Talking Dolphin Studios 

Announces the opening of Hawaii's Premiere Music Industry Organization:

The Pacific Recording Institute.

The well known recording facility is now educating aspiring artists, producers and engineers in the Art and Business of The Music Industry.

Classes are forming now for Beginning and Advanced level students.
If you want to be in the Music Business, you need to learn the basic and advanced recording techniques as well as contracts, copyrights, proper registration of what you create and more.

We also instruct students on "Artist Marketing" and Artist Web Marketing such as setting up your web site for your act on places like:

www.MySpace.com  www.ISound.com  www.Soundclick.com  and others where you can upload your music for review and downloads that will generate artist royalties and allow your music to be seen and heard by the music industry executives that may sign your act to label agreements and performing opportunities.

Enroll in the two part course at Pacific Recording Institute! 

Learn how to be a PROFESSIONAL in a small class structure on modern equipment, taught by seasoned professional producers. We teach you how to compete in the competitive Music Industry!

Short Course: $595  - Extended Masters Course: $995

Contact Casino or Jayson for Details at: 808.960.1187 or Mark Wood, Marketing Director at 808.989.9839 or 661.480.3757 and BigIslandReporter@Yahoo.com 

http://www.oocities.org/thebigislandreporter/ 

E-mail Casino at c.copublisherbir@yahoo.com 

 

 

 

 

Learn state of the art recording programming and mixing techniques!

Hear Casino's latest cut: "Ride wit me Baby" and stay  tuned for upcoming tracks from our leading producer and performer. He will also be instructing our various courses on production and mixing techniques. Click HERE and a New Track HERE.

Mail Your Demo CD To: 

Our new division is also a New Hawaii Based Entertainment Booking and Artist Management & Promotions Company serving The Hawaiian Islands!
 
We also handle artist management and book top local and nationally known acts into Hotels, Clubs and Private Events...
 
For a limited time our signup fee is only $500 per artist and we put in WORK for you so you can concentrate on making the music and developing your act so we can book the gigs and recording opportunities for you from performances to licensing your music for film, multimedia and commercial opportunities with ad agencies.

 

 
We also instruct students on "Artist Marketing" and Artist Web Marketing such as setting up your web site for your act on places like:

 

Where you can upload your music for review and downloads that will generate artist royalties and allow your music to be seen and heard by the music industry executives that may sign your act to label agreements and performing opportunities.

 

Enroll in the two part course at Pacific Recording Institute! 
Learn how to be a PROFESSIONAL in a small class structure on modern equipment, taught by seasoned professional producers. We teach you how to compete in the competitive Music Industry!

Short Course: $595  - Extended Masters Course: $995

 
The Business of Music Course includes a number of topics you need to know such as:

American Society of Composers, Authors &

Publishers

Writer Application

Publisher Application

Membership Agreement

Digital Audio Royalty Form and Fact Sheet

Request for Publishing Company Name

Reservation

ASCAP Credit Weighting Formula

ASCAP Payment System Explained (from

Playback magazine: Apr.-May, Aug.-

Sept, Oct.-Nov 1999; Jan. 2000)

Broadcast Music Inc.

BMI Writer Affiliation Agreement

BMI Publisher Affiliation Agreement

BMI Membership Agreement for Writers

BMI Membership Agreement for Publishers

BMI Work Registration Form

BMI Royalty Information Booklet

SESAC

Publisher Affiliation Agreement

Writer Affiliation Agreement

Songwriters Guild of America

Ten Basic Points Your Contract Should

Include

Overview of the SGA Popular Songwriters

Contract

Popular Songwriters Contract

Sample Agreements

Artist Inducement Letter (Pages 1-2)

Certificate of Authorship (Page 3)

Commercial Jingle License (Pages 4-5)

Copyright Assignment (Short Form) (Page 6)

Cue Sheet Sample (Television Film) (Page 7)

Demo Shopping Agreement (Producer/Artist)

(Pages 8-13)

Estimated Recording Budget (Pages 14-18)

Foreign Subpublication Agreement (Short

Form) (Pages 19-20)

Grant of Terminated Rights (Pages 21-27)

Joint Ownership of Copyright (Copublishing)

(Pages 28-29)

Licensing Recording for Film (Pages 30-31)

Master License (Pages 32-43)

Mechanical License (United States) (Pages

44-45)

Notice of Termination Under Section 304(c)

of P.L. 94-553 (90 STAT. 2541) (Pages

46-47)

Personal Management Agreement (Pages 48-

51)

Photography Agreement (Pages 52-53)

Popular Songwriter Contract—–Single Song

(Pages 54-58)

Producer/Artist Agreement (Pages 59-65)

Recording Artist Agreement (Exclusive)

(Pages 66-83)

Sale of Copyright (Pages 84-86)

Songwriter Exclusive Copublishing

Agreement (Pages 87-97)

Synchronization and U.S. Theatrical

Performing Rights License (Pages 98-99)

Tour Agreement (Pages 100-105)

 

Frustration is NOT the Answer, KNOWLEDGE is...

Other areas of study in the course include:

Copyright Act of 1976

Digital Millenium Copyright Act Summary

Sonny Bono Term Extension Act

Copyright Regulation 201: General Provisions

Copyright Regulation 202: Registration of

Claims to Copyright

Copyright Office Information Circular 7B: "Best

Edition"

Copyright Registration Forms:

CA

PA

RE

SR

TX

VA

Document Cover Sheet

American Federation of Television and Radio

Artists

AFTRA Sound Recordings Code

AFTRA Standard Exclusive Agency

Contract Under Rule 12-B

American Federation of Musicians

Exclusive Agent-Musician Agreement

Contract Form L-2 (Local Engagement)

Contract T-2 (Traveling Engagements)

Single Engagement Collective Bargaining

Agreement

 

 

At Dolphin Studios, we believe and live by the concept of family with fathers and sons and sons and sons all working together to inspire and educate the next generation of music industry performers, producers and executives. It is family where one will generate their most profound creativity.