Muse's Clues articles (appearing in "The Muse's News" newsletter)
Issue 2.1 April, 1999 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M u s e ' s C l u e s : Web Site Reviews by Jeff Mallett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just finished watching the movie "Antz" on video tonight. The film finishes with that optimistic tune, "High Hopes", which still brings back a flood of youthful memories ...of watching "Laverne & Shirley" on T.V. Okay, okay, so I wasn't yet born when Sinatra's rendition won an Oscar. In any case, this was Doris Day's version and I am more interested in who wrote it. Where do you go when you want to hunt for more information about a song? One good place to start is on the sites of the big U.S. performance rights organizations. They have online search engines that work very similarly, down to the total disclaimer of any responsibility for damages the data may cause! Our first stop (sound of coin flipping here) is ASCAP: http://www.ascap.com/ace/ACE.html ASCAP created a dial-up database called ACE in 1993. It is now maintained with weekly updates on the web. You can search by title, writer, performer, or publisher. I'll search by title and check the performer and writer(s) checkboxes to see that information in the results. <click> Wow! Look at all these titles. I don't see Doris Day listed as a performer anywhere, but did you know that Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) also wrote a song called "High Hopes"? The next stop would be BMI: http://www.bmi.com/repertoire/database.html Their "hyperrepertoire" database has millions (literally) of songs licensed by BMI searchable in the same four categories. Check all the boxes and...<click> Wow! Again, no Doris Day, but did you know that David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) also wrote a song called "High Hopes"? Our journey might continue on to the SESAC Repository Online (SRO): http://www.sesac.com/repertory1.htm but then again, maybe I should just put in the video again and watch the credits!
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