don't think they need the master tapes to include a song in Guitar Hero
>> or Rock Band. I believe they just need the artist's permission. Most of
>> the
>> songs in those games aren't even being performed by the actual artist -
>> they
>> are redone by musicians on the game maker's staff.   I believe if the
>> title
>> on the screen says "as performed by" - it's been redone by the in-house
>> muscians.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: admins-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx [mailto:admins-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Wyatt Brake
>> Subject: Re: Guitar Hero nonsense
>>
>> I think it's unquestionably all about the master tapes.
>>
>> The thought of those leaking out and every yahoo and their brother
>> doing whatever they want with isolated tracks, throwing samples into
>> their stuff... that kind of thing probably makes Page throw a couple
>> extra locks on the doors just to think about it.
>>
>>
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