[zichy]

Three more facts about the song Clint Eastwood:

1. The drum beat is just the Rock 1 preset of the Suzuki Omnichord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDX6l9_58RA

2. Del tha Funkee Homosapien wrote the full lyrics in 30 minutes with the help of the book "How to Write a Hit Song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq2qSq6NpNY#t=373

3. The first version of the song didn't feature Del, but the British group Phi Life Cypher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM-DK3b5yuo

[autoexec]

> The drum beat is just the Rock 1 preset of the Suzuki Omnichord

I wonder if you need to pay royalties or get permission for that kind of thing... or is license to use it commercially included in the price of the instrument?

[acomjean]

This came up recently, but generally musical instruments include a license for any music performance with that instrument.

Includes: "STYLES, VOICES, PERFORMANCES, PATTERNS, ARPEGGIOS"

https://usa.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/proprietary_rights_notic...

There are limits to prevent copying of raw sounds and reselling.

[KerrAvon]

IANAL, but you don't need a license to publish yourself playing a piano or a guitar, and synthesizers are also musical instruments. That said, I'm not sure that's ever been tested in court, so if someone wanted to be a right-wing asshole about it, like take over Suzuki and try to get royalties from every hit song that used it, I guess it might be interesting.

[ovalanche]

Deltron 3030 (the song) is a work of art. I can recite it in full. Lol.

[Lammy]

So that's the Left Hand Suzuki Method? :v

[ovalanche]

Re: 1, When I found this out I couldn’t decide whether I felt disappointment or admiration. Currently leaning towards the latter!