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Comment by Rick Sanford on July 17, 2009 at 9:04am

ive had good luck with rifftraker from sonomawireworks.com...great for working up demos with up to four collaborators realtime...anywhere in the world.

Comment by Wayne (b@man) McMichael on May 6, 2009 at 6:10pm

oh kule.... thanks man.

Comment by Michael Bastedo on April 9, 2009 at 4:58am

Good ideas Lewis. Keep em comin!
bloi bloi

Comment by Lewis Varnedoe on April 8, 2009 at 10:52pm

George I think you meant "goo goo brother"

Comment by Lewis Varnedoe on April 8, 2009 at 10:51pm

Michael, Good point. There has to be a safe way to collaborate. I was thinking if as a required step to join any given OC group if someones idea is turned down he/she has agreed to seek no remedy concerning that submission, or some kinda work around this problem. Friend or Stranger, I think a binding agreement, before starting any project, prevents hostile litigation. It also enables artist to relax knowing they can reach deep in their gift.
blasa blasa

Comment by Michael Bastedo on April 7, 2009 at 6:10pm

Lew, those are good guide lines and I think probably sufficient for working with someone who's known to you as a credible writer.
Getting into a contractual situation with someone you are not sure can produce could be risky. They might end up being better litigators than they are writers. I'm just suggesting to everyone to know who you are getting involved with. Have them send you no more than 60 seconds of some things they have for sure written.
Any more than 60 seconds and you risk the possibility of them suing you for copyright infringement if they think you stole what they sent you.
This is advice from a publishing lawyer, not from me, for what it's worth.
I don't want to cast a pall on anyones collaboration efforts.
It's just better to be safe, blah blah.

Comment by Michael Bastedo on April 7, 2009 at 5:37pm

Melissa, I don't know ,off hand, of any specific software that would take care of those tasks. You might be able to use Microsoft Office
or something similar to create spread sheet type pages to note
project details.
I'll keep an eye out though.

Comment by George Martin on April 7, 2009 at 8:51am

Thanks Lewis- aren't you an original "Doobie" Brother"?

Comment by Lewis Varnedoe on April 7, 2009 at 1:09am

In order to join any OC (online collaboration) group the potential member must 1) agree to terms describing artist royalty distribution, as well as sound royalty distribution concerning (but not limited to) ownership, and publishing percentages, for copyright considerations. 2) who arbitrates contribution acceptance and/or decline. Most likely the originator of said collaboration. Acceptance ( by originator of said collaboration ) begins the a fore mentioned binding contractual agreement. Declined defines a state of no entrance, into binding agreement, try again.

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Comment by Melissa Gordon Rhine on April 4, 2009 at 3:31am

I'm looking for a source for logbooks to document recording projects from beginning to end, designed to include all details from budget to recording settings etc...
Thanks!

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