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Post by rick158 on Sept 7, 2018 16:59:50 GMT -5
Has anyone else seen this? Looks like Jackie has chosen a new Album Title and will perform begin the tour in March. www.rutheckerdhall.com/event/jackie-evanchoDetails Sat, Mar 16 at 8:00 PM @ Capitol Theatre Jackie Evancho, the 18 year-old American classical crossover sensation that gained wide recognition at an early age, makes her Capitol Theatre debut! With her upcoming new album and tour, The New American Songbook, the multi-platinum recording artist will match her extraordinary voice with one of most exciting reemerging genres in popular music today. With songs from breakthrough musicals such as Hamilton, Dear Evan Hanson, Waitress, Once, The Band’s Visit, Wicked, and Spring Awakening, and hit films like The Greatest Showman and La La Land, the New American Songbook has permeated mainstream culture – building its already-impassioned musical theatre audiences while cultivating a brand new generation of ultra-engaged young fans.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 21:46:18 GMT -5
..."the New American Songbook has permeated mainstream culture – building its already-impassioned musical theatre audiences while cultivating a brand new generation of ultra-engaged young fans."
What is the Great American Songbook? "The Great American Songbook, also known as "American Standards", is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century. Although several collections of music have been published under the title, it does not refer to any actual book or specific list of songs, but to a loosely defined set including the most popular and enduring songs from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film. They have been recorded and performed by a large number and wide range of singers, instrumental bands, and jazz musicians. The Great American Songbook comprises standards by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin, and also Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Richard Rodgers, and others. -Wikipedia Have We Turned The Last Page In America's Songbook? (Published June 11, 2015) time.com/3916642/america-songwriting-history/Is Jackie's new album re-writing the book with her selection of musicals from Broadway and film? Or, maybe introducing her own chapter. I look forward to hearing what she has to say about it, undoubtedly said with great excitement.
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Post by agog on Sept 8, 2018 2:13:35 GMT -5
The American Songbook has been an expression at least since I was a boy. The New American Songbook is a new expression because it takes it's tunes from more modern B-way plays.
When I read the titles of the plays Jackie is drawing her songs from, I only recognized one title Hamilton. Ans that, only because there was some bits in the news about the players making anti Trump statements from the stage.
There were five or more plays or movie musicals listed that Jackie is drawing her songs from.
Can't wait for the specific song titles to be released.
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Sept 8, 2018 2:55:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 10:07:44 GMT -5
The American Songbook has been an expression at least since I was a boy. The New American Songbook is a new expression because it takes it's tunes from more modern B-way plays. When I read the titles of the plays Jackie is drawing her songs from, I only recognized one title Hamilton. Ans that, only because there was some bits in the news about the players making anti Trump statements from the stage. There were five or more plays or movie musicals listed that Jackie is drawing her songs from. Can't wait for the specific song titles to be released. It is certainly a very interesting title. Hopefully it will do well....
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Post by jamesn on Sept 8, 2018 10:51:37 GMT -5
The American Songbook has been an expression at least since I was a boy. The New American Songbook is a new expression because it takes it's tunes from more modern B-way plays. When I read the titles of the plays Jackie is drawing her songs from, I only recognized one title Hamilton. Ans that, only because there was some bits in the news about the players making anti Trump statements from the stage. There were five or more plays or movie musicals listed that Jackie is drawing her songs from. Can't wait for the specific song titles to be released. Of course Hamilton is basically hip-hop trash written by a Puerto Rican and is an Obama-ish fantasy view of the Founding Father in which all the "patriots" were deliberately cast as blacks, Hispanics, or at least mulattos (including George Washington!); naturally, King George and other English villains were portrayed by whites. Costuming was poor, with most if not all the female characters clad in nothing but more-or-less period underwear. As with MOTN, MHWGO, etc. we can probably count on Jackie to sing any selections from these more recent "musicals" in her CC style and put her own stamp on them.
