How do bands make money? United Kingdom-based Right Chord Music recently released the results of a small, 200-participant survey of mostly independent musicians. According to the survey, 75% of the participants were unsigned independent musicians. Based on that fact and some of the other numbers from the survey, we can conclude that the musicians answering the […]
The Seay Firm at Birmingham’s Secret Stages
by John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Last weekend I travelled to my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, to provide a free legal clinic to bands performing at the Secret Stages music festival. I’ve been a supporter of Secret Stages since its inception in 2011, but this year I was especially excited […]
Don’t Do A Daughtry: Why Your Band Should Have a Band Partnership Agreement
By John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) On April 5, 2012, former members of the band Absent Element filed a lawsuit in North Carolina Superior Court alleging that their former singer defrauded them out of thousands of dollars of royalties for four songs they claim they wrote as a group. What […]