Trey Rick

Current

Music Supervisor at $5 Cover, LLC
Owner at clearyoursample.com
Owner at Rick Rock Music Group LLC

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Past

Business Affairs Intern at Malaco Music Group
Law Clerk at Becker Entertainment & New Media Law
Assistant to Crossroads Film Festival Coordinator at Crossroads Film Festival

Legal Intern at Hinds County District Attorney's Office
Legal Intern at Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project
New Media Intern at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

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Education

Mississippi College School of Law
Millsaps College

Connections

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Industry

Law Practice

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Trey Rick’s Summary

I am not a licensed attorney. I am a 3rd year law student interested in practicing in the following areas of law:
Entertainment Law
IP Law
Cyberlaw
Estate Planning (for artists and composers)
Communications
Sports Law

Conferences I've attended include:
*"Corky" Kessler's Legal and Business Pitfalls from Screenplay through Distribution" seminar. (Spring 2007)

*Forum on Sports and Entertainment Law Programs (ABA 2007 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.) (Summer 2007)

*FMC's Music Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. 2007. (Fall 2007)

*Mark Litwak's Risky Business: Financing and Distributing Independent Films Seminar (Winter 2007)

*Oxford Film Festival IP Conference including: licensing archival material, licensing for film, privacy/publicity rights regarding the Borat movie, Internet & IP, and Corporate/Business IP issues. (Spring 2008)

*SXSW Music Conference 2008: Legal Issues in the Music Industry. Topics - future of record companies/artist deals, technology/music business, cross-media licensing, and international publishing. (Spring 2008)

*Leadership Music Digital Summit 2008: Topics - state of the industry, legal framework of compensating creators in the digital world, emerging services in the digital space, marketing to millenials, convenience over quality, and today's availability of marketing tools. (Spring 2008)

*Pot Luck Audio Conference 2008: Topics included - future of music, new distribution models and formats, and Grammy Urban Edge - Hip-Hop in Film, Hip-Hop Producers. (Summer 2008)

*ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries Annual Meeting 2008: Topics - life of a song, termination right in sound recordings, art and film, ethics in entertainment law, future of entertainment law. (Fall 2008)

I am currently co-authoring the update to Tim Whitsett's "Music Publishing: The Real Road to Music Business Success."

I recently appeared on FM 103.7 in Jackson, MS to discuss basic music publishing concepts for songwriters.

Trey Rick’s Specialties:

I have experience with copyright issues, music publishing, licensing contracts, songwriter agreements, book/literary contracts and recording artist agreements.

I also have new media experience as a result of my internship at BMI-New Media headed by Richard Conlon.

I'm available as a freelance music producer and recording engineer. I am not a licensed attorney. I am a 3rd year law student with a strong desire to practice entertainment law. I cannot give legal advice.

Trey Rick’s Experience

Music Supervisor

$5 Cover, LLC

(Entertainment industry)

August 2008 — Present (5 months)

Assisting producer, Scott Bomar (composer of the scores for "Hustle & Flow" and "Black Snake Moan"), with music licensing/supervision for Craig Brewer's "$5 Cover," a 15-episode -- or "webisode" -- online program funded by MTV New Media.
Owner

clearyoursample.com

(Music industry)

March 2008 — Present (10 months)

Clear Your Sample is a music sample clearance service.
Owner

Rick Rock Music Group LLC

(Music industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year)

Rick Rock Records, If You're Listening (ASCAP) music publishing, and Rick Rock Management all fit under the Rick Rock Music Group LLC umbrella.

Currently managing an alternative rock band called Forever & Never from Northeast Mississippi. (www.foreverandneverrock.com)
Business Affairs Intern

Malaco Music Group

(Music industry)

January 2008 — September 2008 (9 months)

Worked in Copyrights & Royalties department. Gained exposure to music publishing and record label business.
Law Clerk

Becker Entertainment & New Media Law

(Law Practice industry)

May 2008 — July 2008 (3 months)

Researched and prepared memos for clients on a variety of entertainment-related issues; analyzed a variety of entertainment-related contracts for clients; made redline proposals for several entertainment-related contracts; participated in record contract negotiations; obtained necessary music licenses for clients’ projects
Assistant to Crossroads Film Festival Coordinator

Crossroads Film Festival

(Entertainment industry)

February 2008 — April 2008 (3 months)
Legal Intern

Hinds County District Attorney's Office

(Government Agency; Law Practice industry)

September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)
Legal Intern

Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project

(Legal Services industry)

September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)

I worked on all kinds of legal issues including everything from finding process servers in Alaska to completing complaints. MVLP is an extremely worthwhile public interest project. http://www.mvlp.net/photo-gallery/mvlp/meet-mvlp-volunteers-for-2007/
New Media Intern

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

(Non-Profit; Broadcast Media industry)

June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

Worked on the New Media team at BMI in Nashville, TN. One of my most interesting tasks was putting together an analysis of some very popular online social networking sites and their uses of new media. Additionally, I gathered infringement evidence.
My experience in the New Media department at BMI helped me to build a solid foundation for understanding digital technology, digital distribution, and the applicable laws and business practices.

Trey Rick’s Education

Mississippi College School of Law

2006 — 2009 (expected)

Activities and Societies:

William F. Winter Law Scholarship Recipient
Dean's List
Public Interest Law Society
Entertainment VP, Sports and Entertainment Law Society
Millsaps College

B.A., Political Science, 2002 — 2006

Minor: Education
Received MS Teaching License for Social Studies grades 8 - 12.

Activities and Societies:

President’s List
Pi Sigma Alpha honorary
Phi Delta Kappa honorary
Recipient, Second Century Scholarship
LEAD Team Executive Board 2004-2005
President, Model United Nations 2005-2006
Executive Board & Technical Chair, Major Productions 2004-2005