Email reply from Carl Hauck

Abby Newland from the group I am working with, emailed Carl Hauck (the artist) asking for permission so that we could use his track for our final production. This was his response;

Hi Abby, Amy, and Rebekah - 

Thanks for contacting me, and thanks for your interest in using my music.  What school do you three go to?

I'd be fine with you using my music for your project since I'm assuming it's not commercial in any way.  I actually have someone who usually handles music licensing for me (Brooke Blocki - brooke@kmamanagement.com), and you may want to contact her just to make sure.  I'm sure it'll be fine, though, so you could probably proceed in the meantime.

The song "Windjammer" is the title track of my most recent album, which was filled with quite a few songs in which I was trying to come to terms with life after college and all that it entailed, especially since I was returning to my home town to teach high school.  I thought about where and what "home" is, about the people whom I'd wronged, about how dreams become compromised by "reality," and about the meaning of love, among other things.

The song in question was, for me, a way to look back (fondly) on various childhood summertime moments at the house I grew up in, which happens to be located on a street called Windjammer Court.  So each stanza is basically a vignette of various fragmented memories (that probably wouldn't mean to much to other people :).

I'll leave it at that for now, but feel free to let me know if you have any additional inquiries or follow-up questions.

Thanks again.

-Carl

At the bottom of the email address, he provided a link to his website. On this website he has the song we've chosen to do 'Windjammer' and many other songs. They included the lyrics to the tracks as well. Carl appears to be a nice person and we can again contact him if we need any help with our final ideas. Also, we have agreed to send Carl the finished production to get his views on it.
http://www.carlhauck.com/