Entertainment Attorney/Musician gives free advice...

[Stumbo]

Barely Legal With Joe Escalante - KTLK AM1150

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[AltGrendel]

Stumbo, you are always out there with the good info.

Thanks.

[MatticusMania]

Joe used to, or maybe still does, play drums for The Vandals I believe.
He used to host the same show on LAs Indie 103.1 station when it was still on air.

[Music Attorney]

I want to make it clear that if I find out any of you have cheated on me, I will no longer respond to your post ................. which some of you may view as more of a blessing than a threat :-)

MA

[mikegug]

SWEET!

[TBrett]

Originally Posted by Music Attorney

I want to make it clear that if I find out any of you have cheated on me, I will no longer respond to your post ................. which some of you may view as more of a blessing than a threat :-)

MA

Haha! You know we'd never cheat on you!

[steveksux]

Originally Posted by Music Attorney

I want to make it clear that if I find out any of you have cheated on me, I will no longer respond to your post ................. which some of you may view as more of a blessing than a threat :-)

MA

Yeah, but we're just getting legal advice from him, we love you!

Randy

[JumboJack]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Joe used to, or maybe still does, play drums for The Vandals I believe.
He used to host the same show on LAs Indie 103.1 station when it was still on air.

Joe plays Bass w/ The Vandals.He played drums in the early years and switched to bass when Josh Freese joined the band...

[4StringShooter]

I think that all ordinary, decent, right-thinking people in this country are SICK and TIRED of being told that ordinary, decent, right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired !!!

[CURIOUS_808]

I am an electronic musician. I recently recorded a few songs with a singer, we agreed to split the money 50/50. I got us a really good record deal.

Now she wants to quit the project, she is kinda unstable, mentally. If I pay her, which I plan to do, do I need her permission to release teh songs? I have a feeling if I ask her she will say no. This is something I have put many months into finishing and it is my project she was just a guest vocalist.

I doubt if I sent her a contract form the label she would sign it. So can I just sign with the label and then pay her, her half of the money?

Thank you in advance.

[fraublugher]

Originally Posted by steveksux

Yeah, but we're just getting legal advice from him, we love you!

Randy

+1

[Music Attorney]

Originally Posted by CURIOUS_808

I got us a really good record deal.

When you say “us,” did both of you sign the deal? Who is it with? What does it say in terms of who owns the masters?

If this was Interscope Records (or even an indie with an ounce of sophistication), then that “record deal” is almost surely going to give the record company the right to release the records regardless of what Ms. Unstable does.

If Ms. Unstable hasn’t signed any paperwork, that’s not great news, but it may not be fatal. However, I first need to know who signed what and with whom and what it says regarding ownership/distribution rights.

Just a plain old someone without their own talk show,
MA

[Downunderwonder]

but his own forum thread, sorta.