Posts Tagged ‘venue’
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Our organization has engaged a foreign musician whose European agent is balking at the artist having to obtain an O-1 visa that we know he needs. We want to do this right, so I’m getting my ducks in line to tell him no and part […]
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Tags: artist, engagements, Festival, immigration, manager, musician, petitioner, presenter, Tour, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, venue, visa petition, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Is It Still Illegal If I Don’t Get Caught?
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Hypothetical: A theatrical production company would like to produce a tribute musical production to a songwriter using only the songwriter’s music being performed by the cast of the production. The production would be held at a community theater which is not licensed by ASCAP or any […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, composer, composers, dramatic license, Licensing, necessary licenses, performance license, performer, sesac, songwriter, venue, work
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Venues | Comments Off on Don’t Be Shy About BMI
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We are a dance company who is going to perform in March in the United States. We gave the list of names for Visa purposes last September to the venue. Now we have some changes, we have to replace two technicians who are essential for the […]
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Tags: dance company, last minute, manager, musician, orchestra, orchestras, performer, Tour, travel, uscis, venue, visa category, visa petition, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Replacement Woes
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. I work for a small performing arts organization which performs each year in a tax-payer funded, non-traditional space. The venue makes itself available for rental as an event space. In the past, we have been allowed to pay them a reduced rental rate in exchange for a full-page ad […]
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Tags: cancellation, distinction, interpretation, marketing, negotiation, presenter, publicity, venue
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters | Comments Off on Presenting: What’s In A Name?
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I’m dealing with a presenter who wants to cancel two weeks out due to poor ticket sales. While it’s not a huge engagement fee, my artist has already contracted its performers and paid out expenses for the date as its part of a bigger tour. […]
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Tags: act of god, administrative staff, artist, board member, board members, breach, breach of contract, cancellation, cancellation clause, Contracts, judgment, lawsuit, performer, poor ticket sales, presenter, reputation, venue
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on Whose Lawsuit Is It Anyway?
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. We booked a tour for a folk/rock group that will be touring the US for the first time. It took a lot longer to get their visas approved because US Immigration kept asking for unreasonable things like background information on venues and festivals and even made us get […]
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Tags: act of god, agent, artist, Brian Taylor, engagements, Festival, Goldstein, immigration, last minute, manager, presenter, rfe, Tour, travel, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, venue, visa petition, visas, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Plan On It!
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We obtained a three year O-1 visa for one of our artists. We are the artist’s agent and served as his petitioner. A large venue wants to book the artist, but they are insisting that, according to their finance department, they cannot pay us as […]
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Tags: agent, approval notice, artist, Brian Taylor, contract, engagements, Goldstein, immigration, immigration law, independent contractor, manager, payment, petitioner, uscis, venue, visas, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters, Taxes, Touring, Venues, Visas | Comments Off on The Recipe For Confusion
Thursday, September 4th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Loved your recent Musical American newsletter article on ethics. As a manager, I was very interested when you wrote: “Indeed, the time is long overdue to start considering changes to the long standing paradigms and business models between managers and artists that, for many reasons […]
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Tags: agent, artist, Brian Taylor, commissions, engagements, Goldstein, management company, manager, Paradigm, personal services, presenter, risk, Tour, venue, work, young artist
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division | Comments Off on Opening Pandora’s Box
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We have booked one of our artists to perform at a venue. As we are the agent, our booking agreements are always between the venue and the artist, and we sign on the artist’s behalf. However, the presenter is insisting that, if we want to […]
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Tags: agent, Agreements, artist, booking agreement, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, contract, damages, fiduciary duties, Goldstein, Liable, manager, payment, presenter, risk, university, venue
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Venues | Comments Off on But I Don’t Want To Be A Producer!
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I recently received an RFE for a group touring the US this summer. The group is represented by a European manager who books their dates, but our US management company has previously filed petitions for them in the past, all of which have been approved […]
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Tags: agent, Brian Taylor, California, contract, engagement contract, engagements, Goldstein, immigration, interpretation, manager, petitioner, petitions, presenter, rfe, Tour, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, venue, visa petition, visa petitions, visas, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on The Invasion of the Visa Examiner Body Snatchers Continues! (aka “The Day The Visa Process Stood Still”)