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>use an Everly Brothers song while editing my short film
>originally intended as a temp track but it ends up fitting perfectly well with the mellow tone and aesthetics I was going for
>show preliminary edit to friends and crew, everyone unanimously enjoys the music
>make a test upload on YouTube, gets automatically flagged
>Sony Music Entertainment seem to be the current copyright holders, which pretty much nulls any hope of being able to use it
>look for replacements instead, make a build with The Beatles' Love Me Do (currently on public domain in the European Union)
>not a bad song by itself but not all that fitting either, it has to be something smoother and slower to correspond in with the pacing
>friend points me to a local indie new wave band that is generally open to Creative Common reuses of their music in video projects, try a new build with one of their tracks
>end up liking it a lot, their song has a genuinely great cheerful and yet melancholic Joy Division-esque vibe to it that also works with the retro aesthetic
>show new edit to friends and crew
>mfw everyone unanimously hates the new music
>mfw everyone unanimously agrees the original track was far better
What can I even do here, /vid/? If it was just meant as a YouTube only thing then it's fine, I could leave the original there with the content ID flag and let Sony take whatever ad revenue they want, but I'm actually planning to submit this to festivals and hopefully use it to build my own professional portfolio, hence why it's pretty much out of the question to just leave copyright infringing content in there. If something, it seems like some Everly Brothers recordings are under the catalogue of a smaller German label called Bear Family Records, what are the odds they'll let me use whatever versions they have of the song if I ask nicely?
