an indie label. At the time, I had not sold a beat for more than $150 and
hadn't worked with any known artists. Needless to say, this deal was going
to bring in a lot more money than that. After working out the basic
terms, I was eager to sign the dotted line. Even though I got a lawyer to
check out the paperwork when it came, I was so impatient, I decided to get
some free legal advice online first. I did a search for "Entertainment
Lawyers" and anonymously instant messaged a random entertainment lawyer to
see what he thought about the deal.
I talked to this guy about the deal for a bit then just started to BS with
him. Turns out he was in NY. He was also working as a consultant on an
MC's project. Out of all the MC's in the world this guy could have been
working with..., it was an MC who was from the same camp I was about to
sign the song deal with. He asked me to come through to the studio a few
days later. I came with some tracks and he chose two, which ended up
being my first big check (Which was cut before we finally straightened out
the song deal).
Lesson Learned: It's a small world, especially in the music industry.
Treat it as such.
Applications: This is an extreme case, but this exemplifies the value of
networking. If a producer can randomly contact an entertainment lawyer
online and turn that into good money, there is no reason for any producer
to waste any chances he may have to network. Also don't forget to treat
everyone you may come across networking with respect. Assistants and
interns are future executives and as a rule, respecting people can only
help things...
You can also look at this as a cautionary tale. Because if you do ever
decide to badmouth someone (Which is pointless 99.9% of the time), you
never know who knows who and how it can come back to bite you.
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