Michele Singer, director of legal and business affairs for jazz and classical artists, offers advice to anyone wanting to enter a legal field in the music business.
Michele Singer, Director of Legal and Business Affairs for jazz and classical, talks about the details of an artist deal from a company's point of view and the recoupment process. She mentions areas that record labels look at in a deal such as advancement, royalties, ownership of the master, the term of the deal, recording costs and territory issues. She goes on to discuss recouping the investment and the financial effects it has on the artist and record label.
Michele Singer, director of legal and business affairs for jazz and classical artists, talks about the meaning of a controlled composition clause and excess mechanical royalties. She makes the point that a controlled composition clause deals with compositions owned and controlled by the artist and that every record company asks the artist to grant the record company rights to control part of the artists composition. She then goes on to discuss the number of songs a record company will pay the artist for on an album and how an artist sometimes owes the record company for having to pay mechanical royalties for covers of other people's songs.
Michele Singer, director of legal and business affairs for jazz and classical artists, talks about what legal and business affairs means and what her job is all about.
Michele Singer, director of legal and business affairs for jazz and classical artists, gives tips for getting into a legal position in the entertainment field.
