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Nov 10, 2023 · A British musician has been telling the remarkable story of how Stevie Wonder ended up playing an uncredited harmonica solo on his band’s single back in 1984.
Billing is a performing arts term used in referring to the order and other aspects of how credits are presented for plays, films, television, or other creative works. Information given in billing usually consists of the companies, actors, directors, producers, and other crew members.
Apr 20, 2012 · Bands like the Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel got the credit for their hit songs, but the music on those records was actually played by studio musicians in Los Angeles known as the Wrecking...
Feb 21, 2022 · The streaming revolution is changing the way film composers get paid and exposing the flaws of a system where big names farm their scores out to uncredited “ghost composers.”
Aug 7, 2024 · In 650 AD, St Isidore developed a new system of writing music, using a notation called ‘neumes’. Vocal chants, which were the popular music of the time, would be written on parchment with the text, above which neumes would be notated, indicating the contour of the melody.
In short, Dire Straits realized the part they wrote there was a dead ringer for "Don't Stand So Close To Me," but it fit so perfectly they didn't want to change it. They contacted Sting for the rights to use the tune, and Sting's response was, "Well, why don't I just sing it?" and the rest is history.
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Henry Purcell wrote lots of incidental music for the theatre. In some ways it was used as film music is used today – to set different moods and transport us between different parts of the story.
