Music Law and Business Workshop:
Starting Your Own Music Business



CHICAGO Music Law and Business Workshop:
Starting Your Own Music Business


Thank you everyone for making this event so successful and warm and wonderful!
It was a great experience, and thank you!

Presented by:


Sue Basko, Lawyer for Music and Film
W. Kelly Milionis, Entertainment Consultant
Christian Connors, Chief Engineer, Paragon Recording Studio

Friday July 29, 3-6 pm
Paragon Studios Chicago
$10 cash at door 
 Free food and prizes
  
Do you want to start a music business? This workshop will help inspire you, help you think of possibilities, and set you on the right path.  Whether the music business is a band, a venue, a festival, a blog, a service, a website, a record label -- or any other music business - these all have common threads of needed skills and knowledge.   Today, music businesses are often interwoven:  A band may act as its own record label.  A recording studio producer may act as a composer.  A blog may act as A&R.    A festival may produce and sell music.  A venue may also be a recording studio, and vice versa.  A website may provide a major music service.  Doing the legal and business basics correctly from the get-go can enable you to branch off later.   An understanding of the underpinnings of music law and business as they are today is so important.  
Workshop presented by Sue Basko, a Lawyer for Music and Film in California and Illinois.  Sue works with bands, recording studios,  record labels, publishers, venues, festivals, websites, filmmakers, designers, and other creative businesses.  She represents some of the best singer-songwriters today.  Sue writes a widely-read blog that provides excellent free music law information to its readers.  Sue is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in Film and Video; graduate school in digital production and media law at the Southern Illinois University School of Mass Communication Media Arts;  she has a Juris Doctorate magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law.  She is licensed as an attorney in California and Illinois.   Sue loves to hear new music.  She is known to dance anywhere to any music.

Special Speaker: W. Kelly Milionis, Entertainment Consultant.  Over 30-plus years as a music industry veteran, Kelly has been involved in nearly every facet of the entertainment industry. With a specialty in positioning properties/products directly to ultimate consumers, he has quietly assisted, consulted, produced, developed, promoted, branded, motivated and/or marketed a multitude of musical artists, products and businesses; including award winners, nominees and world-class inspirational creative talent.

Always an outspoken proponent for public advocacy; whether for artists’ rights, charitable concerns, political action and awareness, music in education, or the use of new technologies to further growth, Kelly has provided his expertise and knowledge base through lectures and consultations to students in the classroom, sitting on panels at Industry Conferences, advising Businesses and Governmental Agencies, and testifying before House/Senate sub-committees.

Kelly is a long standing member of the Recording Academy – Los Angeles Chapter and a founding member of the Latin Recording Academy. He graduated from Columbia College with a B.A. in Arts, Entertainment and Media Management


Come prepared to think.  This will be fast-paced and geared to people already experienced and knowledgeable about music.  Plenty of time for questions.

Time for everything: There will be time to talk with Sue, and/or Kelly, time to talk with Christian one on one, time to tour the studio, and time to meet other like-minded music people.   
Please feel free to bring music-related  things you wish to share - demo CDs, business cards, resumes, flyers, etc.

Free Food provided by Jimmy John's.

Limelight prizes for all.
TWO special prizes from Limelight: a free cover song clearance with 1000 free copies.
Planning to record a cover song?  This is for you! 
Sponsored by:
 Limelight, a song clearance company, which is providing prizes for all attendees.
Jimmy John's Sandwich restaurant, providing food.
Christian (Joe) Connors, Chief Engineer, Paragon Studios 
Sue Basko, Lawyer for Music and Film
W. Kelly Milionis, Entertainment Consultant

DATE: Friday July 29, 2011
TIME:  3-6 pm 
PLACE: Paragon Studio, 820 West Fulton Market, Chicago
(entrance on Green Street/ ring bell)
COST: $10 cash at door
  RSVP as soon as possible.  

