North East Regional Folk Alliance

Info: 7113 Emlen Street, Philadelphia PA 19119
Phone: 215-546-7766 Fax: (215) 732-7023
E-mail: info@nefolk.org

“Sign on the Dotted Line: Decoding Music Business Legal Contracts for Practitioners”
Saturday November 15, 2003, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Are you a solo performer or in a band? Are you thinking about managing one? Do you want your music published, recorded, or distributed? Are you planning to become a record label or record distributor? Can you understand that contract you’ve been asked to sign? Would you like to sign a contract when you make a verbal agreement? Are you a budding club owner, concert promoter, coffeehouse manager, or thinking about putting on house concerts? Do you want to be a manager, booking agent, business manager, or tour/road manager?

In “Sign on the Dotted Line” you’ll learn to decode industry legal terms in sampling licenses, songwriter agreements, band partnerships, recording contracts, performance agreements, management contracts, booking agency agreements, and more. You’ll learn the simple English meaning of the gobbledygook, and the real meaning of the simple English terms in the contract context.

Taught by an attorney and former music critic with extensive industry experience, this session will be the best 90-minute investment you’ll make in your music industry career.