Archive for the ‘Recordings’ Category
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
EXPLORING NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND PRACTICES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS IN A POST-COVID WORLD By Brian Taylor Goldstein Aside from thwarting a clown car coup, 2021 is certainly not off to the auspicious start we all had hoped for. Nonetheless, it is with trepidatious optimism that we find ourselves crawling out from our burrows like […]
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Thursday, October 29th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder In reviewing an engagement contract for one of my artists, I was surprised to see that the presenter wants the right to record the artist’s performance as a “work-for-hire”. The Presenter says that this is a standard requirement and also that its reasonable because my […]
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Tags: contract, engagement contract, excerpts, marketing, music, ownership, presenter, recording, release, work
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Thursday, July 9th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. We spent a lot of money making a CD to promote our orchestra. Now the composer’s publisher wants mechanical royalties. I just don’t understand why I have to pay mechanical royalties for a CD I am not selling, just giving to donors. Doesn’t the Composer want people to listen […]
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Tags: artist, ascap, bmi, CD, commission fee, commissions, composer, composers, composition, entertainment industry, license, mechanical royalties, money, music, musician, orchestra, performance license, performer, playwright, recording, royalty, sesac, work
Posted in Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on When Is A Plumber Worth More Than A Violinist?
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: An orchestra commissioned one of our artists to make an arrangement of a work for them to perform. We agreed that it would be a “work for hire.” Now, the orchestra wants to record their performance of the arrangement and has come to us asking […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, composer, Goldstein, license, mechanical license, music, orchestra, permission, royalties, royalty, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on When Is A “Work For Hire” Not A “Work For Hire”?
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A longtime friend who is also a very successful artist who I greatly respect, asked me to do a project with him. He sent me a contract, but it doesn’t cover things like when and how I get paid. I want to mark up the […]
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Tags: artist, attorney, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, exclusivity, Goldstein, insurance, lawsuit, lawyer, license, music, negotiation, presenter, promoter, recording, risk, visas, work
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings, Taxes, Touring, Venues, Visas | Comments Off on The Lost Art of Negotiation
Thursday, May 1st, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: If a hypothetical rental company is hired, either by a venue or by the client using a venue, to supply the sound and/or video system for a corporate, non-profit or association event; and this hypothetical rental company is asked to provide “top 40” music to be […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, CD, copyright, copyright infringement, damages, Goldstein, hotels, lawsuit, Liable, license, Licensing, necessary licenses, performance license, performance rights, proper licenses, risk, sesac, venue
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, For Profits, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Non-Profits, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on Hypothetically Speaking About Liability
Thursday, April 24th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder My ensemble has been approached by a composer/musician who would like them to do two days of recording for music that she is composing for a theater company. My understanding is that this theater company does quite a bit of touring. Do musicians typically get […]
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Tags: artist, box office, Brian Taylor, CD, composer, Goldstein, music, musician, negotiation, payment, recording, royalties, Tour, venue
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Recordings | Comments Off on How Much Is That Artist In The Window?
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A composer has been commissioned to write an ‘original’ work for a particular soloist or specific chamber ensemble. The commission agreement stipulates that the performing artist is granted exclusivity, giving the artist a certain period of time in which he/she has the sole right to perform […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, commissions, composer, contract, contractual terms, exclusivity, Goldstein, music, orchestra, orchestrations, permission, Variations
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on Gosh, That Sounds Familiar!
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Greetings, I have recently been contacted by ASCAP asking for fees based on music played by live musicians. Are we required to pay if we do not pay the musicians? Any musician who plays at the location is not compensated for their efforts. Is anyone else who works at or […]
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Tags: artist, ascap, bmi, Brian Taylor, composer, composers, composition, copyright, copyright law, Goldstein, license, music, musical composition, musician, original music, performance license, permission, recording, sesac, venue
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Publishing, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on What Do You Mean I Need To PAY For Music?
Thursday, December 12th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. An orchestra wants to commission a composer we represent to create an arrangement of a piece they want to perform. We were hoping that our composer would retain ownership of the arrangement so that in the future if the orchestra, or anyone else, ever wanted to play his arrangement, he […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, composer, composition, conflict, contract, copyright, copyright law, Goldstein, orchestra, royalty, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings | Comments Off on Is The Term “Work-For-Hire” A Magic Phrase?