• Episode 49 – Music Lawyers: Who Needs Them?

  • Jun 7 2021
  • Length: 33 mins
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Episode 49 – Music Lawyers: Who Needs Them?

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  • If Your Only Thought Regarding Lawyers & Music Is That They Deal With All The Bad Things In The Music Business...Think Again! It's often said that musicians are pigeon holed by professionals. A range of stereotypes come to mind regarding laziness, unpredictability and flakiness. The thing is, it's true both ways. Many musicians feel anyone connected with business and legal matters are not to be trusted. If you're a musician, you need to listen to this interview with a practicing music lawyer. If you do have the former opinion, the following podcast will hopefully help change your mind. Jonathan Tait (or as he prefers to be called "Jonny") is one of Scotland's foremost creative industry lawyers. Jonny has built up a wealth of knowledge, experience through worked on some of Scotland's largest creative projects. In this interview he discusses the role of a music and creative industry lawyer and the work that they undertake.   SELL TO THE WORLD WITH SHOPIFY & GET 14 DAYS FREE The GMI guitar shop is powered by Shopify and we connect with hundreds of people all over the globe every month. If you, like thousands of other people would like to create a new income stream then there's probably no better way than with Shopify. Click the banner below to get a 14 day free trial through GMI and you'll also be helping to support GMI as we do receive a small one of fee for any new stores opened.   GET 15% OF ALL GMI PRODUCTS AT OUR ONLINE STORE As a listener of our podcast we offer you 15% of any and all of our products found on the GMI Guitar Store. Visit our store by clicking the link, choose the products you wish and on checkout look for the COUPON CODE area. Add this code "GMI01" (no parenthesis!) and you will receive 15% of the total price of your entire order (cannot be combined with any other offer from GMI). NOTE: COPY & PASTE THE CODE AS SHOWN AS SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE INPUTTED THE CODE INCORRECTLY AND NOT RECEIVED THE 15% DISCOUNT. Podcast Ep 49 – Table Of Contents 2.30 Why am I a music lawyer? 6.11 When is the best time to contact a music lawyer? 8.40 How things change when money becomes involved. 7.53 How Help Musicians helps musicians. 12.00 The note so clean history of the music industry. 14.24 Spotify... 18.38 A fairer way forward for musicians? 20.33 Getting your music for free. 24.14 An definition and explanation of IP. 26.51 Jonny and his role in music eductation. Links To Jonny Tait: You can contact Jonny by going to this link BTO Solicitors
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