This lesson was divided into 2 parts where the first half was all about the lovely and complicated world of video editing. We used Screenflow for this task and learned about things like trimming, syncing audio, opacity, basic animation and non-destructive editing. I got the hang of it towards the end so with the thought of having some editing software for me at home I did a bit of research, and it looks like …. it doesn’t work on Windows PC LOL! But I found some alternatives like Adobe Premiere Elements 2020 for around $150 and Filmora for Windows for $60. The next half of the class was about copyright in music and how Australia’s copyright is the worst going around. I had already known about these groups but refreshed my knowledge of APRA, AMCOS, ARIA and PPCA. There is no ‘fair use’ in Australia and after hearing the guest speakers I was concerned that I was going to be sued for royalties for singing songs in the shower; it really gave me the vibe that there’s very little chance of making money by becoming a proficient musician. I found out that APRA and AMCOS can collect royalties for you but you basically have to sign over your music rights to them so they are actually in control of the permission to use your music material ….. yeaaaaaah NO THANKS!!
I was going to embed a video here of me playing Jethro Tull’s ‘Aqualaung’ on Jazz flute, but due to the many possible copyright infringements instead here is a royalty and copyright-free image from the awesome site Pixabay
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