About Lauren Davis

As an accomplished music business attorney, Lauren B. Davis knows the music business inside and out. Davis has been in private practice since 1992, advising high-level recording artists, songwriters, music industry executives, record producers, managers, and music publishing companies. Before starting her own law firm, she worked as a Senior Associate for the law firm of Steven J. Massarsky, P.C., with a client list that included the Allman Brothers, the Psychedelic Furs, and Tim Collins (Manager of Aerosmith), as well as Nintendo of America Inc., among others.

With offices located on New York's 5th Avenue, she is situated at the heartbeat of the bustling New York scene, with labels like EMI, Blue Note, Jive, and Zomba just steps away—a proximity to the music industry that she was accustomed to throughout her life. The daughter of a record executive, Lauren Davis has a knowledge of the music industry that runs deep, with the lessons of Billboard Charts—and the importance of business sense and hard work in the music industry—being instilled in her at a very young age.

Today, in addition to maintaining a "who's who" roster of music industry clients, Davis has been actively teaching business-related courses about the music industry since 1996 at New York University (Tisch School of the Arts), Metropolitan College of New York, and Monmouth University. Widely recognized as an expert on the industry, she is a frequent lecturer, and has been an invited guest to speak at ASCAP in New York City, South by Southwest in Austin, the Winter Music Conference in Miami, and at Berklee College of Music.

Ms. Davis graduated from New York University in 1985 with a B.F.A and received her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1988.

John P. Kellogg, Esq., is Assistant Chair of the Music Business/Management department at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and an entertainment attorney. Licensed to practice in the states of New York and Ohio, he has represented recording artists Levert, The O'Jays, Eddie Levert, Sr., LSG, Stat Quo of Shady/Aftermath Records, and G-Dep of Bad Boy Records. He also serves as a member of the management team for the late R&B recording star Gerald Levert, whom he represented throughout his career. Kellogg is President-Elect and a member of the Board of Directors of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA), in addition to being a former board member of the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyer's Association (BESLA) and a 2005 inductee into the BESLA Hall of Fame. He is the author of the book Take Care of Your Music Business: The Legal and Business Aspects You Need to Know to Grow In the Music Business, as well as numerous legal articles and editorials. A former vocalist with the group Cameo, Kellogg has been profiled in Billboard, Ebony, Black Issues, and In the Black magazines. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University, where he also attended the Weatherhead School of Management. In addition, he holds a Master of Science degree in Television and Radio from the Newhouse School of Communications and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science—both from Syracuse University.

About David Purcell

David Purcell, Esq., is the founder and president of Music Royalty Solutions, a business management firm specializing in business management and financial solutions for independent recording, performing, and songwriting artists, as well as independent companies and startups in the entertainment industry. He works as a business and legal affairs consultant for such clients as Roadrunner Records and Robot of the Century Music Publishing.

In addition to teaching with Berkleemusic, Purcell is the assistant program director of music business at New York University and runs the summer Music Business Institute, "What Makes A Star." Courses he has taught on both the undergraduate and graduate levels include Landmark Cases in Music Copyright Law, Business Structure of the Music Industry, Economic and Legal Settings of the Music Industry, Village Records (an NYU student-run recorded music label), Village Records Leadership section, Music Industry Internship Supervision, and Managing the Performing Artist.

As a professional drummer and percussionist, Purcell has extensive performance experience both in the U.S. and internationally and has performed and/or recorded with Jesse Malin, Ashford and Simpson, Tom Wopat, Debbie Harry (Blondie), Jody Watley, Neil Patrick Harris, Mink Stole, Princess Superstar, John Cameron Mitchell, Ian Astbury (The Cult), The Rocky Horror Show, Phantom of the Opera, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical. He is a proud graduate of Berklee College of Music and The University of Wisconsin Law School.

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