MUSIC LAW!! only good law students and lawyers for this one…THANKS?
Question by jas: MUSIC LAW!! only good law students and lawyers for this one…THANKS?
okay: i signed to a label recently and i only signed the short form (the one that summarizes the long form but doesn’t specify anything.) i realized how screwed up the structure of my label was AFTER i signed, and i’ve been able to dodge having to sign the long form that details everything i’m obligated to do and everything my label is obligated to do.
i obtained a copy of the short form today for the purpose of taking it to a lawyer—and my label has no clue: the guy who claimed to be my lawyer now works for the label so i DEFINITELY can’t trust him.
(i know you’re gonna say “conflict of interest” and that would make the entire contract null and void BUT… but i have no proof i ever paid him a retainer fee because he offered to represent me as a favor so the only evidence i have is a witness who saw him say he would do it.
anyway the contract i signed is signed by me and the label owner but there’s no dates anywhere and no witness sig.
is it binding?
more underlying details: the other sig. on the contract is that of my manager (YES THE LABEL OWNER) so that’s another blantant conflic of interest but at the time i was unaware that she would be the owner.
and another thing: they’ve paid for a photo shoot and other small things but i have never signed off on any funds being spent in my behalf. if it’s my advance i should be able to have a say so about how my $ is spent. i have never accepted any PHYSICAL money from them so if i’m able to get out, do i owe anything?
(the contract i signed says nothing about money so i’m thinking i can refer to any money spent on me as “GIFTS”….and my manager and i haven’t yet signed a separate artist-manager agreement so i’m not yet obligated to her..
like i said earlier the structure of my label is ALL EFFED UP
and to clear ambiguity, the lawyer WAS my lawyer before i realized he worked for them behind my back. he DID look over it for me. he just didn’t tell me he was an effing unethical greedy liar.
Best answer:
Answer by kaisergirl
It is probably binding. This is why you should never never never sign a music contract without first hiring an entertainment lawyer to look it over first.
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