“I want to remix some old jazz”
Friday, August 20th, 2004I regularly get mail like this one:
Hi Victor
I want to start creating more enthusiasm in Jazz! What I’d like to know is……. when old tracks, LPs, artists etc are extinct - what’s the situation re copyright etc?
For instance - if I want to remix and modernise some old jazz LP tracks onto CD from mono to stereo - can I do it without worrying about being sued by some modern global organisation who secretly might have the rights etc to royalties from an old label but who don’t make it publicly known! In other words - sitting on their arse with some brilliant vintage tracks but don’t do anything with them……..but we want to!!
I’m starting to get completely blown away by all the music sites and forums, especially ones devoted to mixing and dj’ing. In case you blinked there are also tons of remix contests online running at any given time.