Found Around: Don’t Let Your Royalties Go Uncollected!
Written by Lynsey Grey Posted in: Found Around on March 03, 2011
Royalties. They can be quite helpful when paying the bills, but they're difficult to manage and there's often a great deal of confusion surrounding their collection. So many musicians aren't receiving the money they've earned, but there is information out there to help you make sense of it all. In a recent Musician Coaching article, music and entertainment attorney Jeff Gandel was interviewed on this subject. 
Jeff started Royalty Recovery a few years back with the intent of aiding those in the industry who aren't being paid the royalties they're owed. So far, his company has helped correct over 2,000 royalty streams and copyrights. He cites volume as a reason so many artists aren't getting paid - there's too much information passing through the industry to accurately keep track of the money trail. Additionally, many musicians don't really understand the rules or know the precautions they should be taking to lay claim to their work. Check out more of what Jeff has to say in the article below.
-Lynsey
(MusicanCoaching) Revenue Streams for Musicians and how Royalties Go Missing
Credit: Rick Goetz and Jeff Gandel
Jeff Gandel is an experienced music and entertainment attorney with is own practice based in NYC. Jeff also founded a company called Royalty Recovery that helps artist collect on Royalties they are owed – a problem that is far too common. Jeff’ specializes in intellectual property law including music, digital media, technology, videogames and movies. His clients include producers David Bendeth and Jason Nevins, artists Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule, Jared Scharff, Scott Schreer and Serge Devant, music distributor The Orchard and many others. I caught up with Jeff recently to discuss some of the things he felt musicians should be aware of from his fifteen years of practicing law.
Music Consultant: Jeff, thanks for taking the time to speak today. Tell me, how did you get into the Music business?
JG: I’ve been around this my whole life. When I was growing up, my grandparents owned a record distributor. I remember being three or four years old and running around their warehouse in stacks of records higher than the biggest buildings. My whole life, I’ve been around music and was lucky enough to find a way to have a career in it.
