See, I've never been remixed before (though I have gotten fan art, which does feel pretty darn amazing if I do say so) but I have to admit I'm a bit nervous there. The selling thought doesn't really bother me as much as the fear that they will take the credit and sort of run with it.
I really have an irrational fear in this, I think. After reading what everyone has posted (and seriously, thank you all so much for posting it and bringing me up to speed!) I am MUCH more comfortable with the transformative aspect of it. I think I've seen a couple times where podfic has been done badly (not quality wise, but authors that have not been asked permission for use, making changes to better suit the readers style, and in a few cases actually changing entire scenes or omitting them completely) and they really stuck with me far more than the much larger wealth of GOOD cases.
My primary fear of changes is as I've seen in the worst case scenarios: altering of the content, order, or meaning of the text due to reader preference. I have seen fic where entire sections have been cut out because the reader did not want to do sex scenes, or they had issues with pronouncing certain words so they were changed without the author's okay, or even in one instance complete removal of lines because the reader did not like them.
I would think for my work, I would have to make sure the reader was comfortable with the piece as it is and would not want to change it for recording. I am aware that this fear may seem irrational and you are probably right to think so, but I do get really attached to my words and I put them together the way I want them... to have pretty major changes made without consent really bothers me.
And I like your description, I hadn't thought of it as a performance before. :) It makes it a lot simpler for me to take it in the context of a cover version. Hah. Thank you for being patient with me.
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I really have an irrational fear in this, I think. After reading what everyone has posted (and seriously, thank you all so much for posting it and bringing me up to speed!) I am MUCH more comfortable with the transformative aspect of it. I think I've seen a couple times where podfic has been done badly (not quality wise, but authors that have not been asked permission for use, making changes to better suit the readers style, and in a few cases actually changing entire scenes or omitting them completely) and they really stuck with me far more than the much larger wealth of GOOD cases.
My primary fear of changes is as I've seen in the worst case scenarios: altering of the content, order, or meaning of the text due to reader preference. I have seen fic where entire sections have been cut out because the reader did not want to do sex scenes, or they had issues with pronouncing certain words so they were changed without the author's okay, or even in one instance complete removal of lines because the reader did not like them.
I would think for my work, I would have to make sure the reader was comfortable with the piece as it is and would not want to change it for recording. I am aware that this fear may seem irrational and you are probably right to think so, but I do get really attached to my words and I put them together the way I want them... to have pretty major changes made without consent really bothers me.
And I like your description, I hadn't thought of it as a performance before. :) It makes it a lot simpler for me to take it in the context of a cover version. Hah. Thank you for being patient with me.