I have it on good authority that Thag stole Ugh's unique stick clack stick clack rock slam rock slam stick clack lip smack beat a good 8,000 years before that and shamelessly used it to woo barely upright pseudo-monkeys from the bordering hills.

...and Avril Lavigne.

...and Nickelback.

...and Corey Hart.

...

You're welcome.

i remember playing a chart called "norvegian wood" in high school band. not "norwegian" wood, mind you. it seems the sheet music to the former was a lot cheaper.

Beatle_Matt: ...and Avril Lavigne.

...and Nickelback.

...and Corey Hart.

... and Anne Murray

You're welcome.

FIFY

FlashHarry: i remember playing a chart called "norvegian wood" in high school band. not "norwegian" wood, mind you. it seems the sheet music to the former was a lot cheaper.

Eeesn't eet gud, Norvegian wood?

This used to happen during operas in Europe as well. People would record what the musicians they were responsible for in short hand and then transcribe it into a full score after the show. The good ones would have a score for sale on the street outside the show within minutes of the final curtain.

Damn Canadians. They're all a little bit shifty.

But on the other hand, they did give us Alanis Morissette, that almost makes up for the whole Celine Dion thing.

Alanis Morisette
Gordon Lightfoot
Barenaked Ladies
Rush
Trooper
DOA
Pointed Sticks
SNFU
Sloan
Tragically Hip
Sum 41
Anne Murray
Glen Campbell
Loverboy
Skinny Puppy
Sarah McLachlan
Diana Krall
Martha and the Muffins
Corey Hart
Feist
Neil Young
The Guess Who



If there's nothing on that list that you like then you just don't like music.

(and those are just the bands that have made a name for themselves outside Canada. There's a zillion bands from the Shuffle Demons to 54-40 that are great but are virtually unknown anywhere outside Canada)

/staunch defender of Canadian music

Remember that time they burned down the White House?

Pepperidge Farms remembers.....

Bill_Wick's_Friend
Rush
Agreed

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Alanis Morisette
Gordon Lightfoot
Barenaked Ladies
Rush
Trooper
DOA
Pointed Sticks
SNFU
Sloan
Tragically Hip
Sum 41
Anne Murray
Glen Campbell
Loverboy
Skinny Puppy
Sarah McLachlan
Diana Krall
Martha and the Muffins
Corey Hart
Feist
Neil Young
The Guess Who



If there's nothing on that list that you like then you just don't like music.

(and those are just the bands that have made a name for themselves outside Canada. There's a zillion bands from the Shuffle Demons to 54-40 that are great but are virtually unknown anywhere outside Canada)

/staunch defender of Canadian music

Your list could use more Leonard Cohen and No Means No

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Alanis Morisette
Gordon Lightfoot
Barenaked Ladies
Rush
Trooper
DOA
Pointed Sticks
SNFU
Sloan
Tragically Hip
Sum 41
Anne Murray
Glen Campbell
Loverboy
Skinny Puppy
Sarah McLachlan
Diana Krall
Martha and the Muffins
Corey Hart
Feist
Neil Young
The Guess Who



If there's nothing on that list that you like then you just don't like music.

(and those are just the bands that have made a name for themselves outside Canada. There's a zillion bands from the Shuffle Demons to 54-40 that are great but are virtually unknown anywhere outside Canada)

/staunch defender of Canadian music

Good list but you gotta add The Band and The Joel Plaskett Emergency.

HappyHarryHardOn: Your list could use more Leonard Cohen and No Means No

The above list (Herinafter "the List") is wholly for entertainment purposes and is not intended as a reference source. The List does not purport nor does it intend to be a definitive accounting of all Canadian bands who have broken the charts outside of Canada. You (herinafter "the End User") save and hold harmless the creator(s) of the List from any claims or damages which may occur due to the End User's use of the List. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

Tr0mBoNe: This used to happen during operas in Europe as well. People would record what the musicians they were responsible for in short hand and then transcribe it into a full score after the show. The good ones would have a score for sale on the street outside the show within minutes of the final curtain.

