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Are session musicians typically given royalties? I assumed they are just hired to to a job and are given a payment for time in studio.
by runeb 9y ago
Are session musicians typically given royalties? I assumed they are just hired to to a job and are given a payment for time in studio.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoSession musicians don't usually get writing credits. Nor do session arrangers. Occasionally the session players get a credit if they've spent time with the artist co-writing the song. The difference between making a session contribution and co-writing the song is ambiguous and contested. As a guide, adding a single instrument line doesn't count as co-writing - not even if the line is so distinctive it effectively makes the song. (This is grossly unfair, but it's how it is.) A string arrangement doesn't count as co-writing either. Not even if it adds a catchy tune. Arguing with the performer/producer about chord sequences, lyrics, the main vocal melody, and song structure does count as co-writing. But session musicians who do this are on thin ice if they try it without tacit permission.
- aidos 9y agoIt wasn't a Stones song that was sampled — Andrew Oldham Orchestra had done a cover of it in 1965 [1]. As I understand it the Stones had been ok with that, and then subsequently, he was ok with The Verve sampling some of it...until the Stones' former manager took exception [2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony#Song_credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony#Song_cre...