Week five of Crescendo continues Tuesday, October 25 at 5:30PM at the New Orleans Jazz Museum and streaming online at 6:30PM EST with “Music Contracts, Band Agreements, and Trademarks.” To RSVP and receive your Zoom link, please email [email protected].

This session covers:

• Contracts: band agreement, session musicians work for hire, venue agreements
• Pre-Release paperwork
• Contracts: co-writer agreements and/or split sheets
• Common band/artist business models
• Trademarks and controlling your image
• Management: when’s the “right time” to get a manager

Crescendo is an eight-week music business intensive presented by The Ella Project, the New Orleans Jazz Museum, and the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston. Sessions take place every Tuesday from September 27 to November 15. See the full schedule here. 

To RSVP and receive your Zoom link, please email [email protected].