[vcf-midatlantic] VCF Bumper to videos

[Bart Hirst]

Regardless, it's a masterpiece, and the velociraptors are quite amused.

On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 9:00 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 3:40 PM RETRO Innovations via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> > On 5/1/2024 2:32 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > > The author didn’t intend to trick people, only to make it “more
> upbeat”.
> >
> > Obviously, the author no doubt provided the content gratis, so I assume
> > there's limited opportunity to ask for more.
>
>
> Yes the author did this gratis. I can’t ask for too much as he has already
> put in time to create this.
>
>
> >
> > That said, if there were options, I'd be interested in the non reversed
> > song, pitched to be more upbeat.
>
>
> What I don’t know is if the author is a musician. A good idea to try non
> reversed and more upbeat. Let me consider options for finding a musician
> willing to create an upbeat version of Daisy Bell.
>
>
> >
> > I don't know that I have a poor reaction to the bumper, but I think
> > there are a ton of people who know the first few bars of Bicycle Built
> > for Two from 2001, and making it instantly recognizable (or at least
> > recognizeable once people know the backstory) is educational.  Reversed
> > doesn't offer that same additional benefit.
> >
> > I agree the tune is public domain and I'd argue even the 7094 recitation
> > of it should be.  Even if not, using a few bars can be claimed under
> > fair use.
> >
> > I offer the points above as my only ability to contribute.  I'm not
> > graphical, creative, or musical, so my hat is off to the original author
> > for even offering this option.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>