Posts Tagged ‘payment’
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, 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!
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
By Robyn Guilliams, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: There seems to be some clarification needed regarding income earned by non-US artists we represent who perform in Canada. We act as the agent for the artists, so payment is always made to us. If an artist will be performing in Canada, but payment comes to us […]
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Tags: 1042s, agent, artist, canada, irs, money, payment, personal services, Robyn Guilliams, source income, tax obligations, tax withholding
Posted in Artist Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Taxes, Touring | Comments Off on Another Taxing Question
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. No sooner had Super Storm Sandy begun crashing into the East Coast when my phone started ringing with cancellations. The most common question went something like this: “The presenter needs to cancel, but they already paid a deposit. Do we have to give it back? What the protocol?” The second […]
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Tags: act of god, acts of god, artist, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellations, Contracts, contractual provision, damages, flood, force majeure, Goldstein, injury, Liable, payment, poor ticket sales, presenter, unforeseen event
Posted in Acts of God, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring | Comments Off on Not Even God Can Act Without A Contract!
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein I wonder if you would mind giving me some advice on a visa situation with one of my artists. To summarise, I represent a British artist who was commissioned to write a 7 minute piece for a university in the United States which will be premiered in 2013. The artist will […]
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Tags: artist, artistsfromabroad, Brian Taylor, exceptions, Goldstein, passports, payment, travel, university, visa waiver program, visa waiver scheme, visitor, visitor visa, waiver, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Visas | Comments Off on When You’re Right, You’re Right!