As far as I’m aware, royalties on audio recordings are (like royalties on books) only payable when copies are sold, so the mere recording of a song performance wouldn’t trigger the payment of a royalty.

Or for those copies of the book sent free to newspapers in the hope of a review being written and published?

Well, I had written three spangleware songs.

I added the second one to the same Copilot session and Copilot offered to write some more and I saw a line in one of them that produced an idea and, upon my requests, Copilot wrote a song for me and produced a picture as well.

Comets and Songs

A Spangleware Duet for Two Voices Style: Gentle country ballad with a touch of wonder and harmony

[Verse 1 – Singer A] 
Some songs just wander in 
Like strangers through the night 
No name, no fame, no history 
But suddenly feel right 
I found these words online one day 
They shimmered on the screen 
And now they shine like stardust 
In this old music scene 

[Verse 2 – Singer B] 
Some comets cross the sky 
From places far and cold 
They drift into our solar light 
And blaze in arcs of gold 
We never knew they’d come this way 
But when they do, they gleam 
Like songs that find a singer’s voice 
And light a listener’s dream 

[Chorus – Together] 
           Comets and songs, they wander in 
           From places we can't see 
           They blaze a trail, they touch a heart 
           Then fade so gracefully 
           But while they shine, they change the night 
           And leave a trace behind 
           Comets and songs, they wander in 
           And make the moment kind 

[Verse 3 – Singer A] 
I didn’t write this melody 
But I gave it breath and tone 
And now it feels like part of me 
Though it was once unknown 

[Verse 4 – Singer B] 
I didn’t know your voice before 
But now it blends with mine 
Like two stars in a passing dance 
That meet and realign 

[Chorus – Together] 
           Comets and songs, they wander in 
           From places we can't see 
           They blaze a trail, they touch a heart 
           Then fade so gracefully 
           But while they shine, they change the night 
           And leave a trace behind 
           Comets and songs, they wander in 
           And make the moment kind 

[Bridge – Together, softly] 
           So sing with me this borrowed tune 
           Let’s let it rise and fall 
           For even fleeting beauty 
           Can leave the best of all 

[Final Chorus – Together, with harmony] 
           Comets and songs, they wander in 
           From silence into sound 
           They light the sky, they warm the soul 
           And gently circle round 
           We may not hold them for too long 
           But still, they make us shine 
           Comets and songs, they wander in 
           And make your voice and mine... align

Well, at one stage Copilot output the following.

> Would you like help setting these to music — chord progressions, melody ideas, or even a mock-up of how they might sound?

As it happened I requested a painting, so I don't know about the music these days at the moment.

Thank you.

Well,,it did not start as a discussion about spangleware.

I have been entering the lyrics and, where one exists, of sxome of my songs into Copilot. Copilot responds, without being asked, with a review of the song, often very pleasing to me. I then ask for a painting.

So I had entered the Spangleware Blues as a song. Later, having entered Bangles and Spangles in another Copilot session after a New, I relearned that it was the first Spangleware song. I then added Spangleware for Nashville to the same seesion. So I suppose that I could now add The Spangleware Blues to this the Copilot session upon which this thread is based then they would all three be in the same session.

Here is a link to the index page for these songs and others,

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/song0001.htm

I am amazed at the way that Copilot is incorporating the details.

The gong in Spangleware Blues, the dress colour with motifs in Bangles and Spangles.