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In this episode, host Daniel Cruz sits down with Adam Freedman, the OG Producer Lawyer!! (@acfreedmanlaw)
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🔖 CHAPTERS
0:00 - Highlights
0:00 - Highlights
0:44 → Introduction
3:02 → Services Adam offers
4:05 → What makes Adam a shark
6:00 → How he gets clients paid QUICKLY (and why other lawyers don’t)
7:15→ This holds producers back
7:40→ Is label staff overworked?
8:30 → How long it takes to get paid
9:25 → The WORST labels
10:00 → Do contracts NEED to be signed before being paid?
11:20 → Making it a priority for labels
11:45→ Charging artists DOUBLE
12:45 → Producers can’t be blackballed??
13:50 → What Adam realized from representing artists
14:45 → How labels budget
15:50 → Label’s trick
17:12 → Why producers get paid after the release
18:20 → Latin music doesn’t give royalties??
18:50 → Working with artists you’re friends with
19:35 → Watch this if you’re scared to burn bridges
20:10 → Never losing placements asking for bigger percentages
22:00 → Loopmakers ruining placements
23:00 → Industry producers cutting off loop makers and ruining relationships
24:25 → Producers like KXVI sending loops to many producers. How they resolve it
25:55 → Does leasing beats lower your value??
26:45 → What to offer if artist can’t afford your fee
27:20 → How recoupment works
28:00 → How to collect master royalties
29:15 → Tracking down $250,000 for a client”
30:20 → What is “catalog management”
31:30 → Tips to get labels to respond
32:15 → Who’s job is it to get a producer paid
33:20 → Lawyer ignoring producers
34:15 → Why you might not want a “big name” attorney
35:40 → Advice for signing to other producers (production deals)
36:40 → The dangers of signing with a producer
38:00 → Why he’s against signing to producers
39:45 → Punlishing deals (what to look for)
40:50 → Publishers helping with placements
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