Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Originally Posted By: raymb1
I played a couple of gigs last month where I had to play only "public domain" songs. I still played whatever song I wanted, just didn't play the copyrighted melodies. BMI and ASCAP must make billions.............Ray


lyrics are copyrighted too, not just the melodies. I'm curious how you got around that with the NPD cover songs.


From Ray's wording I am assuming he is playing instrumentals. Chord progressions are not copyrighted so one can play the chord progression of a well known song and play either an original melody or an original melody with original lyrics. However you can not play a copyrighted hook or instrumental.


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