A & R: Artist & Repertoire, finds talent, signs music artist for labels that they work with. Perform managerial task for artist or work in conjunction with managers.
Administrator: Music publishing company which handles a variety of administrative functions and makes all licensing deals and collects and distributes monies on behalf of another publisher in exchange for fee.
Advance: Up=front payment that counts against monies that may be payable at some time in the future. Non-recoupable advances are payments that are not refundable even if future monies are never due.
Album: A compilation of several master recordings sold as a single unit. Also called a record label or phonorecord or an LP (I.E. Long Play). Compare Single; EP
ASCAP: American Society of composers, authors and publishers. Performing rights society; administers affiliated publishers and songwriters performance right in their songs, and collect fees payable to those publishers and songwriters
Assign: transfers right to another person or party
assignor: Person giving of transferring rights to another
assigns: Those to whom rights may be assigned
attorney-in-fact: Person authorized to act for another
author: Creator, originator, Under U.S. copyright law, the author may be the employer of the person who actually creates the work. See "work for hire"
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