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George Howard – Advice for Aspiring Musicians [7 Posts]
Producer, musician and label owner George Howard advises aspiring musicians on the steps they need to take now, in order to ensure future success and stability.
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How to Get Your Band’s Career Started the Right Way
Producer, musician and label owner George Howard advises aspiring musicians on the steps they need to take now, in order to ensure future success and stability. He discusses such things as the need to copyright your songs, how to register with a performing rights organization, how to build a fan base, and more in short, everything youll need to have accomplished by the time you sit down to bargain with a record label.
Music Publishing 101
Producer, musician and label owner George Howard reveals the ins and outs of an often mysterious but very important part of the music business: publishing. He discusses the importance of publishing and copyright ownership to an artists career, how to go about copyrighting your music, and how to be your own publisher. In addition, he discusses what exactly a music publisher does, how money changes hands, and what you need to do to ensure that you are maximizing your publishing revenue.
Copyright Law Today
Robert Reynolds is an attorney concentrating in entertainment and copyright law with the Las Vegas firm of Callister & Reynolds. Among the clients he represents are The Killers, Louie XIV and Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band.Print
Contracts, Budgets and Copyrights
Michael Rothchild, the president of Landslide Records, talks about many facets of contracts, budgets and copyrights.
Loyola University Forum with Robert Reynolds
Robert Reynolds is an attorney concentrating in entertainment and copyright law with the Las Vegas firm of Callister & Reynolds. Among the clients he represents are The Killers, Louie XIV and Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band.Print
Mark Davis, Copyright and Law Professor in the Music Business Department at Loyola University
Mark Davis is a Copyright and Law Professor in the Music Business department at Loyola University.
Loyola University Forum with Tommy Etzel
Tommy Etzel, an independent DJ, talks about entering the music industry right out of college and some of the problems one might have to face.
Loyola University Forum with Greg Curtis of Fox Music Publishing, Inc.
Greg Curtis, Executive Creative Director of Fox Music Publishing, Inc., introduces himself and his company to a group of students at Loyola University, New Orleans. He explains what a music publisher does, how Fox works with other companies to license and leverage content, and what Fox is doing to take advantage of new opportunities in streaming music, ringtones, and other emerging technologies.
What is a Mechanical License?
Producer, musician, and label owner George Howard discusses what mechanical licenses are and how they make money, how revenue from mechanicals is collected, and the controlled composition clause that reduces the mechanical royalty rate under certain circumstances.
