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Final Project:

  1. You are to work in groups of 2 or 3
  2. Pick a musical group, which you will represent.
    1. This can be a real musical group; there are about 10 musical groups downstairs in the music department
    2. You can pick a real band outside of the school
    3. You can choose a teacher outside of this class, and have him/her represent a solo artist or group
    4. There must be an adult that can be talked to. If there is no adult a student can be used, but this student must be a lead member in a musical group.
    5. If you are in a group, find someone else
  3. You are to represent the group or individual from each of the following views. Forms, documents, negotiations, and contract will be required
    1. Manager
    2. Agent
    3. Business Manager/Entertainment Lawyer
    4. Record Company
    5. Music publishers
    6. Producer/Engineer
  4. The Personal Manager
    1. Act as if you were the personal manager for this group or artist
    2. You are to write up a contract with points focusing on the nature, term, payment, and other elements of your deal
    3. This will require you to draw up a contract, negotiate it with your artist, and have both of you agree to it
  5. Agent
    1. You must know what style of music your groups is playing
    2. You are to draw up a 2 month tour of the United States, Canada and, if you want, Mexico
    3. Starting with a show in Boston, you must have at least 3 shows in Canada and one show in California
    4. You must have 3 to 4 shows a week, factor in driving time
    5. You are required to have a map with destinations circled and connected by lines.
    6. On a separate sheet you need the dates, names, phone numbers, and other contact information for each venue
    7. You must also negotiate a contract rider with your artist
    8. Try to pick venues that match your group's music. This will constitute extra credit
  6. Business Manager/Entertainment Lawyer
    1. Long form copyright forms PA and SR must both be fill out.
      1. PA is the performing arts form to copyright one song by the artist
      2. SR is the sound recording for to copyright an actual recording
    2. Form for trademark must also be filled about
  7. Record Company
    1. Which company (pick label in line with your groups music style
    2. You must draw up another contract that will be negotiated and signed by your artist
    3. Focus on:
      1. Royalties
      2. Number of Records
      3. Term
      4. Options
      5. Pay or play
      6. Technically or commercially satisfactory
      7. Delivery of masters
      8. Advances, re-coupment, cross-collateralization
      9. Producers/engineer
  8. Music publishing
    1. You must come up with a name for your publishing company as you represent your artist
    2. Complete the form to associate your artists music with a performing rights organization in the United States
      1. Do this also for 3 other countries
  9. Producer/engineer
    1. Draw up a contract for the producer and engineer.
    2. You need to pick a producer and engineer by name (referred to another CD for this)
  10. You will hand in
    1. 3 contract negotiated and signed
    2. 1 contract rider
    3. 2 copyright sheets
    4. 1 trademark sheet
    5. A list of venues arranged in tour formation and a map of these venues
    6. Performing rights coverage
  11. Tips for doing the work
    1. Draw up whatever you can before you talk with your artist. Do most of the work ahead of time, so you do not waste the others persons time. In normal deals, this negotiation could take a while but you can waste that much time.
    2. Have the artist quickly review the already written contact, suggest some changes, rewrite the contract, and have the artist sign or whatever.