Musicians Need Lawyers Too!

Musicians need lawyers too! When should you consider consulting an attorney?

* You need a contract with a manager, booking agent, or producer;
* You need to formalize your internal band agreement (e.g., expenses, song splits, voting rights);
* You receive an offer for use of your song(s) in a film, commercial, videogame, app, etc. and need a licensing agreement;
* You need to register your copyrights (songs, recordings) or trademarks (band name, logo);
* You want to form your own publishing company;
* You need help affiliating with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, or SoundExchange;
* You find out someone is using the same band name;
* You discover that someone is using your song without permission;
* You want to record a cover of someone else's song;
* You need an exit agreement with a band member who is fired or quits;
* You have a record label interested in signing you or your band;
* You want to use someone else's music on your website or in a video;
* You co-wrote a song and want to establish your rights to freely exploit the song;
* You teach music lessons and need a services contract with your students;
* You perform at private functions and need a performance contract;
* You are running a festival and need contracts with the performers;
* You want to perform or shoot a video on someone's property; or
* You commissioned artwork for your album cover or merch and need to make sure you have all the rights you need to use the artwork.

Give us a call at 253.858.5434 to see if we can help.

Wills for Heroes

Wills for Heroes programs provide volunteer attorneys and FREE estate planning documents, including Wills, Powers of Attorneys, and Living Wills, to cops, firefighters, paramedics, corrections and probation officers, and their spouses. But we don't have any in Washington. Any of my lawyer friends want to join me in approaching either the WSBA, KCBA, T-PCBA, or one of the law schools' pro bono clinics to see about implementing a Wills for Heroes program in Washington?

Meetings on Thursday

Clients and Colleagues - I'll be working in Seattle all day tomorrow (Thursday, August 15) and still have a couple time slots for meetings available in the morning. Give us a call at 253.858.5434 to set something up.

Who needs an estate plan?

Do you have kids? Do you own a house? Do you want to make gifts to charities? Do you want to make gifts or provide for your grandchildren's education? Do you own a small business and want to learn more about passing it on to your children or grandchildren? Do you have a child or grandchild or even a parent with special needs or extraordinary medical expenses? A well thought out, creative, current estate plan should be on your To Do list. Give us a call at 253.858.5434 to set up an appointment to discuss how we can be of service.