Entertainment Law: Navigating Questions - Music Licensing and Entertainment Contract Clauses

Presenters:
Officer Derrick Devaney has been a Liquor Enforcement Officer Supervisor for almost four years and has been with the Bureau for seventeen years. He conducts SGOC seminars all over the state and is responsible for answering SGOC questions on the Eastern half of the state.

Bernard M. Resnick, Esq. is an entertainment attorney practicing in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over thirty-five years. His clients have included recording artists, agents, managers, filmmakers, financiers, professional athletes, international entertainment businesses, and others. Mr. Resnick has participated in panel discussions, presented seminars, and conducted continuing legal education classes both nationally and internationally. He is also a musician, songwriter, record producer and music publisher, and the author of a published crime fiction short story.

Michael Farrell’s history in live events and entertainment began over 35 years ago. As a major label recording and touring artist and Graduate of the Middle Tennessee State University Recording Industry Management Program, Michael fully understands the difference between a live event and an immersive, branded experience. 

In support of his role as President & Co-Founder at Redstory, Michael fosters strategic customer relationships to develop deep knowledge and understanding of client requirements, needs, and budgets while demonstrating the organizations product and service offerings. Michael’s detailed leadership across cross-functional teams provides external and internal project stakeholders’ ongoing support, transformational advice and account oversight. 

Rachel Pfennig Hales is the Experience Manager at Rock Lititz, where she focuses on building up the live event culture on campus and creating a voice for the community. Rock Lititz aims to maintain an environment that promotes collaboration, creativity, education and support, designed to encourage passion and drive within the live event industry. Rachel was able to begin her career on tour with the Black-Eyed Peas, and then with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Since, she has spent her energy working to draw awareness to this unique industry. She has BAs from DePauw University, an MA from National University and an MFA from Goucher College. Rachel is also the author of Tour Book, a unique, nonfiction look into the backstage, with first-hand interviews from dozens of touring professionals, on bookshelves now. 

Community Service Project:










Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania with over 16,000 members and spanning 30 counties, seeks your support in building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.  

Volunteer opportunities: Do know a woman who is seeking the opportunity to impact a young girl towards becoming a girl of courage, confidence and character? 

Why Girl Scouts? What is the Girl Scout Leadership Experience?  The Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) hinges on experiences that invite girls to discover, connect, and take action.  Through the GSLE experience, a girl develops the following 5 outcomes:

• Strong Sense of Self:  A girl who has confidence in herself and her abilities, and forms positive identities.
• Positive Values: A girl who acts ethically, honestly, and responsibly and shows concern for others.
• Challenge Seeking: A girl who takes appropriate risks and tries things even if they might fail and learns from mistakes.
• Healthy Relationships: A girl who develops and maintains healthy relationships by communicating her feelings directly and resolving conflicts constructively.
• Community Problem Solving:  A girl who desires to contribute to the world in purposeful and meaningful ways, learning how to identify problems in the community, and creating “action plans” to solve them.

Learn more about these opportunities, and more, from Lutricia Eberly, GSHPA Chief Membership Officer, and previous MPIMP President, on April 5. 

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