From the course: An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 4 Building a Professional Team

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Lawyers

Lawyers

- A well-connected, experienced music attorney can make a huge difference in your career. Having a great lawyer on your team is crucial, so let's talk about what that lawyer will do for you. In its simplest form, your lawyer will review, negotiate and offer legal and strategic advice on all the conracts that you'll enter into during your career. That would include management agreements, record deals, production deals, songwriting agreements, band member agreements, music publishing deals, merchandising deals, licensing deals or virtually any other deal of significance that might present itself along the way. The importance of getting these deals right cannot be overstated. Bad deals can follow you around forever and can, and have, killed lots of careers. If you have any business in front of you that requires you to sign a contract, then you need to get proper legal advice. In addition to negotiating and reviewing contracts, your attorney can advise you on how to organize your business…

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