Thanks, Matt. I'm assuming, though, when people hire you to play on their tracks, they have already written a melody. All I "wrote" was a chord progression. I suppose there is melody in there (even if it's just the root notes), but it's not coherent and beautiful.

Likely what I will get back is improv over chords. That's probably not "co-write" worthy. But it is possible that I'll get back something I can also do for myself--draw out a melody from the progression that stands alone and "becomes" the composition or the song. It's melody that is copyright-able, and rightly so. Nobody hums chords. And to my mind, regardless of whether or not they worked for hire, that is something worth recognizing.

Note: I'm speaking as a song-writer. The world of composition has never really been my world, and both law and custom may apply differently.

Jim. Yes, they sign away rights to audio. I can use it any way I see fit. But there remains that component on the continuum when a simple improv or lead-line becomes the piece itself. Not a riff. Not a phrase. The piece.

I'm not trying to protect myself here. I'm trying to do the right thing.

Anyway, answers that tell me how to do THIS will also inform me how to do it for solo works and other collaborations, past and future.

Last edited by Tangmo; 05/27/20 03:01 PM.
BIAB 2021 Audiophile. Windows 10 64bit. Songwriter, lyricist, composer(?) loving all styles. Some pre-BIAB music from Farfetched Tangmo Band's first CD. https://alonetone.com/tangmo/playlists/close-to-the-ground