Posted by Donny (aka WestEnd) at bing43.brandywine.binghamton.edu on April 14, 2001 at 23:26:18:
In Reply to: Re: indi music rights posted by robk on April 14, 2001 at 22:53:57:
Your best bet woud be to use local bands and musicians. You can
draw up your own little contract stating that you can use their songs in
your independent film. since you are helping each other there would
likely be no money involved.
As for Clerks. the songs that were not in the original version of the
movie were licensed and or paid for by Miramax or the artists donated
the song.
If you are going to put your film in festivals, avoid using songs that
belong to recording labels. Because the festivals themselves charge
money for people to view the movies being shown, the record labels
will get a little hissy about music rights. If the movie will only be seen
by your friends and family, you are not liekly to be in any danger.