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Thread started 11/14/14 5:24am

Militant

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Acoustic cover of "U Know" on the BBC ;)

You may know one of the guys singing wink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/p02bt16d

Shoutout to Prince tho. That verse ain't easy.

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Reply #1 posted 11/14/14 5:49am

todesm

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Shoutout to Prince tho. That verse ain't easy.

I totally agree

I dont believe he will ever perform this track live

lol

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Reply #2 posted 11/14/14 6:06am

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That was great! I wish you could have gone a bit longer, but I also really liked your version of '6 Words', which might actually be better than the original.

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Reply #3 posted 11/14/14 6:19am

dandan

Did you use the chords I posted in the end?

I got two sides... and they're both friends.
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Reply #4 posted 11/14/14 6:45am

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Militant said:

You may know one of the guys singing wink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/p02bt16d

Shoutout to Prince tho. That verse ain't easy.

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"U Know" is a song that I like, but I'm still not sure how I feel about it because I down grade or deduct points for the concept of singing over a track, simply because I down grade or deduct points for cover songs. With that said, y'all's performance is interesting and gives me more to consider about the song. I like how y'all stayed true to a Prince aspect that his acoustic performances generally reframe, deconstruct, or open songs in ways that are not shown or revealed in the studio version. Yet, and I could be wrong, I think that if Prince does perform "U Know" live it will be more as a straight bass and drum funk performance, just because the groove lends itself so well to Prince's vocal ability to slink around the groove. Yet, I give y'all props for doing it. As you state, that verse ain't easy.

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Reply #5 posted 11/14/14 6:47am

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Hmm, upon downloading the BBC Media Player app to view this my brand new Samsung Tablet suddenly developed a number of nasty graphical glitches. After uninstalling and restarting they seem to have gone away, but I'm blaming you for the emotional distress caused Casey sad
Heavenly wine and roses seems to whisper to me when you smile...
Always cry for love, never cry for pain...
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Reply #6 posted 11/14/14 7:42am

Freedom

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Nice one Casey...

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Reply #7 posted 11/14/14 7:50am

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Freedom said:

Nice one Casey...



In case anyone wasn't sure, this is a sarcastic reference to Casey's destruction of my tablet, rather than an actual compliment.
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Reply #8 posted 11/14/14 8:17am

RodeoSchro

Very nice! You need to give a shout-out to dandan, though, LOL. The "Do It Again" performance was also good.

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Reply #9 posted 11/14/14 8:25am

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Dang! I can't view it here. Hafta wait til I get home. Any chance you'll up the audio?

"I like to watch."
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Reply #10 posted 11/14/14 10:22am

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dandan said:

Did you use the chords I posted in the end?

No, I asked quite late in the day to try and save time but my bandmembers had already figured it out - really appreciate you posting them though!

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Reply #11 posted 11/14/14 10:25am

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sulls said:

Dang! I can't view it here. Hafta wait til I get home. Any chance you'll up the audio?



I'm never quite sure if BBC embed videos work outside the UK, but RodeoSchro and a few other Americans seem to be able to watch it smile Maybe it works fine on computers, but not on phones/tablets

Thank you all for the compliments smile

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Reply #12 posted 11/14/14 11:54am

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Ah, clips are currently not available to watch on mobile devices, that explains my earlier trouble. Although I was just able to watch it all on my phone so who knows what's going on. Anyways, that was good, well done!
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Reply #13 posted 11/14/14 1:03pm

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So is it okay now to post videos of cover versions of Prince songs on the org now? Did you get permission from Paisley Park/NPG Records for this or does you being a mod change the rules? And what are you going to do if this gets the org in trouble?

I thought as a mod your responsibility would be stronger than your vanity but I guess I was wrong.

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Reply #14 posted 11/14/14 1:17pm

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KoolEaze said:

So is it okay now to post videos of cover versions of Prince songs on the org now? Did you get permission from Paisley Park/NPG Records for this or does you being a mod change the rules? And what are you going to do if this gets the org in trouble?


I thought as a mod your responsibility would be stronger than your vanity but I guess I was wrong.




There doesn't appear to be any rule against it, why, have people been prevented before? I thought the rule only applied to Prince videos and not covers.
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Reply #15 posted 11/14/14 1:34pm

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KoolEaze said:

So is it okay now to post videos of cover versions of Prince songs on the org now? Did you get permission from Paisley Park/NPG Records for this or does you being a mod change the rules? And what are you going to do if this gets the org in trouble?

I thought as a mod your responsibility would be stronger than your vanity but I guess I was wrong.

This has nothing to do with me being a mod.

Prince and his business managers have actually been sent the link. FYI.

This is an official BBC embed, not a random YouTube link (what he's had a problem with in the past).

The BBC have established codes of conduct and arrangements with all performance royalty collection societies to ensure that Prince would get paid for a BBC broadcast of a song he wrote, like any other song they play on the radio. You think an organisation like the BBC would post a song if there was anything less than 100% certainty that they were perfectly entitled to do so? It's called fair use - and as long as the artist is getting paid - there's no issue.

Now, if we're talking about a random cover on YouTube where no royalty collection progress is in place? Then Prince is perfectly entitled to have a problem. That's not

As it stands, us performing his song on BBC radio just earned him another hundred dollars per play in songwriting royalties.


