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J, ESQ. || Music and the Law

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About Me

Music is what I love. The Law is what I do. My law firm, REGISTER | LETT LLP,
specializes in Entertainment, Media, and Intellectual Propery law.Music and the Law is a resource for you and a place to exchange ideas with me and other like-minded individuals.If you want to know more about me, then look to the left...oh yeah, and before you ask, my first name really is the letter J...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Hip Hop | Soul | Lounge | Acid Jazz | Rare Groove | Jazz | Classical. Quite frankly, I'm into great songwriting and great musicianship. Regardless of genre. If it moves me mentally, emotionally, and physically, then it can make it into Heavy Rotation.

Movies:

Blade Runner | Dune | X-Men 1, 2, and 3 | Matrix 1 and 2 (3 did not live up to expectations) | Departed | Inside Man | Man On Fire | Deep Cover | Juice | Crash | Seven | Saw | Love Jones | Amistad | Eve's Bayou | The Wood | Best Man | Something New

Television:

24 | Heroes | Prison Break | Naruto | The Apprentice (Donald Trump) | Smallville | Everybody Hates Chris | My Name is Earl | The Office. I don't watch as much TV as I used to, but I still get my weekly dose of the idiot box.

Books:

The Covenant | The Dead Emcee Scrolls | Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun | Think & Grow Rich | Hot Property | The Future of Music | All You Need To Know About The Music Business | Music, Money & Success | She Comes First | Cosmo Kama Sutra

Heroes:

Elder Watson Diggs and the nine noble men that gathered on the campus of Indiana University on January 5, 1911 | Reginald Lewis | A. G. Gaston | John Johnson | Oprah Winfrey | Robert Johnson | Madame C. J. Walker | Clarence Avant | Berry Gordy| Earl Graves | Richard Parsons | Kenneth Chenault | Stanley O'Neal | Cathy Hughes | Quincy Jones | John W. Rogers, Jr. | Russell Simmons | Earvin Johnson | Michael Jordan | Mellody Hobson | Antonio Reid | Sean Combs | Shawn Carter and the list contiues to grow...

My Blog

Whats Going on with the Record Business?  Part II: Changing Formats and Sales Models

In the late 80's the record industry experienced a significant sales boom as a result of the transition from vinyl albums and cassette tapes to compact discs.  In addition to enlarging the sales ...
Posted by J, ESQ. || Music and the Law on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:05:00 PST

Whats Going on with the Record Business? - Part I

If you have been keeping track of Soundscan sales totals and the Billboard charts this year, you have noticed that while there are several records that have sold at the gold and platinum levels (500...
Posted by J, ESQ. || Music and the Law on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:59:00 PST

MUSIC AND THE LAW - The Official MixTape, Vol. 2!!

MUSIC AND THE LAW - The Official MixTape, Vol. 2!!A Music and The Law MySpace Exclusive!!    A lot of you have told me how much you dig the music I feature on my profile and how you liked V...
Posted by J, ESQ. || Music and the Law on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:31:00 PST

MUSIC AND THE LAW - The Official MixTape, Vol. 1!!!

MUSIC AND THE LAW - The Official MixTape, Vol. 1!!! A Music and The Law MySpace Exclusive!!  Not available in stores! Ok, seriously.  The beautiful thing about MySpace is that it is one of t...
Posted by J, ESQ. || Music and the Law on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:12:00 PST

Mobile Media  Content May Be King, But You Have To Control It To Sit On The Throne

"Verizon to Shake Its 'Hips' with Shakira!"  "Sprint Wants to be 'King' with T.I.!"   You may have seen the stories announcing Verizon's and Sprint's recent content deals with Shakira and T....
Posted by J, ESQ. || Music and the Law on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:34:00 PST

SoundExchange -- Are XM and Sirius cutting you a check?

"Sirius Pays Shock Jock $500M In Stock!"  "XM Signs $55M Deal to Cozy Up On Oprah's Couch!"You've read the headlines.  If you haven't, then it's time for you to hit the alarm on your cl...
Posted by J, ESQ. || Music and the Law on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:44:00 PST