As expected, I knew I was gonna get a third party notice for some of those Lou Reed videos and I ended up getting one for the “Perfect Day” song ’cause I made the song similar to the original recording. That’s okay, though. I’ll just ignore it and let it be.

I really think musicians should be allowed to put up cover songs for the internet. There should be absolutely no reason at all whatsoever for the music industry to sue people who puts up cover songs for fun. The music industry does this ’cause the only reason it’s a money making opportunity for them. Musicians putting up cover songs or downloading songs for free haven’t been a problem until Metallica came around and sued Napster. That’s when all the “copyright infringement” got started, I believe.

Musicians should be allowed to cover songs legally online. I don’t see anything wrong with it. Cover songs are important to do. They help get musicians recognized and get them out there. Covers are a great way to showcase your musical talent. Famous artists have no problem of us covering their songs as many of them are flattered that their work is being covered by other musicians in the world. This is just how the industry wants it to be.

While bands & musicians love playing music and enjoy what we do… it’s getting harder for us to express ourselves as artists ’cause all the industry does is exploit us for money. I really hate the music industry and hate record labels especially the major labels. They are a bunch of evil greedy bastards. Why would musicians wanna get signed and get controlled by these animals?

I kind of didn’t want to do the Lou Reed tribute at Youtube ’cause I was afraid of third party notices. I could upload videos to my site exclusively but I would need the “videopress” upgrade for that which would cost quite a bit.

Before google bought youtube, there was never a problem of uploading covers to youtube at all. It’s ridiculous. All of it.

I think someday musicians will be allowed to cover songs for the internet once musicians start taking a stand against the music industry… give it time. I can see that happening. The industry is getting worse. The labels are not only exploiting the artists on their rosters… they are even exploiting artists who are not even signed. They think they’re tough. They like to get all over us.

I’ll continue to upload covers for youtube. I’m not worried about getting fined or getting contacted by the labels. Those things happen rarely. Depends on how big your channel gets. I like youtube better in the old days. It’s just getting really bad these days.

Kev