Re: [F_MINOR] OT: Question about Recording Contracts

[lstanwyk <lstanwyk@RYERSON.CA>]

Hi Anne:

        Are you looking for factual input?  Certainly this young violinist
could get a good lawyer and break his contract based on a viable medical
condition.  I'm all too familiar with the anxieties associated with
performing - that's why I quit musicial life in my mid-20s.  Life as a
musician on the road is not for the feint of heart :P


"Anne M. Marble" wrote:
>
> Help! Bow to the experts and all that!
>
> I'm writing a story (OK, stories) about a classical musician (violinist)
> who retired young. This took place in about 1980. He told his record
> company that he could no longer perform because of stage fright -- in fact,
> he couldn't even make studio recordings. The record company publicly said
> that he was retiring because of an injury to his hands. (The truth about
> why he gave up performing is much more complex, and therein lies the
> tale...)
>
> Would the record company release him from his contract without a fight
> under this circumstance? Would they have tried to sue him? Cajole him? Bake
> cookies for him? Or tied to get him to go to some kind of counseling to
> treat the stage fright? Would they have released the story about the injury
> rather than stage fright? (OK, that might have been his doing.) Also, how
> much would the musician have to pay to get out of his contract under these
> conditions?
>
> I pour my gratitude on you in advance. :-)
>
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