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Recently I had the idea to cover popular songs from anime/videogames/movies/whatnot.
Now, I know thats not a particularly novel idea, but I think there is a lack of professional standard covers (particularly on my instrument, not a piano) so hopefully there will be an audience. To that end, many hours have been spent researching, looking at gear and arranging a couple of pieces. There's the risk that few people actually want to see my covers, so that's a bit scary- but if I can recoup the money I spent on recording equipment within a couple of months, I'd call that a bit of a success, and see what the next goal is.
Initial Goal:
Get partnered, make some $$$
Potential problems:
1. Little viewership
2. Not a hot gurl
3. I turn out to sound horrible
4. COPYRIGHT
Addressing these problems:
1. I guess I have to go advertise and start using social media, reddit and stuff. ugh.
2. ('A`)
3. I don't think this would happen, but if it does I guess I will have to practice for another year or so and then revisit the idea (i'm an aspiring classical musician, play at a fairly high standard- no dunning krueger I hope) .
At the moment I am most concerned about copyright (though maybe I should be worried about viewership instead). From what I've read,technically if you wanted to post covers for the purpose of monetizeation, you need permission or a specific license. However it seems unlikely that most people who do covers have an agreement with the copyright holders; perhaps only the really successful ones do? Anyway,I will be recording my own tracks and such, so hopefully it won't be an issue, but the issue is still there- the possibility of accruing 3 copyright strikes and then all that hardwork going to waste sounds PRETTY bad.
If anyone has any advice or experience with this sort of stuff, your feedback would be appreciated.
Well, that's all for now, I guess I'll update when I've made a couple of vids
(rest assured, I won't be advertising here).
 
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3. I turn out to sound horrible
You could record with a phone and we'll tell you what we think. Phone mics can be surprisingly good with proper positioning if you get a decent one.
OR you could just test the market with your current equipment
best of luck!
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As far as copyright - You can release a cover song over the internet as long as you don' t sell it. What generally happens when you buy covers, or hear them in a film is this. The company or musician who invented the song, and therefore has the rights, can sell you the right to cover the song for selling or distribuiting. These rights can cost even up to thousand of dollars, it usually depends on how famous the song is, how many covers have been made of it, how much is the artist of the song in vogue right now. For lesser know songs or pieces the price is lower, much lower. All this is valid if you are covering it to sell it again, or using it in a video or film or performance that you are going to make money off.
Since you are on the classical side, you have a vast array of music that is NOT subject to copyright anymore. Copyright in fact expires after a while, so all the classical music from the 19 century and before, is public domain, and can be covered and sold/used freely.
Its not obvious to make money in this industry. You have to hussle, hussle and more hussle. To get a partnership, whether with a company, a person, or say youtube, you need to expose yourself and your music repeatedly.
My advice is to start making yourself know to the people around you, in your life. You didn' t say whether you played out on a stage yet, so i assume not.
How are you at live performances? thats how people will get to know your music, thats how people will listen to your music. You have to start from the people around you in your life. Family, friends, co-workers; Use your recordings to supply and support your music, not as a main source of output. People (who don' t know you) are very unlikely to listen to your music if you pass them a cd, and they have never heard you play before, or if the got the wrong impression just by talking to you. Less likely to even buy it, if they have never heard you before.
You say you are an aspiring classical musician. Do you play in a band? do you play in school? start from there, do a recording and give it to people and ask what they honestly tought. They will tell you and be kind about it.
If you want to be musician and your own manager, you have to hussle double. not only you can do what you really love, which is the music, you have to cure even every aspect around it. The recordings. The packaging. The media/internet output. The real life output. The marketing. all that jazz. Thats why people have managers, or simply people who periodically listen to their music and give feedback, or just give feedback on how to improve your career.
Ultimately, get feedback on your pieces/covers from somebody and take it from there.
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Hey, thanks for your replies 
@ JieXian, I tried doing a couple of test rccordings with some lowish quality mics, the problem was that the sound was too coloured and not really representative of my sound, which could be fixed through the mixing process, but I'd rather not do that
@Pebble I don't think I will be focusing on classical repertoire, which are mostly in the public domain. Reason being is that there are many legendary recordings and good modern professionals already in that area. My performance experience involves various competitions, exams, recitals and youth orchestra- I don't really enjoy orchestral stuff though. Ultimately this cover thing would be kind of a sideproject to a career in music.
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what's your instrument?
eq-ing is really simple you know. It's so simple I wouldn't mind helping you out with it.
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EQing. Easy to learn, hard to master. 
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op was your name inspired by hiromi uehara by any chance?
mixing/mastering for one instrument (or 2 if you're singing) is not that hard at all. It's mixing for a band, an orchestra or an edm track that is the crazy one. Feel free to pm me.
On June 09 2015 10:56 hp.Shell wrote:EQing. Easy to learn, hard to master.
hahahaaha
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Yea, though I don't really like her newer more experimental stuff as much.
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On June 10 2015 00:12 JieXian wrote:
mixing/mastering for one instrument (or 2 if you're singing) is not that hard at all. It's mixing for a band, an orchestra or an edm track that is the crazy one.
Yep. Damn. Actually does anyone known any good books on the subject?
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