The consensus seems to be that I've got a long road ahead of me! For
the record, I intend to publish these works myself - I'm not looking
for a publisher. I just want to secure the rights to publish myself
and make sure any due royalties or fees are paid. I should probably
stick with original or PD works to start out, but much of this
material was done by me many years ago. Of course, I think I picked
the toughest category for my initial test pieces - Christmas music
(for brass quartet.)
- Bob Shuster
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:27:00 -0800
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Subject: Re: [Finale] self-publishing & securing permissions for
copy-written works
To: finale@shsu.edu
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I can second Mark's comment about publishers reluctant to publish an
arrangement of a song they already have more than one of in their
catalog. Years ago I was asked to do an arrangement of "Amazing
Grace" for a local choir that was going to Russia on an exchange
program. The Russians loved it, and everyone I talk to says it's the
best arrangement they have heard - better than any of the published
ones. Still, although my editor friend at my publisher really likes
it, he said they couldn't publish it because there were at least
three other arrangements of it in their catalog. I'm sure that's true
of other publishers I've worked with. At least the tune and the words
are in the public domain, and anyone interested in performing my
arrangement can pay me for copies. I've had lots of performances of
it this way.
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