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A royalty health check helped a producer identify and meet their reporting obligations, so their collaborators receive the statements they are due.
A royalty health check uncovered more than $120k in income owed to our client. Now, their deals and royalty payments are tracked every quarter.
White Sky provided specialist royalty accounting support during a dispute between a high-profile artist and their early management team. The matter settled in our client’s favour.
Before re-signing with a major label, our client asked White Sky to review their royalty statements and agreements. We found $800k in under-reported income.
Congratulations to Shari Hindmarsh, Founder & Director of Great Company Collective
As a music producer, AV tech, photographer or videographer, your work is just as much in the spotlight. When you’re creating, recording, shooting or editing content with and for musicians, there’s a raft of legal risks you need to consider.
Got yourself some gigs in the USA? Yeehaw, how exciting. Perhaps less exciting is that insurance should be on your pre-departure checklist, because things can get complicated fast if something goes wrong.
Media liability insurance isn’t just for rockstars. Whether you’re producing beats in your bedroom or earning money touring the world, making music means putting yourself (and your work) out into the world.
Setting up a record label is a bit like going to a theme park: you sign up for the thrills, but end up spending more time queuing than on the rides. Here’s 5 tips to start a record label.
Thinking about taking your live show to an international audience? Touring overseas is a massive milestone and something most artists dream of. After 15 years helping artists, bands and their managers navigate this journey, I can tell you it’s not as simple as grabbing your guitar and taking her for a ride on a big jet plane.
In the music royalties game, CDs magically turned into free downloads, which then turned into paid downloads, and are now more like audio-streams-for-rent. It’s tough for artists and labels, big and small, so here’s what you need to know.
We have some big news to share! After more than 20 years of supporting the Australian music industry, White Sky has been acquired by BlueRock, an award-winning, certified B-Corp, multidisciplinary advisory firm based in the Melbourne CBD.
90’s RnB legend, Kelis, took to social media to express her unhappiness at the fact that a portion of her mega-hit, “Milkshake”, has been used on the new Beyonce track “Energy”. Should Kelis have a writer credit on “Milkshake”? Probably. Read more about sampling vs interpolation.
