EddieCurrentCovers's Channel

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5 months ago

Building 7 Explained

A serious video: The "unexplainable" collapse of 7 World Trade Center is the most compelling case put forth by 9/11 Truthers. But there is more tha...

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EddieCurrentCovers commented:

@Acrinimiril -- No answer then? That's about right. There is no answer.
3:43

5 months ago

"All I Want Is You" cover

A special performance of the 1988 U2 song from the film "Rattle and Hum," for the dprjonesmsf online benefit for Doctors Without Borders. I had nev...

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5 months ago

Your chance to speak with James Randi live!

The website is here:

http://dprjonesmsf.wordpres...

DONATIONS

The donation pages are:

1. Firstgiving:

http://www.firstgiving.com/......

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EddieCurrentCovers posted:

Folks this weekend I will be appearing on the dprjones benefit for Doctors Without Borders, Saturday night from 12midnight - 1 AM EDT (9-10 Pacific). Miss Delilah will make an appearance, and I will perform U2's "All I Want Is You." More info: http://dprjonesmsf.wordpress.com/
4:21

7 months ago

"Red Hill Mining Town" cover

Bono of U2 is one of my main influences vocally. This song on 1987's "The Joshua Tree" was originally going to be the album's second single, but th...

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5:14

9 months ago

"Biggest Part of Me" vocal arrangement

This 1980 song by Ambrosia -- which has one of my favorite melodies ever -- was featured on Jimmy Fallon's "Yacht Rock 2K11." I intended to do an a...

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  EddieCurrentCovers commented:
  
  Thanks guys! Answering a few Q's - the center-bottom eddie creeps me out too. That was in fact the take on the recording (apparently). I re-synced it but it does still seem a bit off for some reason. I generally go without headphones these days. I sang this one mostly to the organ sound, but the ...
4:51

9 months ago

"Possum Kingdom" cover

For a while I've wanted to record a straight-up cover using a live approach, and make a video out of the actual performances. This is a great song ...

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4:50

10 months ago

"My Wave" cover

Launching my new covers channel with this song from Soundgarden's 1994 album "Superunknown." I was in a little over my head -- no one compares to t...

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About EddieCurrentCovers's channel

Cover songs performed by Eddie Current

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Sep 19, 2011

Date Joined

May 8, 2011

About this user

This channel will host a series of performance music videos, in a wide variety of genres. The idea is to record the instruments and vocals live on camera, with minimal fixes, and then sync together the shots and make a video out of them. The material will be eclectic...so far I have gone from hard rock to "yacht rock." Next up, Tears For Fears. Please subscribe!

Copyright information: When I started to record cover songs for YouTube, I intended to do it 100% legitimately, including paying royalties to the original artists. I have since learned that U.S. law does not yet have a way to deal with musicians who perform cover songs on YouTube.

If you record an audio-only cover and release it on a CD or on iTunes, it is extremely easy and inexpensive to get clearance and pay the royalties to the original artist. Similarly, if you perform covers at a club, the venue has a deal with ASCAP and BMI to protect the performers and ensure that the original artists are compensated. However, YouTube as a medium is too new to benefit from such legal protection. Clearing a copyright for one of my cover videos would require securing a synchronization license directly from the artist, which can cost thousands of dollars. This is because the existing law makes no distinction between using an artist's composition in a Pepsi commercial vs. shooting a cover performance in your bedroom and uploading it to your YouTube channel.

For many decades, songs have been continually renewed and exposed to new audiences through the work of performers who covered them. Today, YouTube is equivalent to the clubs and coffee houses that were once the only options for many performers. It is therefore in the best interests of both songwriters and performers that U.S. law gets updated to reflect this situation.

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Building 7 Explained

"All I Want Is You" cover

Your chance to speak with James Randi live!

"Red Hill Mining Town" cover

"Biggest Part of Me" vocal arrangement

"Possum Kingdom" cover

"My Wave" cover

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