Paragon Studio Phone:  312- 942-0075


Studio Location:
820 West Fulton Market, Chicago (entrance on Green Street - ring bell)
(one block Northwest of Halsted and Lake Streets)
Near Halsted Street Bus.
A 10 minute walk from the Blue Line Grand Avenue Stop.
Driving? Street Parking.

Music Law/ Cover Songs
with Sue Basko

Music Law/ Cover Songs with Sue Basko
coming soon!

Spend the afternoon with a music lawyer: 
  • Held at Paragon Recording Studio, Chicago
  • Prizes donated by Limelight, a song clearance company.  See below for details!
  • Questions about the workshop? Please email SueBaskoMusic@gmail.com 
    Music is a business and there is so much to know.  Sue Basko, a music lawyer in Hollywood, California, and Chicago, Illinois, will give a presentation about the law and business of recording and performing Cover Songs.  In addition, there will be ample time for Questions and Answers on any music law topics. 

    Topics include:
    • Why Cover Songs are good for you as a musician
    • Copyright on Songs – quick lesson
    • Performing cover songs legally
    • Which cover songs can you legally record?
    • Getting a mechanical license (song clearance)
    • Royalties
    • From the other side – you as the songwriter
    • Using samples
    • Using beats
    • Questions from the Audience – Come prepared/ taking all general questions 
    After the presentation, Sue will take general questions on music law/ business. There will also be time to tour the studio.  Joe Connors, Paragon’s Chief Engineer, will be on hand to chat one-on-one and answer any questions about recording or the studio.  You can also meet the other music people present, share your demo, etc. There will also be prizes from Limelight for all participants, as well as two special prizes.  

    The Workshops are held at Paragon Recording Studio, Chicago, 
    820 West Fulton Market. 

    COMING THIS SUMMER!

    To be placed on the contact list to get first dibs on a spot in the workshop,
    Please email Info (at) ParagonStudiosInc.com 
    or call (312) 942-0075 

    BIO:   Sue Basko is a Lawyer for Music and Film licensed in Illinois and California.  She has a J.D. magna cum laude; a B.A. in Film and Video;  graduate work in digital audio and video production, media law, and web design; and Continuing Legal Education in Music Law, Social Media Law, Search Engine Optimization, Computer Forensics,  etc. 

    Sue works with musicians, rock bands, upstart record labels, recording studios, festivals, venues, filmmakers, photographers, and other creative people.   Sue writes a blog that gives basic legal information to independent musicians.  Started just a few months ago, the blog has picked up a worldwide readership.  http://Suebasko.blogspot.com/

    ALL PARTICIPANTS in the Music Law workshop will get reduced prices on clearances for cover songs from Limelight for the summer. 

    TWO workshop participants will each be awarded a prize from Limelight of one free song clearance with royalties for 1,000 downloads.  If you want to record a cover song and promote it to sell or give away 1,000 downloads, this prize is right for you.   



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    2-Day Recording Workshop
    with Michael Vail Blum


    2-Day Recording Workshop with Michael Vail Blum
    coming soon!

    See how the Pros get it done! Learn the studio process from beginning to end. Watch and ask questions while Grammy-nominated Producer/Engineer Michael Vail Blum works with a musician through the stages of recording from start to finish. From "Demo to iTunes." 

    Michael Vail Blum has worked with Madonna, Michael Jackson, Goo Goo Dolls, Pink Floyd, Roger Daltry, Suicidal Tendencies, Gin Blossoms.

    Topics include:

    • Pre-production
    • Microphone Choice and Placement
    • Tracking and Overdubs
    • Vocals, Background Vocals and Vocal Compiling
    • Vocal Autotune and Drum Replacement
    • Mixing and Mastering
    • Getting Your Music on Itunes

    The Workshops are held at Paragon Recording Studio, Chicago, 
    820 West Fulton Market. 

    COMING THIS SUMMER!

    To be placed on the contact list to get first dibs on a spot in the workshop,
    Please email Info (at) ParagonStudiosInc.com 
    or call (312) 942-0075
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