Don’t Get Screwed!!! Music Agreement Terms Every Artist Should Know, In Plain English – Part 1

reading contracts

Entertainment contracts can seem foreign and unfamiliar to many trying to decode them. And it usually takes a law degree to understand what they mean because, although not mandatory, they are written with an old classical form of English, used in everyday speech about as much as Latin. Actually, some actually use Latin too!

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Do I Need A Manager Pt. 2

Artist Point Of View II (Read Pt. I here) OK, so you’ve made the rounds, and you’ve built yourself a reputation in your town. People are starting to call you for gigs, music, and appearances. You need to start working […]

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Are You Really Selling Music?

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It is critical in any business to ask yourself several questions before starting. As a performing artist (or songwriter, composer, producer…), one question you must ask yourself at some point is, “What am I selling?”. One of the biggest ‘light […]

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Make Money In Music – Do The Math

One of the questions I’m asked by my clients is, “How do I make people listen to me on the web, with SO MANY other artist out there!” Well, this is not much different than when you had to get […]

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What You Don’t Know About Publishing

I hear from artists all the time saying, “I know all about my publishing! I’m gonna make sure I keep mine!” Unfortunately, that’s almost never the case. Although many more artist know the generalities of publishing today than 10 years […]

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Bands Can Learn A Lot From An Underwear Gnome!

That’s right! There’s a lot you could learn from an underwear snatching little gnome. Well, let me clarify…there’s a lot you can learn from a cartoon about an underwear snatching little gnome. If you’re an occasional viewer of the Comedy […]

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