I’m a songwriter that has written for ESC in the past and was fortunate enough to have a song in this year. It would be very saddening to not amend the rules to consider this year’s songs for next year.
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Joacim Persson
6 years ago
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Please consider to change this decision. There is so much work and passion invested by the songwriters and producers here and this is what we’re trying pay our bills with.
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Borislav Milanov
6 years ago
We just have to look closely at the name of the contest, “The Eurovision SONG Contest”, to understand that the song is central to the competition, and without songwriters, producers and publishers, their would be no songs.
This contest started as a contest for composers and songwriters and now it’s turned to a Reference Group Contest serving specific interest and totally ignoring and disrespecting the songwriters and their hard work! How ever will the Eurovision Song Contest come back stronger than ever without the Songs and the Songwriters and by making so many people, labels, institutions upset and losing the trust in a fair EBU?
So many of us are disheartened by this decision, as we have input so much already, but we have no protection over our work. 80% of the songwriters, music producers, labels and publisher are also upset and disappointed. Every country should have the choice either to use the same song or not and then carry the consequences and risk for their decision! The fairest solution would have been to ask the different countries and to give the choice! Either to use or not! You can always try to write a new song but being able to use the songs if you want should be the choice of each country! Let’s also remind ourselves, that the songs are released because we agreed to abide by delivering our works to you by the deadline of March 9th, so they can be included on the Eurovision YouTube Channel.
The same rules you are claiming now, that make them invalid for next year’s ESC. Almost all writers and publishers would have never released this songs in that way otherwise and would have use it differently!
I’m a songwriter that has written for ESC in the past and was fortunate enough to have a song in this year. It would be very saddening to not amend the rules to consider this year’s songs for next year.
Please consider to change this decision. There is so much work and passion invested by the songwriters and producers here and this is what we’re trying pay our bills with.
We just have to look closely at the name of the contest, “The Eurovision SONG Contest”, to understand that the song is central to the competition, and without songwriters, producers and publishers, their would be no songs. This contest started as a contest for composers and songwriters and now it’s turned to a Reference Group Contest serving specific interest and totally ignoring and disrespecting the songwriters and their hard work! How ever will the Eurovision Song Contest come back stronger than ever without the Songs and the Songwriters and by making so many people, labels, institutions upset and losing the trust in a fair EBU? So many of us are disheartened by this decision, as we have input so much already, but we have no protection over our work. 80% of the songwriters, music producers, labels and publisher are also upset and disappointed. Every country should have the choice either to use the same song or not and then carry the consequences and risk for their decision! The fairest solution would have been to ask the different countries and to give the choice! Either to use or not! You can always try to write a new song but being able to use the songs if you want should be the choice of each country! Let’s also remind ourselves, that the songs are released because we agreed to abide by delivering our works to you by the deadline of March 9th, so they can be included on the Eurovision YouTube Channel. The same rules you are claiming now, that make them invalid for next year’s ESC. Almost all writers and publishers would have never released this songs in that way otherwise and would have use it differently!
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