The New Orleans Jazz Museum presents The Ella Project Crescendo Session: Working with Labels, Master Recordings and Record Deals on Tuesday, October 10th at 5:30 PM CDT in the third-floor Performance Center at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

Crescendo returns this Tuesday with another session designed for the working independent musician presented by Lou Hill and Bri Whetsone. This week’s session will cover:

• What Masters are – Sound Recording Copyright and what is covered by this

• What Rights are Included in Sound Recording Copyright

• Common Revenue Streams from Masters

• Record Labels & what they do

• Basic Terms of Record Deals

• How to Use Someone Else’s Master Rights (for a film/TV synch, or for sampling)

Designed and taught by musician and entrepreneur Lou Hill and attorney Bri Whetstone, Crescendo is a series of seven free workshops targeting independent musicians held on successive Tuesday’s starting September 26th. Sessions cover topics including copyright, licensing your music, collecting royalties, touring, festival gigs, album releases, and new technologies changing the music economy. There is no fee to attend Crescendo sessions, and though each session builds upon the last and artists are encouraged to sign up for the entire series, artists may pick and choose which sessions they would like to attend. For more information, and to RSVP, please visit: https://ellanola.org/crescendo.