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Again, depends on what you're trying to do. If you're an garage band then production isn't that big of a factor, if you're trying to be a trap producer then composition isn't that important. I think that many directors want young people to be master of these trades because it'd be cheaper or easier to hire someone who knows everything rather than someone who excels in one field but needs training in the other. There's also at least one person out there who knows everything and times better spent finding them rather than taking on someone who's lacking? I don't know if I could go back in time would I have done anything differently. I'm kinda where I personally want to be. Not looking into getting that AAA job or film composer position, but doing my own thing on my own terms

This is the only one of these types of videos I've ever been able to watch until the end. She really laid out all of the information and presented it in a non-inflammatory manner, which is more than I can say for many others. I admire that she didn't top it off with a 'we need to do X' narrative, either.

I've read a lot of this thread and I'm with Mirby; there is really too much grey area to call this a black and white issue. I agree that the composer saying he never heard the song before is BS - I thought the two tunes were overlaid, same as Palpable - but the idea of 'justice' comes down to making the injured party whole. if Powerman 5000 is choosing not to pursue legal action, is there any wrong to correct? I think that this comes down to the philosophy of what copying is and making sure a published artist's original works are protected versus what the artist or publisher's intentions of that copyrighted material are. I mean, we all can come up with thousands of blatent or near-miss examples. Here's mine: Once again, you can't tell me the composer hadn't heard this before submitting for publish, but even if he did know about this, Eric never pressed any charges. So, what harm is done, really? Does this set a bad precedent? I think ultimately enforcement is up to the copyright holder - if they don't care, why should we? Or, likewise, (as Mirby put already), if we follow the letter of the law, then how is any of the music posted on this website not guilty of the same? I say let them go ahead - if someone takes issue, then they can pursue, but if not, I really don't see the harm. Also, a lot of the music industry is now about the exposure rather than the sales themselves; you can't sell to people who don't know you. If nothing else, I bet Powerman 5000 has had a nice boost in sales after this issue got so much attention.

I think, like Skrypnyk said, there's always someone out there who can do everything. So might as well learn both. I don't think it matters which you focus on first. I learned production at the same time I learned composition, I'm still learning both, and I will until the day I drop dead probably. And I also mix my music as I compose, rather than mix at the end, which I now know is not the way everyone works, but some do. Come to think of it, I don't really think about production much anymore. I used to agonize over EQ, compression, reverb, etc. Now I don't EQ at all unless there's a harsh high frequency or muddy bass frequency. I completely stopped compressing and now I just focus on the dynamics as I perform. I add a touch of simple reverb and that's it. I don't know if it's because I got so used to production that it's second-nature, or I just don't give a fuck anymore, lol.

Well, I did give it a listen, so here are some thoughts on it. It's a pretty fun arrangement. I enjoy the instrumentation on this - the wubs, the slab bass, the pads and especially the lead work. The drums are meaty enough to act as a solid grounding for this track, too, so it has that going for it. The leads are mixed a bit quiet throughout, though - they get a little bit lost behind the rest of the track. They get pulled even farther behind the track purposefully at 2:49, which works, but they never really seem to come back to the front (even at 3:49, where it makes sense that they would). The vocal clips are a little loud in comparison to the music prior and after. It sticks out a little, but I don't think it sounds particularly poor. I think it'll do alright, on the panel. Sorry I didn't respond sooner - work, and all

Good god, when I listened to the FF14 track linked in the article, I thought they had overlaid the two songs at first. There's no way two people come up with that amount of similarity independently, though it doesn't have to have been an intentional copy. I know there are times that a song comes to me and it takes me a while to realize that it's an existing song, not something I came up with. But I'm surprised this song went through recording, QA, everything, and nobody noticed (or cared). If "Blurred Lines" was infringement, this would certainly be called that.

You're looking at this as far too black and white. There's a lot of gray area involved in this situation that is being glossed over. You mention this community, but if stealing is stealing, then fair use doesn't exist and every remix on this site is stealing the notes and tunes of every song they're remixing, even if they're rearranging it. See how I can turn it around if I look at it as a black and white situation, where it either is or isn't stealing? Like I said, there's a lot of gray area involved here. That said, I'm done with this conversation because I honestly see no point in continuing it.

I don't think this is hurting his rep at all especially since he's... you know, continuing to make the music for 14 and he obviously apologized. Not to mention that Spider One has since posted this, which was paraphrased in that Gamespot article in the OP. Source Obviously he's not going to pursue this matter further and is backpedaling a bit (since the original post was more than two sentences). He doesn't want this to go any further than it has already. I think that's a bit of a respectable thing to do, honestly. End the drama he helped begin before it escalates too much with a promise of no further action (legal or otherwise) in regards to it.