Hitting a wrong note.

Okay, I’ve needed a few days to roll this around in my mind and responding at the board the post originated from isn’t gonna do anything because it’s the kind of board that doesn’t kick posts back to the top just because you post a response to something.

Apparently, using music that doesn’t belong to you on a film music podcast is a good way to get sued. There are rare exceptions like the awesome The Goldsmith Odyssey but really, is this true? I’ve been planning for the last year or so to do my own film music podcast about my favorite scores and other aspects of film music that interest me. How and why is this even an issue? I mean, whatever happened to Fair Use?

I really need the clips of film music in my episodes. If people aren’t allowed to hear the music that the podcast host(s) are talking about, the hosts just come off as fucking crazy people. And Lord knows there are way too many raisin cakes like that in all other aspects of life (mild sidebar: sad as it is for me to admit, there are quite a few unironic “What about White History Month?!” jagoffs at the Film Score Monthly message boards right now and here’s hoping that the impending new site can weed them out).

Maybe, I can get a proper consensus from a more populous film music community about this. I have so much to say about the music I love, so you can bet your ass I will find some kind of workaround.