Legal Services for Record Labels

Music and entertainment law is a complicated area with unique terminology and procedures. As a record label, you need an entertainment lawyer who is experienced and knowledgeable regarding the process of recording and distributing songs. With over ten years of experience representing record labels, we have the knowledge and skill to help labels run successful music businesses.

General business advice

At our law offices, we can help a new or an established record label in all aspects of its operations. We can help an existing label address and resolve complicated issues related to running a business, and we can help a new label establish itself in the industry. Over the years, we have advised record labels regarding a variety of legal issues, including:

•    Trademark and copyright matters (searches and applications)
•    General business advice for LLC's, corporations, and partnerships
•    Drafting and negotiating business documents
•    Business formation issues

For general business advice regarding your record label, contact an experienced entertainment attorney at the law offices of John P. Guidry II, for a free consultation.

Negotiations with artists and managers

At the law offices of John P. Guidry II, Attorney at Law, we understand that the most important asset a record label has is its artists. Establishing and maintaining good relationships with your artists is important to your success as a business. With years of experience, we can help a label achieve the maximum benefit out of negotiations with managers and artists. We represent labels in all negotiations with artists and managers, including:

•    Drafting release forms
•    Distribution contracts
•    Management contracts
•    Production agreements
•    Music sampling licenses
•    Merchandising contracts

As a record label, timing is important. A label needs to negotiate a deal with an artist before they are in the studio recording songs. After those songs are recorded there is nothing preventing that artists from taking those songs to a different label, costing your label time and money.

Contact an Orlando business formation lawyer

If you are a new label seeking legal advice relating to business formations or an existing label negotiating an agreement with an artists contact the Orlando law offices of John P. Guidry II, for a free initial consultation.