Legal Protection for Rappers and Musicians

You can find part 2 of the rights of songwriters and composers on indie rap and hip hop record label website, eMultimediaGroup. As the legal representative for a number of indie rappers and hip hop artists, this record label fully supports the efforts of ASCAP as it seeks to represent the interests of musicians.

Small indie record labels have long been advocate for the musician because they are usually formed by musicians, for musicians and from musicians. Rap music has become a popular art form for big business to use as a vehicle to get their products to the consumer. Everyone knows the value of reaching the young hip hop audience with their urban wear, kicks, hip hop clothing, cars, bling and street wear.

Music Fans Create Ruckus for T-Pain Thr33 Ringz

T-Pain's latest dance/pop album Thr33 Ringz that was recently released online has been getting mix reviews from music fans. Some people either absolutely love it or some hate it. It is always challenging to see how subjective music is and how it can sometimes bring out the best and worst in people.

The label also thought it would be wise to have various remixes done featuring talented rappers and R&B singers, such as Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Jair Dynast, T.I. amongst others. These new concepts should also appeal to rap music fans that like to follow their favorite artists and make for a wider audience for this T-Pain album.

The album is definitely a party track that you are bound to encounter at the club and will probably end up on a lot of mobile phones as ringtones. T-Pain has carved out his own music niche of the auto-tuned, synthesized sound as a present day trend.

Some may argue that it will have no bearing on hip hop culture in terms of its street origin. Others may yearn for rappers to craft rap music like those found on the rap music social community network that can play in club but at the same time has something serious to offer from a lyrical view point.

Rights for Music Writers and Composers

Of interests to all musicians who have been working hard to produce creative works of arts and have had people use them without adequate compensation over the years. Although vindication has been long in coming, there's been a step in the right direction.

Let it be known that the oldest performing-rights organization in the United States of America has recently released its Bill of Rights for Songwriters and Composers. This important initiative puts forward ten core elements that pertains to the rights of music creators.

Even though this bill has been written by ASCAP, the ideas presented apply to all musicians regardless of which performing-rights organization they are members, such as BMI, etc. It seeks to address the attitude of most media especially new-media that writers should not share in the usage of their works.

It is no longer adequate to just pay to license for use but to expect a share in the revenues that are generated by anything that incorporates the use of an artist music. Rappers could benefit a great deal from this as rap music seems to be the music of choice to sell all consumer goods. Therefore, it is only fitting that the rappers share in the revenue earned.

Rappers, record labels and those with an interest in rap music, should bookmark this blog for our next segment that will outline the ten core principles for the use of music by new-media and other corporations.