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FlySig
Posted 2008-04-07 11:55 AM (#46255)
Subject: Advice for recording contracts?



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Location: Utah		Perhaps a bit premature, but what's the collective wisdom of OFC say about young artists' first contracts? What are the highlights of what to avoid and what to do? Also, is it legally necessary to submit their work to the Copyright office, or is the law strong enough to support their copyright? I've read on the Copyright office website that work is considered Copyrighted already without submission, but is that strong enough in reality?

The girls of Rebekkah Goes Swimming have had a very successful recent series of performances, and they're now being solicited by those less-than-reputable recording companies. You know the kind that make the artist pay to get their stuff recorded and the artist also pays for marketing. No-go for sure, and the girls are smart enough to see it for what it is.

The good news is that they have access to a professional studio for free at their private school, which employs a pro engineer for their educational materials. (The school also has an educational products company). The engineer is a studio musician part time. So the girls are in process of producing, free except for the tuition we pay..., good recordings of their songs.

Each live show is resulting in several offers of additional shows and venues. The home recordings they have made are not worthy of their live performances, but you can hear some of their new songs on their myspace at Rebekkah Goes Swimming Myspace Band Page .

Saturday night at Kilby Court.
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2008-04-07 12:40 PM (#46256 - in reply to #46255)
Subject: Re: Advice for recording contracts?


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Location: Scotland		Buy them a copy of "All You Need To Know About The Music Business" by Donald S. Passman. It's widely regarded as the industry bible. Well written and easy to read, despite some of the fairly arcane material it covers. I'm teaching music business at our local college and I've found that book invaluable.
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FlySig
Posted 2008-04-07 1:06 PM (#46257 - in reply to #46255)
Subject: Re: Advice for recording contracts?



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Location: Utah		Temp, thanks for that reference. It sounds perfect.
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fillhixx
Posted 2008-04-07 1:08 PM (#46258 - in reply to #46255)
Subject: Re: Advice for recording contracts?



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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia		Some Straight Talk About The Music Business has been a best-seller (in Canada) among musicians. Some of the principles it covers are universal, some more for a Canadian sensibility/reality. (But hey, doesn't everyone want to be Canadian, in their heart of hearts?) ;)
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