[G4] Wedding Audio

[James Asherman]

On Monday, January 26, 2004, at 02:32  AM, Chuck Kay wrote:

> A question to all you wedding videographers in Mac DV land. I am 
> putting together some footage from a wedding reception. This is a 
> copyright question but also requested common practice by the wedding 
> videography professionals. The music at this reception includes "live" 
> musicians and lots of DJ stuff! My concern is over the music the DJ 
> plays. Most of his music is the typical stuff...from 50's classics all 
> the way to Nelly's "Shake you Tailfeather." Is it common practice to 
> use audio from a setting such as this or put "production music" in the 
> background audio track. I do quiet a bit of sports videos and always 
> use the music I paid license for. But believe you me, the actual 
> dancing much better matches the live DJ stuff than any of the 
> background tracks I have. Most of the video footage is lots of small 
> clips. Thanks for yous guys info, opinions, & professional input.
>

You are not responsible for the DJ.
You can put on any music supplied by the client.
Unless this wedding is going to be broadcasted or shown for a fee 
privately these are all non-concerns.
Jim