S01 E02 - "I want my Lawyer!!" with Akinyemi Law

S01 E02 - "I want my Lawyer!!" with Akinyemi Law

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On this episode, D.R is joined by one of the finest entertainment lawyers in Nigeria, Akinyemi Ayinoluwa.

Akinyemi is a Partner and Co-founder at HighTower Solicitors and Advocates.

His music law practice focuses on the representation of recording artists, songwriters, record producers, record labels, investors in music, and talent managers.

In recent years, Akinyemi has built up a formidable roster of producer clients from Afrobeats: Masterkraft, BlaqJerzee, Northboi, Rexxie, Magicsticks, Jaypizzle, and many others.

He discusses Intellectual property, trademarks, music copyright and a lot of other important music business fundamentals with D.R


Timestamps:

01:37 - Intro

04:47 - Akinyemi Law Songwriting Challenge Vol. 2

08:15 - Why creatives need lawyers

16:05 - Hightower Solicitors and Advocates, the law firm

19:28 - Greysage consulting

21:10 - Ownership and Intellectual property basics for music creatives

31:08 - How producers/songwriters can get all their publishing revenue

33:07 - Collection societies available for creatives to join

34:00 - COSON and MCSN

36:21 - Producers and Record deals

38:00 - Trademarks/Trademarking for creatives, case studies and importance

43:30 - Wizkid vs Wisekid

45:20 - Kiss Daniel to Kizz Daniel name change - case study breakdown

46:52 - Tiwa Savage & Seyi Shay - Lova Lova Case

51:20 - Original studio demo of Lova Lova

56:38 - Phone call conversation between Tiwa Savage and Seyi Shay

1:17:58 - The Nigerian Gospel Music Industry

1:19:16 - Dunsin Oyekan Audiomack situation

1:23:38 - Credits/The art of crediting in the music space

1:30:26 - Mixing/Mastering engineers and royalties

1:33:05 - What every producer/songwriter needs to have intact before going in for a session

1:36:00 - Closing questions

1:38:10 - The Akinyemi Law Songwriting Challenge Vol. 3


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