These days pop artists pay “proven hit makers” who use the common pop song chords on everything to write their songs and then change some of the lyrics to get a writing credit and thus a higher cut of the song royalties.
thats why songwriters have developed a saying about this practice “change a word, get a third”
These days pop artists pay “proven hit makers” who use the common pop song chords on everything to write their songs and then change some of the lyrics to get a writing credit and thus a higher cut of the song royalties.
thats why songwriters have developed a saying about this practice “change a word, get a third”
Yep. We're living under a copyright regime designed for sheet music and player piano rolls.