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Post by agog on Sept 8, 2018 11:08:56 GMT -5
I have seat I-7. I learned from my first Jackie concert in Detroit 2014 that I don't like a close seat. I was in the second row there. I felt like I was crowding Jackie. At intermission I switched seats with Claude Papastock from France. Four or five rows back was much more comfortable for me. (And probably for Jackie too lol)
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Post by agog on Sept 8, 2018 11:16:08 GMT -5
Of course Hamilton is basically hip-hop trash written by a Puerto Rican and is an Obama-ish fantasy view of the Founding Father in which all the "patriots" were deliberately cast as blacks, Hispanics, or at least mulattos (including George Washington!); naturally, King George and other English villains were portrayed by whites. Costuming was poor, with most if not all the female characters clad in nothing but more-or-less period underwear. As with MOTN, MHWGO, etc. we can probably count on Jackie to sing any selections from these more recent "musicals" in her CC style and put her own stamp on them. You write great reviews Jamesn (Hollywood James) Have you and Colonel Mike decided to go?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 12:26:15 GMT -5
Steven Gallo says above: "Rumor has it that it will be released in October".
This video announcement from the Vacaville Performing Arts Theater would confirm that rumor. But, it may be premature.
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Post by Willyiam on Sept 8, 2018 13:48:59 GMT -5
I wonder if this will be considered some kind of copyright infringement?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 15:17:19 GMT -5
I wonder if this will be considered some kind of copyright infringement?
Willyiam,
If you listen to the broadcasts, you'll hear that "New American Songbook" is a segment of the NPR station's programming in which different artists are played.
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Post by rlhamil on Sept 8, 2018 15:39:49 GMT -5
I wonder if this will be considered some kind of copyright infringement?
Titles can't be copyrighted anyway, only the contents.
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Post by ursus on Sept 8, 2018 23:54:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 0:19:39 GMT -5
Full Title: "Johnny Mathis Sings the Great New American Songbook." (Released Sept. 29, 2017)
Playlist of songs on the album:
"Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:30 "Once Before I Go" (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford) – 3:49 "Blue Ain't Your Color" (Steven Lee Olsen, Hillary Lindsey, Clint Lagerberg) – 3:44 "You Raise Me Up" (Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland) – 4:01 "Say Something" (Ian Axel, Chad King, Mike Campbell) – 3:15 "Just the Way You Are" (Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, Khari Cain, Saint Cassius) – 3:27 "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly) – 4:47 "Remember When" (Alan Jackson) – 3:55 "Happy" (Pharrell Williams) – 3:25 "Hello" (Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin) – 5:17 "Run to You" (Allan Rich, Jud Friedman) – 4:29
The only musical I found in the playlist is Run To You from the 2012 stage musical The Bodyguard based on the 1992 film.
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Post by geb on Sept 9, 2018 2:47:26 GMT -5
You cannot copyright an album title or the name of a song.
You automatically get a copyright by writing a song (and writing any other original works such as articles, short stories, and books). It is best to register the written song (and any other written materials) so that it is easier to sue someone for infringement of your work. But the title or name by themselves cannot be protected.
What you possibly could do is trademark an album title but usually that requires some uniqueness to its expression. Examples are brand names and company logos. You may even be able to trademark a common word if you incorporate it into a unique design. The best example of that would be Apple Computer. Its original logo was of a rainbow colored apple with a bite taken out of the right side. Adding words like Apple or Macintosh with the logo and then registering the design yields a trademark which incorporates a common name that by itself cannot be trademarked.
For an album title one could come up with a new font style and trademark it being used for the album title. Not much purpose to doing so unless you desire to try to sell other stuff using this design and you want to protect it. Then it makes sense. For example, I am involved with a company that just incorporated three letters into a design and has trademarked the use of this design within several market avenues. The three letters by themselves cannot be protected. In a unique design, they are.
As for song titles, Jackie's own song Apocalypse is a fine example. There would be no way to know what the word Apocalypse is referring to just from the word itself. You need qualifiers. Ergo, it would not be possible to copyright the single word (which is not allowed) nor possible to trademark a single word in and of itself. For one thing, which Apocalypse are you referring to? The complete final destruction of the world or the Marvel Comics supervillain or Jackie's album?
Other examples abound. We have The Beatles' movie Help! or their song Yesterday. Without me noting that these words referred to The Beatles, you would not know what I meant by use of these common words because they have other meanings and uses depending upon the context surrounding their use. You cannot protect the words in and of themselves. You have to provide context (such as a design incorporating the word).
A great example is the song "Hello" as sung by Lionel Richie.
Then we have the song "Hello" as sung by Adele.
Both have the same song title, but are totally different songs. Each written song is protected, just not the song titles.
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