Management and Consulting Services
For Artists without management we can provide advise and counsel; act as a liaison with record companies, tour managers and publicists. This service may be provided on an hourly or percentage basis.
For non-U.S. Artists with (or seeking) record contracts or tours in the U.S. we can act as management liaisons. We interact with the Artist's manager while overseeing, monitoring and guiding the U.S. activities of the Artist and reporting back to local management. These services are typically performed on a commission basis from U.S. derived income.
RULES AND PHILOSOPHIES OF MUSIC ATTORNEYS, PERSONAL MANAGERS AND BOOKING AGENTS
The personal manager gives advice and council in all aspects of the artist's creative career and bases his commissions accordingly. He should be free of conflicts of interest. He should have a total understanding of the artist's creative and business objectives and have an enthusiastic belief in the artist's creative abilities.
The music attorney should also have an understanding of the artist's creative vision and career objectives before he negotiates agreements including those with a record company, manager, and publisher. Some artists should value and require long term development over large initial advances which place enormous pressure on the artist to see quickly or face being dropped by the record company due to financial considerations. A large initial advance might work philosophically for a "boy band" but not for an "alternative" artist. Different career objectives and circumstances will dictate whether to seek a publishing contract or self-publish for artist who write their own material.