General Counsel & Ongoing Advisory
Your lawyer is your on-call legal partner for the everyday questions and decisions that don't fit a single project.
What This Covers
Most legal moments that shape your career don't arrive as a dramatic sign-this-or-walk-away deal. They show up as everyday friction: a producer DMs you a "quick collab agreement," a promoter emails show terms, a rep says "send the stems, we'll sort paperwork later." Each one quietly decides who owns your music, who gets paid, and what you're on the hook for years from now. This is the space for a legal partner you can reach for those in-between decisions — not just emergencies.
Here's what that looks like. Your lawyer takes an hourly consult on one specific question and gives you a straight answer. Your lawyer reviews the contract, term sheet, or even the DM before you reply, hunting the quiet clauses — "in perpetuity," "work made for hire," exclusivity, auto-renewals. Your lawyer weighs the bigger deal strategy, stays on retainer as a part-time legal department once your volume grows, and refers you to the right specialist — a CPA, business manager, or litigator — when a matter falls outside their lane.
Why It Matters to You
As an independent artist, you are the business. Every beat lease, feature, merch run, and handshake split runs through you — there's no label legal department catching the noise. The artists who get burned usually aren't the ones who signed a bad 360; they're the ones who never read the email, agreed verbally, or assumed a friend wouldn't come back asking for points.
A lawyer you can actually reach turns legal help from a fire alarm into routine maintenance — catching a problem in a five-minute call instead of discovering it in a demand letter. Done Deal Digital connects you with vetted California entertainment counsel so the everyday stuff stays clean and your masters stay yours.
The Services We Offer
The General Counsel & Ongoing Advisory services Done Deal Digital offers, performed by a licensed attorney you engage directly.
Hourly Consultation
You can call your lawyer with a specific question and get a straight answer without committing to a big engagement.
Document & Email Review
Your lawyer quickly looks over a contract, email, or offer before you respond or sign anything.
Career & Deal Strategy
Your lawyer advises on which deals to take, how to structure your business, and how to protect yourself as you grow.
Outside General Counsel Retainer
For a monthly fee, your lawyer acts as your ongoing legal department, available for routine matters as they come up.
Referrals to Specialists
Your lawyer connects you with vetted accountants, business managers, agents, and litigators when a matter is outside his lane.
Legal Education & Coaching
Your lawyer teaches you how the business actually works so you can spot problems and make smarter decisions yourself.
Prefer to learn it yourself first? Get the General Counsel & Ongoing Advisory guide — $39 →
Start With a Free, No-Pressure Intro
Tell us what you're dealing with - a contract, a copyright, a name dispute, a bad deal - and we'll connect you with the right music lawyer. You'll engage and pay the attorney directly under their own agreement. Done Deal Digital is not a law firm and never collects or shares in any legal fee.
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DONE DEAL DIGITAL IS NOT A LAW FIRM and does not provide legal advice or legal services. Nothing on this page is legal advice.
The legal services described here are provided solely by an independent attorney licensed in California, whom Done Deal Digital connects clients with. Done Deal Digital does not employ, supervise, or control that attorney and is not responsible for the legal services provided.
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