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02/07/2018

Legal Bandwidth: Adding Up A Manager

Successful music artists will tell you that the management team you choose will make or break you in this business. Your ...

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01/02/2018

Legal Bandwidth: What To Do When A Good Band Turns Bad

Being in a band is like a marriage. Except that instead of having one significant other to keep happy, you’re usually fully ...

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10/05/2017

Legal Bandwidth: Contract? Get it in Writing – and Signed

Have you ever been in a bad relationship? When things go south you need to know where you stand – what’s rightfully yours ...

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16/11/2016

The Lawful Truth: Producer Agreements – Part 2

In the last Lawful Truth column we started a discussion of Producer Agreements by considering some of the vital secondary ...

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14/09/2016

The Lawful Truth: Producer Agreements – Part 1

It’s no secret that many artists wouldn’t be the household names they are today without the work of some great music ...

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20/07/2016

The Lawful Truth: Compilation Agreements

Rather than working through a record label, an increasing number of bands and artists these days pay for and consequently ...

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04/05/2016

The Lawful Truth: Payment Provisions

It doesn’t matter how great a recording or publishing deal you think you might have been offered, getting paid is undoubtedly ...

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15/12/2015

The Lawful Truth: Contract Basics

In the last couple of Lawful Truth columns we went through the Top 10 legal tips for surviving in the NZ music industry. ...

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16/09/2015

The Lawful Truth: Top 10 Legal Tips – Part 1

In this issue of NZ Musician we’'re going to step back from considering specific issues and instead look at the first five ...

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