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April 26, 2016

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 […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Incorporation, Licensing, Record Labels, SoundExchange Tagged With: ASCAP, atlanta entertainment lawyer, BMI, Digital Distributor, digital performance royalties, EIN, Entertainment Law, Incorporation, LLC, performance royalty organization, Publishing Admin, record labels, S-Corp, SESAC, SoundExchange

August 10, 2015

John Seay to Discuss Producer Agreements at Georgia Lawyers for the Arts

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, Atlanta entertainment lawyer John Seay will lead a seminar on producer agreements at the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts offices at the King Plow Arts Center. The title of the seminar is “Producer Agreements 101: What They Are, What They Include, and How to Negotiate Them.” The seminar is free, although […]

Filed Under: Entertainment Law, Producer Agreements, Uncategorized Tagged With: atlanta entertainment lawyer, Entertainment Law, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, John Seay, mixer agreements, producer agreements, producers

February 17, 2015

A Musician’s Guide to Metadata: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?

By Michelle Davis, UGA Law Class of 2015 Metadata, generally speaking, is data that describes other data. In the context of music, metadata is the identifying and descriptive information embedded in a digital song file. For example, when you play a song in iTunes, metadata is used to populate the “artist,” “song title,” and “album” fields. […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Background, Entertainment Law, Metadata, Music Industry Insights, Uncategorized Tagged With: ASCAP, atlanta entertainment lawyer, BandsInTown, BMI, Content ID, Future of Music Coalition, itunes, Mediabase, metadata, Nielsen BDS, performance rights organization, SESAC, Shazam, SoundExchange, SoundScan, The Music Business Toolbox, YouTube

November 5, 2014

The Seay Firm Featured on Business Radio X

Seay Firm at Midtown Business Radio X

On Tuesday, November 4, John Seay, founder of The Seay Firm LLC, was interviewed on Midtown Business Radio X. During the interview, John discussed his entertainment law practice and background in the industry, among other topics. Initially scheduled to appear alongside John was Maxwell Pickett, brother of soul legend Wilson Pickett, on behalf of Seay […]

Filed Under: Client Roster, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Entertainment Law, Law Practice Tagged With: atlanta entertainment lawyer, attack of the morningside monster, blue dusk promotions, business radio x, chris ethridge, greg shearer, John Seay, make music count, midtown business radio x, saiah arts international, street level sound, the estate of wilson pickett, The Seay Firm LLC, wilson pickett

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