Posts Tagged ‘exclusivity’
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, March 20th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: What’s the new “normal” in reviewing and exchanging contracts? We are receiving an increasing number of contracts that had been issued as PDF files coming back as word files or even revised PDF files which means I have to read every single line of the agreement […]
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Tags: amendments, boilerplate, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, exclusivity, force majeure, Goldstein, insurance, license, music, negotiation, presenter, publicity, Review
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on What’s The New Normal In Contract Practice?
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!
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I just received an email that an artist is leaving my roster for another manger, effective in two weeks. I’ve been working with this artist for over five years. We’ve never had a signed contract because we’ve never needed one. Isn’t it customary to give at […]
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Tags: Agreements, artist, artist management, artist manager, Brian Taylor, cancellation, commissions, contract, Contracts, customs, dispute, enforceable contract, engagements, entertainment industry, exclusivity, Goldstein, manager, negotiation, relationships
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division | Comments Off on Pre-Nuptial Management Agreements
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A successful duo I represent has recorded a CD which is being released by a record company. Although the artist made attempts to obtain a contract, because of time restraints, according to the record company, it was only possible to give a contract AFTER the recording […]
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Tags: agent, Agreements, artist, artist manager, Brian Taylor, commitments, contract, contractual terms, creative proposals, engagements, exclusivity, formal contract, Goldstein, music, negotiation, power of attorney, royalties, significant time, time restraints, transaction
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, For Profits, Independent Contractors, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Non-Profits, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on When To Negotiate A Contract
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear Law & Disorder: After we booked an artist, the artist’s agent booked them to perform two weeks later at another venue 25 miles away from us. It’s a smaller venue that charges less for tickets than we do. This will impact our sales. Can we cancel? I was told that […]
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Tags: agent, artist, assumptions, booking agreement, breach, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellation terms, contract, contractual obligations, contractual terms, exclusivity, Goldstein
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on Can I Cancel If They Perform In My Backyard?