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Reply #16 posted 11/14/14 1:42pm

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Militant said:

KoolEaze said:

So is it okay now to post videos of cover versions of Prince songs on the org now? Did you get permission from Paisley Park/NPG Records for this or does you being a mod change the rules? And what are you going to do if this gets the org in trouble?

I thought as a mod your responsibility would be stronger than your vanity but I guess I was wrong.

LOL at vanity. Really now? This has nothing to do with me being a mod.

Prince and his business managers have actually been sent the link. FYI.

This is an official BBC embed, not a random YouTube link (what he's had a problem with in the past).

The BBC have established codes of conduct and arrangements with all performance royalty collection societies to ensure that Prince would get paid for a BBC broadcast of a song he wrote, like any other song they play on the radio. You think an organisation like the BBC would post a song if there was anything less than 100% certainty that they were perfectly entitled to do so? It's called fair use - and as long as the artist is getting paid - there's no issue.

Now, if we're talking about a random cover on YouTube where no royalty collection progress is in place? Then Prince is perfectly entitled to have a problem. That's not

As it stands, us performing his song on BBC radio just earned him another hundred dollars per play in songwriting royalties.

Now that I've explained how it all works, were you legitimately concerned about this, or just felt like complaining?

Looks like I touched a sore spot regarding the vanity, otherwise you wouldn´t have felt the need to respond the way you did.

So Prince is getting royalties because it´s on the BBC? Cool. I didn´t know that. We get it, it´s the BBC and Prince is getting a few hundred dollars for this . Good for him and good for you. I was REALLY legitimately concerned about this and not just complaining, but the fact that you had to respond the way you did just proves my point. Thanks for the explanation though, and I mean it. I didn´t know about these legal details.

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Reply #17 posted 11/14/14 1:47pm

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Awesome cover! Btw, cool t-shirt Militant biggrin

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Reply #18 posted 11/14/14 1:53pm

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Angelsoncrack said:

Awesome cover! Btw, cool t-shirt Militant biggrin

Thank you sweetheart smile

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Reply #19 posted 11/14/14 1:55pm

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KoolEaze said:

Militant said:

LOL at vanity. Really now? This has nothing to do with me being a mod.

Prince and his business managers have actually been sent the link. FYI.

This is an official BBC embed, not a random YouTube link (what he's had a problem with in the past).

The BBC have established codes of conduct and arrangements with all performance royalty collection societies to ensure that Prince would get paid for a BBC broadcast of a song he wrote, like any other song they play on the radio. You think an organisation like the BBC would post a song if there was anything less than 100% certainty that they were perfectly entitled to do so? It's called fair use - and as long as the artist is getting paid - there's no issue.

Now, if we're talking about a random cover on YouTube where no royalty collection progress is in place? Then Prince is perfectly entitled to have a problem. That's not

As it stands, us performing his song on BBC radio just earned him another hundred dollars per play in songwriting royalties.

Now that I've explained how it all works, were you legitimately concerned about this, or just felt like complaining?

Looks like I touched a sore spot regarding the vanity, otherwise you wouldn´t have felt the need to respond the way you did.

So Prince is getting royalties because it´s on the BBC? Cool. I didn´t know that. We get it, it´s the BBC and Prince is getting a few hundred dollars for this . Good for him and good for you. I was REALLY legitimately concerned about this and not just complaining, but the fact that you had to respond the way you did just proves my point. Thanks for the explanation though, and I mean it. I didn´t know about these legal details.

I edited my post, I kinda felt like you were unfairly coming at me, I apologise.

I don't have a sore spot about vanity, it was more about your comment about how I should act "as a mod". Every single moderator on this site gets attacked on a day to day basis usually by the same few people, and it gets a little old. It's something we discuss a lot between us.

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Reply #20 posted 11/15/14 5:10am

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Wow, I'm really impressed Militant. You're very talented. thumbs up!

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Reply #21 posted 11/15/14 5:41am

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Great performance. Beautifully performed. Thanks.

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Reply #22 posted 11/15/14 11:17am

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Seriously, thank you guys so much for the compliments, this was not an easy song to perform, especially having only learned it with the band a few hours earlier. The original version is so groove based that not having any drums to bounce the vocal rhythm off is really tough!

It really means a lot to me that you guys dig it smile

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Reply #23 posted 11/15/14 11:26am

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I've heard a lot of people cover Prince songs over the years and I very rarely feel like they pull it off, let alone do the song justice.

I actually watched your video four times I thought it was so good. All of your voices really compliment each other beautifully and I loved your phrasing in the verses. You managed that difficult task of respecting the vision of the original whilst at the same time making it your own. You should record a full cover of the song imo. I for one would certainly buy that from iTunes.
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Reply #24 posted 11/15/14 7:03pm

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Everything you did on Do It Again was perfect.

U Know isnt good at all in my opinion,but i wouldnt comment in public what i dislike,only inbox

[Edited 11/15/14 19:05pm]

[Edited 11/15/14 19:06pm]

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Reply #25 posted 11/15/14 7:11pm

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lol Cool job pimp2

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I will take my place, In the great below
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