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If a skater desires to use music from a commercial what are the
standard procedures for permission?
standard procedures for permission?
If a skater desires to use music from a commercial what are the
standard procedures for permission?
There was a competitor at last week's JGP Riga Cup who skated to a piece of music entitled "The World of Rolex." I can only assume that is from a commercial. Link to her ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00035020.htm
I've thought about this as well since Mariah Bell's SP last season. Her music was a version of an original song created for Coca-Cola but I wonder if anyone else got their cut in royalties (probably not).
I have heard that music so many times over the years, as it is frequently used to introduce segments on particular sports during the sports bulletin on EuroNews. But it wasn't until you mentioned the name of the piece that it twigged with me that all the sports in question are indeed sponsored by Rolex.
The World Of Rolex
Even though it was created specifically to advertise a particular company, this piece of music is absolutely beautiful. And perfect for skating to!
A couple of hours ago, I posted a link to a video of Trifun Živanović's 1996 US Nationals SP to the Stupid Questions thread in reply to a comment made a few hours earlier.
But, after thinking about it for a while, I realised that the music that Trifun used for this routine probably falls into the category of "advertisement music", due to the fact that he has kept the 20th Century Fox jingle at the start.
So, what do you think?
CaroLiza_fan
Actually, my understanding is that the song "Little Talks" (Or is it the group "Little Talks") was adapted by Coke for its commercial. I'm sorry I don't remember the particulars, it was posted in a thread in which I participated (I'm not even sure if it was here) where a YouTube was posted of the original. I don't know the commercial, didn't know the group, and although I found it informative, have no desire to listen to that group's music again, so maybe folks who enjoy the original more here can help.
However, Mariah could skate to "old McDonald had a farm" and make it work...