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03/11/2016

The Lawful Truth: Performance Agreements – Part 1

Live performance is one of the absolute bedrocks of the music industry. There are few better ways for an artist to prove ...

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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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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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23/06/2015

The Lawful Truth: Synchronisation Agreements – Part 2

In the last edition of NZ Musician we began a discussion of the key issues to be aware of in music Synchronisation Agreements, ...

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20/10/2014

The Lawful Truth: Publishing Agreements – Part 2

In the last issue’'s The Lawful Truth column we looked at the basics of what a Publishing Agreement is and how, despite ...

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15/07/2014

The Lawful Truth: Recording Agreements – Part 2

Having looked in the last issue of NZ Musician magazine at some of the different kinds of Recording, Licensing and Distribution ...

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27/02/2014

Lawful Truth: Management Agreements – Part Two

In this issue of NZ Musician magazine we’ll be continuing the discussion started in the last Lawful Truth column regarding ...

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13/01/2014

The Lawful Truth: Management Agreements – Part One

With ongoing changes in the music industry managers are playing a greater role than ever before in directing the careers ...

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29/10/2013

Lawful Truth: Lessons of Five Big Music Legal Controversies

Legal disputes have long been a part of the music industry and the words of one famous song "send lawyers, guns and money,"” ...

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