Ricky Bell and Sheila E. Attend Taylor Swift's Battle on Music Rights

Taylor Swift losing your rights on your old tunes is a learning lesson for aspiring artists, so tell two people who know this game too well … Ricky Bell and Sheila E.

The musicians were asked about Taylor's quarrel with Braun scooter Saturday at LAX, and each of them had interesting ideas about the craft. Long story … do not hate the player.

Ricky – who started with New Edition, then Bell Biv DeVoe – started defending Scooter, claiming that he was not really the bad guy here … just a business man undertaking a move smart by catching Taylor's catalog.

When he is presented with the idea of ​​selling the songs to Taylor, Ricky does not care … but offers a compromise if she really wants to get them back.

You may remember … The purchase of Scooter – through her company, Ithaca Holdings – caused a stir last week, invoking Taylor herself. whip and call him a brute. Beef has somewhat divided the music industry … some with Taylor, and others with SB.

Ricky and Sheila do not necessarily take sides here – but they both seem to recognize that giving up your music tends to be the nature of the beast for young artists.

Although Ricky claims to be unaware of who owns NE or BBD music, Sheila reveals that she actually holds the rights to most of her catalogs, which is pretty amazing and prolific.

It's interesting too … Ricky and some of the other guys from OG New Edition played the role of a trademark on the band's name just a year ago, and Sheila collaborated with Prince … who fought with Warner Bros. the property of his own music while he was alive.