Holy smokes – The Seay Firm has been in business for five years (well, five years this November). A lot has changed in that time. I mean, I have less hair for one. There’s really so many people who played a big role in helping me to succeed. I’d like to list them all here, but I […]
Mid-August Status Update: Seay Firm Doings and Happenings
August has been (and will continue to be) a busy month here at The Seay Firm. First, in case you’ve missed it, Immersive ATL has been running an article I wrote. I’ll be posting the article in full on this site (and the first installment is, in fact, already posted here), but here are the links […]
How to Start a Record Label
I field a fair number of calls from people who, despite what they’ve read about the decline of the recorded music industry, want to know how to start a record label. As it turns out, starting a record label is not too complicated; the hard part is figuring out how to make it a financially […]
What You Should Know About Production Agreements
One form of agreement that clients regularly ask me to negotiate, and that clients regularly ask me to draft, is what’s known as a production agreement, also called a production deal. Production agreements are especially popular in the rap, hip-hop, and pop genres, although they may appear elsewhere as well. They should be entered into, […]