What Is It About People Who Create Music?

Why do people who create music: write it, play it, etc. have no business sense?

Why will they sign away everything for that first gig, record deal, film score job, band performance?

Why do they fear lawyers, even those on their side?

Why do they want someone else to fight for them even when they won't do any fighting themselves?

It's lunacy. They cling to their midi files and musical instruments, and despair over how people want their music for free.

What do they expect? It seems to be a holy trinity: music creators don't know about the business, they don't want to know about the business and they don't want to be told that they ought to want to know about the business.

*******Caveat: all statements in this article are the opinions of their author and not intended as legal advice or counsel; no warranty or representation is made as to the accuracy of such statements. Should you desire legal representation, you should hire an attorney of your own choosing. For more information, you may contact the author privately. BRIAN LEE CORBER is an attorney practicing law in Los Angeles, California for nearly 30 years. He has been emphasizing music business matters since the late 1990s and follows the news in the music world, which is constantly changing, daily. He can be reached at CORBERLAW@aol.com