Archive for April, 2013
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A few weeks ago you wrote a great article about how to obtain a mechanical license when someone wants to record music. But what about using a recording that already exists? We would like to promote an upcoming concert at our venue by putting some recordings […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, composer, composition, compositions, copyright, copyright law, Film, Goldstein, license, mechanical license, music, musician, payment, permission, public domain, record label, recording, venue
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings, Venues | Comments Off on Using Existing Recordings–Not So Fast!
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
by Sedgwick Clark Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic – America’s hottest orchestra/conductor team – breezed through New York last week for a pair of sold-out concerts they had just performed in LA, London, Lucerne, and Paris. Dudamel is a bona fide star. Now 32, he draws a younger-than-usual audience, and cheers erupted when […]
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Posted in Why I Left Muncie | Comments Off on Dudamel’s Development
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
By Rebecca Schmid The Festtage of the Staatsoper Berlin, founded by Daniel Barenboim in 1996, is not officially an Easter Festival. But while the Berlin Philharmonic left the Philharmonie for some mountain air (taking up residence for the first time this year in Baden-Baden), the maestro— between conducting the first full cycle of the Cassiers/Bagnoli […]
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Tags: Alessandro Manzoni, Berlin Times, Bernarda Fink, Daniel Barenboim, Daniela Barcellona, Fabio Sartori, Fesstage, Frank Xaver Süßmayer, La Scala, Maria Bengtsson, Maria Segreta, mozart, René Pape, Rollando Villazòn, Staatskapelle Berlin, verdi
Posted in Berlin Times | Comments Off on Requiem aeternam
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I hire musicians to perform, with me. Are they employees or independent contractors? I do not deduct taxes from what I pay them. Should I also make them sign a contract stating that they are independent contractors? Contrary to what many believe, the distinction between who […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, corporation, distinction, federal government, Goldstein, independent contractor, independent contractors, insurance, irs, legal relationships, limited liability company, musician, part time, sole proprietor, unemployment insurance laws
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Employees, For Profits, Independent Contractors, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Limited Liability Companies, Non-Profits, Venues | Comments Off on Independent Contractors or Employees: What’s In A Name?
