Posts Tagged ‘breach’
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder I had a signed agreement with a promoter to present my artist. The contract provided for two deposits and a final payment on the day of the performance. I worked for over a year with this promoter to put this deal together. Not only did […]
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Tags: artist, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, engagements, Goldstein, insurance, judgment, lawsuit, manager, money, negotiation, payment, presenter, promoter, relationships, risk, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters | Comments Off on The Hogwarts School of Contracting and Wizardry
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We recently had a presenter call us and cancel an engagement “due to inclement weather” because the company’s flight was canceled and they could not arrive the day before the performance as required. The company offered to fly the next day and arrive on the […]
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Tags: act of god, artist, attorney, breach, Brian Taylor, cancellation, contract, Contracts, dispute, engagement contract, force majeure, Goldstein, interpretation, lawsuit, losses, manager, marketing, presenter, reasonable solution, risk, Tour, travel
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Presenters, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on Rattle Sabers, Not Contracts
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder, About six months ago, a venue booked one of my artists and then sent me a signed contract with language requiring the artist to arrive the day before the concert rather than the morning of the concert. The venue was not willing to pay for […]
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Tags: artist, breach, breach of contract, Brian Taylor, cancellation, Drafting, enforceable contract, Goldstein, insurance, Liable, negotiation, presenter, reasonable solution, travel, venue
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring | Comments Off on Don’t Be Late For Dinner
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder I recently had to cancel an engagement. We had a signed contract with the venue, but circumstances arose where we had no choice. I sent a very cordial and professional email to the venue, but got a very threatening and aggressive response. I wrote back and […]
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Tags: breach, breach of contract, Brian Taylor, cancellation, conflict, damages, Goldstein, lawsuit, reasonable solution, relationships, venue
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Non-Profits, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on Back Away From The Email!
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We recently has a situation where one of our groups showed up at a festival, but just before they were to go on stage, the police shut down the event due to an approaching electrical storm. The presenter had given the group a deposit for 50% […]
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Tags: act of god, acts of god, Agreements, artist, booking agreement, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellations, contract, Festival, Goldstein, insurance, Liable, losses, money
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on The Band That Stood Up To God…and Lost
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I want to start getting the artists I represent to sign a written representation agreement. However, all of the models I have found are too long and complex. I definitely do NOT want a 14 page contract, more like 4 or 5 at most. I won’t […]
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Tags: agent, agent contracts, artist, breach, Brian Taylor, complexity, contract, Contracts, dispute, Drafting, engagements, Goldstein, manager
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division | Comments Off on Its Not The Length Of A Contract That Matters, Its How You Use It
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We are a small classical music presenter. Several months ago, I booked an artist for a performance this fall. Recently, I received a phone call from the artist’s manager asking for a deposit. Usually, we don’t pay deposits, although, sometimes we will if it’s an artist […]
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Tags: agent, artist, booking agreement, breach, Brian Taylor, cancellation, commission fee, damages, fiduciary duties, Goldstein, Liable, manager, money, payment, presenter, risk
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters | Comments Off on A Manager’s Deposit of Trouble
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We booked one of our artists to perform at a non-profit venue. The booking agreement was signed by all parties. We just received a phone call from the venue that their board met last night and decided unanimously to cancel the engagement due to poor ticket […]
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Tags: acts of god, board chairs, booking agreement, breach, breach of contract, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellation fee, contract, contract situation, contract states, contractual obligations, damages, Goldstein, lawsuit, legal obligations, Non-Profits, poor ticket sales, presenter, reasonable solution
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Non-Profits, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on Does God Serve On Their Board?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Help! We are a small agency. We booked an engagement for one of our artists at a venue that has now cancelled the date. We had a series of emails with the venue confirming the date and fee and then sent them a formal contract that […]
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Tags: agent, artist, bookings, breach, Brian Taylor, cancellation fee, Contracts, contractual relationship, damages, formal contract, Goldstein, venue
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring | Comments Off on Silence Is Not Golden!
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I have a small venue. All 3 licensing companies are claiming I need to pay them for my karaoke and music that occurs weekly, but the bands that I have sign contracts making sure they only play their original music, nothing copyrighted. These companies have been […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, breach, Brian Taylor, composers, copyright, copyright infringement, Goldstein, karaoke nights, license, Licensing, music, original music, performance license, performing music, permission, public venue
Posted in Arts Management, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Venues | Comments Off on Does Original Music Exist Anymore?