So a karaoke song can be slightly altered to pass by without being in any violation.'įinally, his background, 'I know how rights work. When I mentioned the mechanical license as the reason why not every song can be made for karaoke because this license is denied he said, 'Yes, “mechanical”. so it’s not up to the artists what songs of theirs is available to be made karaoke.' Is he right?Īnother quote, 'Also, what makes most karaoke songs easy to get, is they are recorded with a slightly different pitch or key or tempo, etc. He actually thinks the fees he pays to the channel pays the artists back. He offered to get me anything I wanted for $1 per song. If it exists, I can get it! If it doesn’t, I can sometimes make ‘em myself.' Ya have to follow their strict guidelines, but it works, and I love it. It’s basically a worldwide forum of KJ’s that search and share.

I signed up on this program 15 years ago. I had never heard of mIRC channels so I asked if it's legal. Been doing it for years! And he feels he's completely covered because the venues he works in pay their BMI/ASCAP fees. Just had a long conversation with another KJ in town who says he pays an mIRC channel to download any and all karaoke music he wants and that it's all perfectly legal.

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