The Front Row View (entertainment insurance blog)
What role do music credits play with regard to film producer's E&O insurance?
28 May, 2024 • Byron PascoeByron Pascoe: Whenever I watch a production, I read all the credits. It’s important that we review credits and recognize all the people involved in any kind of production. With respect to music, it’s important that each song is referenced in the credits if you have told someone you’re getting the rights from that you’r...
Music licenses for non-original music used in a film production
29 January, 2024 • Dave SternHow are music licenses obtained for non-original, pre-recorded music used in a film production? A lawyer explains. Dave Stern: For original music such as a composer who creates a score for the production, you would typically engage the composer directly and have them sign a composer agreement or a deal memo to ensure t...
Who can give consent to have music be in a film?
4 December, 2023 • Byron PascoeByron Pascoe: There’s a pretty broad range of types of people and companies who can give consent to have music in film. Approximately 100,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every day; there’s a lot of music that’s out there. Most music that is created and put out there in the world is created by independent artists who ...
What’s a music exclusion in the context of producer's E&O insurance?
12 October, 2023 • Byron PascoeByron Pascoe: A music exclusion essentially means that you have a producer’s E&O insurance policy but music is not included yet. So, sometimes you need to have E&O well before you know what music is going to be in your film and before you have consent from the music owners to use the music. For example: if some...
How does SOCAN play a role in helping a film producer ensure that they have their bases covered?
1 September, 2023 • Byron PascoeByron Pascoe: SOCAN is an organization of nearly 200,000 members in Canada, fully composed of music writers and publishers but mostly composed of writers. And when writers write a song, whether they’re a beatmaker or producer or lyricist or rapper, etc., they register themselves as a SOCAN writer member, and they shoul...
Westland Insurance acquires Canada’s leading music insurance broker, Shephard Ashmore Insurance Inc.
2 March, 2023 • Westland Insurance GroupCanada’s largest independent insurance broker continues to grow across Canada with exciting addition to its Corporate Advisory & Specialty practice March 1, 2023, Surrey, BC/Territories of the Coast Salish (Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen First Nations) – Westland Insurance, Canada’s largest independently o...
The 10 Best USB Audio Interfaces for Musicians
19 July, 2021 • Grant PattenSource: Royalty-free stock photo ID: shutterstock_1431547073 A good audio interface that converts microphone and instrument signals into a format that your computer recognizes is an important piece of gear for pretty much any musician to have, so let’s review Front Row’s top 10 USB audio interfaces for musicians. (In n...
The 20 Best Music Podcasts/ Podcasts for Musicians/ Musician Podcasts
13 April, 2021 • Grant PattenSource: Royalty-free stock photo ID: 650796391, Shutterstock Let’s review Front Row’s top 20 podcasts for musicians. We’ll discuss: (in no particular order) Future Friday The Watt from Pedro Show "Walking The Floor" with Chris Shiflett Questlove Supreme Turned Out A Punk Broken Record Sodajerker DIY Musician Podcast ...
The Top 12 FREE Music Platforms for Filmmakers | FREE Music for Videos!
8 March, 2021 • Grant PattenIf you’re working on a low-to-no budget film/video project, you’ll probably have to use free music and the good news is, there are some very helpful platforms out there that provide a large variety of free music for download (many just ask for credit). So, let’s do a “resource round-up” of some of the best websites and...
Front Row Insurance Announces Donation to SOCAN Foundation
26 January, 2021 • David HamiltonVancouver, Canada – January 26, 2021 – Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. has donated $4,000 CAD to the SOCAN Foundation to support the grants, awards and programs offered by the foundation to musicians. “Of course, we were pleased to see so many SOCAN member musicians protect their valuable instruments online using our ...
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