I love this board.

Others are obviously more knowledgable than I on this subject, but isn't there some loophole (or whatever you want to call it) that allows for usage of up to 20 seconds of a song without clearance issues?

I say f*** it and just throw anything on there you want.

I'm not aware of any blanket loopholes. There is fair use, but it's not a bright line rule, and thus can be challenging to assess.

I think statutory damages can be up to 150K per work infringed, so I will have to disagree with Kevy on this one.

Are you saying that you don't like my "f*** it" approach?

:D

I suppose that depends on whose bank account we're playing "f*** it" with. Are you volunteering?

I would be happy to volunteer someone's bank account!

OPM is the way to play!

Hey disneyphile - don't suppose you know any musicians? Because if you had someone compose something for you, that would be the easiest.

Oh, yes I do, and he's quite awesome, as KB pointed out. ;)

I'm also a musician myself, although I haven't played in quite some time. I actually have a complete keyboard studio at home that's collecting dust. :rolleyes:

But, time is a factor on this, since I need to get my demo reel out soon so I can book more jobs.

However, once I quit that day job and have some free time, I can dust off my chops, and maybe play a bit of music again. I'd love to offer a custom soundtrack "addition" to my packages for a charge. That would rock, and no one else offers that. :snap: People might not be too interested in it, but I could have it there as an option, and make some extra cash.

You could always use music that's in the public domain. You could offer clients several songs to chose from.