Hi there! 

Up until this past Saturday, I was the drummer for a semi serious metal band based in Guelph ON, Canada. They have recently decided that due to personality differences, I no longer have a place in that band, which is fine. During my time in this band though, I had personally created backing tracks to play with in a live setting to include musical parts not playable by the band's five piece lineup (I.E. orchestrations and sound effects set to a metronome I could drum along with). We're not registered through SOCAN or anything of the sort as all of our music has been recorded and distributed independently. Am I in the right to tell them that they may not continue to use the tracks I had created if the original compositions are not mine? I feel like a bit of a dickhead doing so but as a musician trying to make a living I feel I will have been used if they continue to utilize those tracks to play live without some sort of compensation for my work. Please help a young musician gain some knowledge about intellectual property. Thank you.
user
Former band
assistant
Hi there! 

Up until this past Saturday, I was the drummer for a semi serious metal band based in Guelph ON, Canada. They have recently decided that due to personality differences, I no longer have a place in that band, which is fine. During my time in this band though, I had personally created backing tracks to play with in a live setting to include musical parts not playable by the band's five piece lineup (I.E. orchestrations and sound effects set to a metronome I could drum along with). We're not registered through SOCAN or anything of the sort as all of our music has been recorded and distributed independently. Am I in the right to tell them that they may not continue to use the tracks I had created if the original compositions are not mine? I feel like a bit of a dickhead doing so but as a musician trying to make a living I feel I will have been used if they continue to utilize those tracks to play live without some sort of compensation for my work. Please help a young musician gain some knowledge about intellectual property. Thank you.
user
A band
assistant