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Showing posts with label Just for Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Just for Fun. Show all posts
Friday, July 4, 2008
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Just For Fun #6
Metal XOR Studio is not one to sue every time one of its songs is copied, plagiarized, or just plain ripped-off. But there was an incident in 1995 that could have warranted it.
The story starts back in 1986 when Jason started recording his own songs with his first keyboard. On his fourth tape, titled Quadraphonic, was a song that had been recorded in 1987. It remained nameless along with most of the songs on that tape until January 1, 2004, when the songs were finally given titles. This nameless song was then titled "Coeur de Coward". Why such a weird name? Because it was the pseudo-French opposite of the words brave and heart.
Fast forward to 1995 when the Mel Gibson epic "Braveheart" came out in movie theaters. Jason and Jimmy went to see it (several times) and it quickly ranked in their top 5 movies of all time. During the movie Jason recalls "...something was familiar to me as I watched the film... it finally occured to me that I had recorded this Braveheart song eight years prior!"
There is a slight difference in the two songs, but that is probably because composer James Horner changed "Braveheart" slightly so it would not be a direct copy of Jason's song. Most people will be able to hear how similar the two songs are. Give a listen to each song and make your own determination as to whether Mel and James owe Jason a few greenbacks or not.
Click here to listen to Jason's song (unmodified recording from 1987).
Click here to listen to a "Braveheart" song (from 1995).
The story starts back in 1986 when Jason started recording his own songs with his first keyboard. On his fourth tape, titled Quadraphonic, was a song that had been recorded in 1987. It remained nameless along with most of the songs on that tape until January 1, 2004, when the songs were finally given titles. This nameless song was then titled "Coeur de Coward". Why such a weird name? Because it was the pseudo-French opposite of the words brave and heart.
Fast forward to 1995 when the Mel Gibson epic "Braveheart" came out in movie theaters. Jason and Jimmy went to see it (several times) and it quickly ranked in their top 5 movies of all time. During the movie Jason recalls "...something was familiar to me as I watched the film... it finally occured to me that I had recorded this Braveheart song eight years prior!"
There is a slight difference in the two songs, but that is probably because composer James Horner changed "Braveheart" slightly so it would not be a direct copy of Jason's song. Most people will be able to hear how similar the two songs are. Give a listen to each song and make your own determination as to whether Mel and James owe Jason a few greenbacks or not.
Click here to listen to Jason's song (unmodified recording from 1987).
Click here to listen to a "Braveheart" song (from 1995).
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Just For Fun #1
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