The Incredible Shrinking Profit Margin

The Incredible Shrinking Profit Margin

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In this informational workshop, find out just what you are entitled to and what a recording artist can do to receive the best deal possible.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

It is the dream of all recording artists to sign a lucrative record deal. But in the current music market, record companies and artists need to find more profit centers than just record sales such as publishing, touring, merchandising and more.  Many labels now ask for a piece of that pie…

 

  • What’s a fair deal?
  • When should an artist agree?
  • What splits are common?
  • What are the pitfalls and upsides

 

NARIP PROGRAM NUMBER: P40
PROGRAM DATE: August 2, 2004
PROGRAM TIME: 1 hour and 48 minutes (108:50)
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DARRYL FRANKLIN, otherwise known as “that English guy”, works in Business and Legal Affairs for Interscope, A&M, Geffen, DreamWorks Records, all part of Universal. Helmed by Jimmy Iovine, this group of labels is probably the most successful in America and the world today. As the industry reengineers itself, Darryl and his colleagues are attempting to navigate the many issues new to all of us. Prior to moving to LA five years ago, Darryl worked in the UK as head of Business Affairs at each of Mercury Records, Polydor Records and East West Records.
 

DINA LaPOLT is an entertainment attorney at LaPolt Law, P.C. in Los Angeles and is on the Attorney-Manager Advisory Board for AFTRA. Her boutique entertainment firm specializes in representing clients in the music, film, television, and book publishing industries. Dina also teaches at UCLA Extension and the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, speaks regularly on panels at music industry conferences nationwide, and still has time to perform in her all girl rock band.

CAROL PETERS is a long-time industry veteran whose credentials include positions at labels (Capitol, Elektra, Warners, Planet, Pasha, United Artists), manufacturing (Ampex), distribution (West Coast Music Sales), and management (Left Bank,10th Street). Last year, Peters launched Peters Management Syndicate, currently representing rock legends Heart, multiplatinum singer/songwriter Deana Carter, Seventh Day Slumber (a Dove nominee for Best Rock band of 2003) and Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos.

 

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Program music courtesy of The G-Man (Golosio Music Publishing, BMI)

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