I recall when I started out performing, I had a tabla gig at a festival in London and the agent who had then found me the gig asked me to sign a contract saying that I’m going to perform and I’m going to be paid £150 for the 50 minute(Read More)

No other aspect of the music industry is more misunderstood than copyright. Musicians are perpetually worried that someone, somewhere will steal their creative work. Unfortunately, there is mostly wrong information that continues to circulate. Thi(Read More)

Under copyright law, as soon as one of your original song ideas is recorded on a cassette tape or the lyrics to one of your compositions is written on a sheet of paper, a copyright is formed. A copyright grants you the exclusive “first right” (Read More)

As one of my esteemed colleagues remarked recently, “There’s only about three deals out there and two of ’em are going to the winners of ‘American F%#@-ing Idol’!”

Well, it’s not quite that bad, but the “traditional” mu(Read More)

Being in a band is no different than being part of a professional sports team; a group of individuals united in achieving a common goal—each person playing a unique and integral part in achieving a dream. The motto—at least in theory—being, (Read More)

· Copyright protection is acquired automatically when a work is “created”. The definition of “created” is when a work is fixed in a copy or recording for the first time.

· Proof of ownership and copyright is ach(Read More)

Copyright protection is acquired automatically when a work is “created”. The definition of “created” is when a work is fixed in a copy or recording for the first time.

· Proof of ownership and copyright is achieve(Read More)