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An Amazing Show and A Lawyer in Tears…

Monday, 13 November 2017 by Mark A. Pearson

Love Your What?

November 3rd is “Love Your Lawyer Day.” It’s one of those made up celebratory days appearing on your calendar, and leaving you to wonder, “who came up with that?” (FYI – Some organization called American Lawyers Public Image Association created the unofficial day back in 2001).

I am also willing to bet musician Rachel Baiman has never heard of the “Love Your Lawyer Day.” Nonetheless, merely a week after the official celebration date the talented singer and multi-instrumentalist out of Nashville hit the stage at Gundlach Bundschu in Sonoma with a little surprise for yours truly.  (more…)

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Thursday is the New Friday…

Thursday, 28 September 2017 by ARC Law Group

The Proof…

Last week Mark was chatting with Max (Atta Kid) and Joe (Otis McDonald) outside The Chapel in San Francisco about how Thursday night is THE night to go out and see the best live music.  The fellas then went out and got the crowd moving with a great Otis live show opening for Strike Iron (Joe, busting two guitar strings at the same time). Thus proving, Thursday is the New Friday.

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Sampling… A Composition Dilemma

Thursday, 03 August 2017 by Mark A. Pearson

Can you just imagine the cost to clear the rights for an album like the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique? The Dust Brothers dumped the kitchen sink into the Beastie’s landmark album in the days before Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.; the landmark lawsuit against Biz Markie by Gilbert O’Sullivan, which changed the process and future of hip-hop sampling. 

Lawsuits and controversy aside, we’ll probably never see sampled albums as they were back in the mid-1980s, but that doesn’t mean that sampling is gone. It’s often harder to recognize sampling. Sometimes the sample just doesn’t fit the traditional hip-hop model, and sometimes the sample is so technologically manipulated that it’s unrecognizable.

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“Shopping” Your Demo, Script or Manuscript

Thursday, 03 August 2017 by ARC Law Group

Shopping your music, film and book projects through an attorney is a double-edged sword. 

Here’s the reality behind “shopping”…

Record labels, Film & TV Studios and Book Publishers never accept UNSOLICITED demo, script or manuscript submissions.  This includes submissions sent from the artist directly, or from an attorney or agent.

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