Do you have a horror story regarding music contracts you have been involved in, or near misses? Please share your experiences here and help illuminate us all!
Thanks to Steve P. for suggesting this.
Do you have a horror story regarding music contracts you have been involved in, or near misses? Please share your experiences here and help illuminate us all!
Thanks to Steve P. for suggesting this.
Duval Howitzer Publishing contract. The contract I was sent is 100% Non Exclusive and I actually got this guy to change the contract from until the songs become public domain which is 70 years after the writer dies to a flat out 24 months. I also had him change another thing in there saying they could rearrange, rename, rerecord the songs anyway they want and put their name on it. I think that part is typical in these contracts but he changed it. Anyhow I still wasn’t happy and said I still had to seek out an attorney. Now I have one who is going to check it out for me. I did ask this person from Duval who I am speaking with twice and never a name so that I don’t like. But if the contract is solid to the lawyer or can be negotiated I may sign it. Mine is for 75 songs. Fortunately I have a Super powered lawyer who him and his firm have recently done work for the band TOOL so I’m in really good hands. In the future when he tells me whats up I will be more than happy to share my experience. It seems like this guy has put some different contracts out there though and I said I even started negotiating mine on my own. He seemed easy about changing things though so we will see what the lawyer thinks and go from there.
hi my name is tony i produce hip hop instrumental tracks,
i received a 1000 instrumental (100 tracks per year) contract from duval howitzer (dh publishing) im hesitant to sign cause i read alot of bad feedback on the web about them,
im in a wheelchair (muscular dystrophy) so i dont work and cant afford a lawyer,
can you let me know if your lawyer thinks these guys are legit
Hey my friend. My lawyer did not like his contract so he rewrote it and I sent it back to Duval. Mr Canon of Duval said he would do it except the term had to be until public domain instead of 2 years. My lawyer didn’t like it so I then offered Mr Canon to sign our new contract except with less songs he wouldn’t come down on the song number or the until public domain clause so I didn’t sign with him. The original contract he had sent was absolutely full of bad stuff so if you can’t have it looked at then I wouldn’t sign this one. Its a very complicated contract with a lot of red flags.There is an organization here in Chicago where you can get pro bono legal assistance. Its called LCA Lawyers for Creative Arts. Look it up, maybe there’s something like that by you. Feel free to ask me any questions although it can take quite a while for me to write back. Good luck.
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I am glad I did a google search; the first place I came was this discussion group. I was also skeptical because of never hearing of this ‘internationally known’ Mr. Cannon. I am a comedian and was contacted through ReverbNation: “I am looking for comedy skits to place in tv,radio,movies, websites around the world, web casts,etc. 1 of my placement firms had 1/10th of 1 million placements for tv alone in “09″. He included some terms of the contract. I wrote back requesting additional information and all I got was “email address? I want to email you a publishing contract” Seems rather hasty as I asked for more info, not a contract. Went to their website which was the FIRST red flag. Odd statistics and was curious how my comedy skit was going to be placed in a movie or tv…