Weird Al wants to be in Rock Band

[punk-picasso]

how about a comedy week weird l and andy samberg 3 packs!
Weird Al songs
1. ? (quote and fill in)

2.? (quote and fill in)

3.?(quote and fill in)

Andy Samberg:
1.Like a boss

2.(jizzed in)My pants

3. On a boat Ft. T paine

[Renrock]

Al needs to make a new song ABOUT Rock Band to have it released in Rock Band !

That would be win.

[Apples]

Oh man what I wouldn't give to have "Trigger Happy"!!!

I was hoping someone would mention that one.

[DavyinaToga]

Al needs to make a new song ABOUT Rock Band to have it released in Rock Band !

That would be win.

Ok, I lied...

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[Sambo110]

As everyone else says, get his songs in Rock Band Harmonix!

[TheOzone]

I sent Al a message to urge his label to respond to Henry.

I did my part. Now let's see what happens in a couple months.

[itzJV]

Weird Al.. ehh.. his covers of songs aren't really all that great. It's cool to listen to it the first few times, but the humor in his songs die down, then it just gets annoying. I'm sure if you're stoned, you'd be laughing your butt off to everything he says.

[LuigiHann]

Will money have to go to whatever song Al has parodied? Or is he still legally able to use it for whatever he wants?

Credit and royalties will always go to the songwriters. Al gets part (for writing the lyrics) and the original writer gets part (for writing the melody). So the band that made the original famous will only be involved if they wrote it.

People seem to be perpetually confused by this, because you do not need permission to record a parody, which is true. But if you do what Al does, and recreate the original melody identically, you need to pay royalties to whoever wrote it. As people have noted, this is pretty much identical to the way cover versions are handled, so while the licensing is slightly more complex than for original songs, it's nothing that HMX wouldn't be equipped to handle.

[InsrtCoins]

The man deserves an entire track pack, but I'd buy anything Al you guys throw us.



...Hell, he deserves a spinoff game, but that is asking too much. lol

[jdrager]

I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, or create the false impression that future DLC is in any way, shape or form up to me...

...but this will be the first email I send out when I get into the office tomorrow.

This will be a fun community experience. If we mark today (6/17/09) as the "contact to Weird Al" day, we can have a taste of how long DLC takes when artist and HMX are willing. Of course, there can be complications, but we have two controls (HMX & Artist consent) so it will be interesting to see how long it will take for Weird Al DLC to get here.

*Note: Don't forget, Weird Al hasn't even been contacted yet, so this isIF IT GOES THROUGH!