Copyrights

– To know what kind of music you will play, you have to know what kind of party it is. What sort of people do you expect, what do you think they like? Combine that with the things you like and then you know what to play.

– The difference between commercial and non-commercial is basically that commercial records get played on the radio.
But “commercial” is a strange term, because commercial really means that you want to sell your record. So actually most records are commercial. What people mean with “commercial music” is that this music is made to make a lot of money. So the producer might not even like the style, but he makes it because it’s popular.

– You don’t have to worry about copyrights. That only becomes an issue in large clubs etc. But even then it’s the problem of the owner of the club. (at least that’s what I think)

Copyright laws are different for each country. Google copyright for you country also look up digital copyrights. Here in the UK there’s the ProDub licence which is robbery as a DJ with a digital collection copied from CD’s or Vinyl would have to pay; 20,000 tracks would be about £400 and it denys you the the ability to mix as you can not change the recording in any way. Mixing one track with another would be classed as changing the context on the music. Crazy! Clubs and bars here have licences to play music so we’re covered there but ProDub is a seperate licence based on how many tracks you (the DJ) have stored, so even though you’ve paid for it you have to pay again to use it if you transfer it to a hard drive.

Here’s some of the exclusion of use:
(b) making any adaptation or arrangement of the music and/or
alteration of the lyrics of any Repertoire Work;
(c) using music with lyrics other than those written to be used with the
music or authorised for use with the music;
(d) using lyrics with music other than that written to be used with the
lyrics or authorised for use with the lyrics;
(e) carrying out of any sampling (meaning the taking of part of the
music and/or lyrics of a Repertoire Work and incorporating such part into
another Repertoire Work) or the distribution or reproduction in the form of
a sample of such part of a Repertoire Work

Talk about kill the DJ! There’s a DJ here, that you’ll find if you search ProDub who’s a proud owner of his licence. Make’s me wonder what kind of DJ he is, I guess he just moves the crossfader over after each track has finished