Oh yes. Guys like Beethoven and Mozart would hand out sheet music at the beginning of rehearsal, and collect it again at the end, to prevent the musicians from "renting" it out to unscrupulous publishers before the music premiered.

Classical musicians are far and away the most blatant pirates when it comes to sheet music. Orchestras I've been in have ranged from "try to avoid it but make copies if necessary" to "Fark it, rent one set of originals and copy away"

Myownepitaph: Classical musicians are far and away the most blatant pirates when it comes to sheet music. Orchestras I've been in have ranged from "try to avoid it but make copies if necessary" to "Fark it, rent one set of originals and copy away"

I was our band librarian in High School (band geeks ftw) and we would not have been able to afford a band program if we bought originals for everyone. It was the same in university and in the community bands I play in now.

In the C19th and early C20th, American publishers were dead against copyright and routinely ignored the rights of European artists as long as they were making money from ripping off their content. Once they could make more money protecting US content than stealing European content, they mysteriously grew a pair of morals.

The whole copyright debate has never been about ethics or rights of the creator. It's always been about how corporations can make the most money. The UK just extended the copyright on existing works... because that will somehow mysteriously make Cliff Richard travel forty years back in time and record a few more hits because he can be more rewarded for them today. Or something.

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Alanis Morisette
Gordon Lightfoot
Barenaked Ladies
Rush
Trooper
DOA
Pointed Sticks
SNFU
Sloan
Tragically Hip
Sum 41
Anne Murray
Glen Campbell
Loverboy
Skinny Puppy
Sarah McLachlan
Diana Krall
Martha and the Muffins
Corey Hart
Feist
Neil Young
The Guess Who



If there's nothing on that list that you like then you just don't like music.

there are a couple of band on that list that I like, but nothing I love

True success for a Canadian artist is when they leave Canada for warmer climates and those of us stuck in this frozen shiat hole in the winter become very jealous.

Sorry about

Celine Dion
Nickleback
Parachute Club
Skinny Puppy
Images in Vogue
The Grapes of Wrath
Our Lady Peace
Avril Lavinge



Not sorry about

Neil Young
Leonard Cohen
Rush
Payola$
TPOH
Simple Plan
Harlequin
Trooper
Boys Brigade
Don Messer
Stompin' Tom Connors
Irish Rovers
Feist

Tr0mBoNe: Myownepitaph: Classical musicians are far and away the most blatant pirates when it comes to sheet music. Orchestras I've been in have ranged from "try to avoid it but make copies if necessary" to "Fark it, rent one set of originals and copy away"

I was our band librarian in High School (band geeks ftw) and we would not have been able to afford a band program if we bought originals for everyone. It was the same in university and in the community bands I play in now.

Sounds about right, I'm currently playing with a small community orchestra. If it weren't for the good graces of the U of M and EMU music libraries, we'd be forced into rampant piracy.

The orchestra

Myownepitaph: The orchestra

Stupid Red Wings, making me drink beer and screw up my editing...

Beatle_Matt: ...and Avril Lavigne.

...and Nickelback.

...and Corey Hart.

...

You're welcome.

...and Brian Adams

...and (you will soon be cursing us for) Michael Buble.

Don't say you haven't been warned.

Anyone else find the thought of a pirate orchestra wildly amusing?

Tr0mBoNe: Myownepitaph: Classical musicians are far and away the most blatant pirates when it comes to sheet music. Orchestras I've been in have ranged from "try to avoid it but make copies if necessary" to "Fark it, rent one set of originals and copy away"

I was our band librarian in High School (band geeks ftw) and we would not have been able to afford a band program if we bought originals for everyone. It was the same in university and in the community bands I play in now.

I work for a major sheet music retailer and I'm getting a kick...

/really

Stephen Foster, the first great American songwriter, died a poor man in 1864 because his sheet music was pirated.