Permission to Record a Song Inspired by Tomo

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Srijan Shrestha

9 months ago

Hi Tomo and Everyone,

Series: Essential Chords, Picking, Strumming, Muting
Video: B5 Open Chord - A - Fingerpicking - Combine Chords
Link: https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/b5-open-chord-a-fingerpicking-combine-chords

At the beginning of the video (0:00 to 0:12), Tomo plays a beautiful melody along the chords. It inspired me so much that I wrote a song based on it about my teacher, who has sadly passed away.

I was wondering if I could record this song with your permission, unless, of course, the melody is copyrighted.

What do you think?

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Best regards,
Srijan

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Tomo Fujita Mod

9 months ago

Thanks for asking this Srijan.

If you make your own with inspiration from my playing, then definitely welcome!
If you play it exactly... that's not your original so maybe you need to cook your own way(?)

Chord progressions... no one owns it so you can use same chord progression.
Melody ... you need to make your own.

Thank you.

Tomo

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Michael

9 months ago

Hi,

Here is some information about how to legally do a cover song: https://syncsongwriter.com/blog/legally-releasing-cover-songs

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Srijan Shrestha

9 months ago

Thank you Kurt for your reply.

This is the link for the song: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BrcUIpGWkQGXKha5FS_KMTuZ4Q9k7Sej?usp=drive_link.

I wrote song upon the melody and chord progression based on Tomo's video (from 0:00 to 0:12) and added some additional chords as well.

Let me know what you think! Just a heads-up: the song is written in Nepali, so you are not surprised. :)

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Tomo Fujita Mod

9 months ago

So sorry!
Can you post it (even only audio) on YouTube Channel as unlisted?

Thank you.
Tomo

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Srijan Shrestha

9 months ago

Hey Tomo,

Thank you so much for your reply! It really means a lot to me. I've learned so much from you, and I'm still learning!

As you requested, here is the link to the song I wrote:

Please let me know what you think. Is it different enough to keep it as it is?

I'm heading to the studio today to record this song, and we’ll follow your feedback!

Thank you! <3

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Tomo Fujita Mod

9 months ago

Thank you!
This is too close to my original composition.

You can not copy too exact melody and chords.

Thank you for sharing.

Tomo

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Srijan Shrestha

9 months ago

Thank you, Tomo. We are creating a new composition and will share it after its release.
Thank you for the inspiration, and hopefully, we will meet one day! :)
Srijan <3

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