Much more than an awards show, the Recording Academy hosted it's 20th annual GRAMMYs on the Hill April 18 and 19 in Washington, providing a unified push to support the Music Modernization Act and usher in concrete reforms for all music creators. I was honored to be among the 100 delegates invited by the Recording Academy to take part.
Here are some of the highlights:
In the beginning when you are writing, producing, or collaborating with friends things may be free flowing, super casual, and going perfect with no formal agreement necessary. But I promise, as a lawyer my messiest and most difficult experiences are getting my clients money from situations that started out with friends or fellow group members. Everyone is cool until money gets involved or a project starts to get major traction.
The best way to keep friends and connections in the business is to keep business as business and get everything in writing...let me give you a few MAJOR KEYS....
Earlier this week Canadian makeup artist Samantha Ravndahltook to Reddit to ask what she should do since she discovered Lil Kim had not only been using her image to promote her upcoming album but had also placed a copyright notice on the image. (via Gawker)
