My dear fellow RAPtors -


We're opening a music school next to our studio. One of the reasons
we're doing this will be the obvious benefit of being able to arrange
and record our own music for the curriculum. At the same time though,
we need to look at other recent music that will be useful for the
program.

What are the legalities / or known fees in using copyrighted music
(Raffi songs / Sesame Street songs) for the live school program?

We're going to be doing a for-sale CD with the courses and will be
paying the appropriate fees to do that, but are unsure of what the
requirements are for using the music in the curriculum.

We'd like to know BEFORE we contact the publishers to at least know if
we're being zoomed and what may be a "standard" fee. Or does this
falll under fair use anyway?

I know, "ask a music attorney" and we eventually will. But once again
I'd rather first get general suggestions just in case I'm forgetting
something obvious.




Thanks -


Kurt Riemann
Surreal Studios
"Slappin' Mosquitoes in Alaska"