Law on the Row used to be a periodic newsletter in the physical world that I would send to my clients and mailing list. In the first edition of Law on the Row, published September 9, 1999, I published an article on digital downloading entitled “To MP3 or not to MP3? The catalyst for a [...]
Luke Lewis, Chairman of Universal Music Group here on Music Row, announced yesterday that the company will be relocated to the new SunTrust Plaza at 401 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, right next door to the famous Ryman Auditorium. UMG follows Other Nashville labels that relocated to locations in Nashville other than Music Row: Lyric [...]
The New York-based online music site, SpiralFrog is continuing to grow its catalog of freely downloadable songs. SpiralFrog describes itself as "a Web-based advertising-supported music experience that combines music discovery tools with free and legal downloads of audio and video content." Music Row's own Frances Preston (see my earlier blog regarding her recent award) sits [...]
The Schermerhorn Symphony Center is indeed one of the new crown jewels of Nashville, Tennessee. Last night, I sat in the Sympony Hall while Leadership Music honored another one of Nashville's crown jewels, Francis Williams Preston. Ms. Preston was honored with Leadership Music's Dale Franklin Award, named for the first executive director of Leadership Music. [...]
After reading a Tennessean article in which Al Bunetta of Oh Boy Records is quoted as recommending this beautiful little Sicilian eatery in Hillsboro Village, I decided to try the place. I'm never one to miss a good Italian meal! Much to my surprise, I bumped into Al there having lunch with Jonah Rabinowitz, executive director [...]
Mr. Barry Neil Shrum, a member of the Nashville, Music Row-based firm of Harris, Martin, Jones, Shrum, Bradford & Wommack, P.A., was identified by SkyRadio as one of America's Premier Lawyers. As part of the honor, Mr. Shrum was interviewed for SkyRadio’s America’s Premier Lawyers feature. The interview was featured in American Airlines’ in-flight programming during the month of [...]
Welcome to my world. As this blog progresses, I hope to present something of a diary into the life of an average attorney working on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee and share some thoughts and insights about things that are happening in my industry. I am an entertainment attorney, foremost. But I also am a [...]
In August, the RIAA issued a study by Peter D. Hart Research Associates which reported that among people whose downloading activities increased during the past six months, 41% say that they purchased less music during that same period, compared to 19% who stated that they purchased more music as a result of the downloading. An [...]
To MP3 or not to MP3? The catalyst for a paradigm shift in the recording industry By Barry Neil Shrum & J. Eric Crupi This article originally appeared in the print edition of Law on the Row, Volume 1, Issue 1 on September 9, 1999, as a harbinger of things to come. To MP3, or [...]