Peter Paterno started out his career writing software for NASA and would eventually transition into pursing music law. He since became a FORCE in the music industry and over his career has represented Dr. Dre, Pharrell, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Soundgarden, Skrillex, Frank Ocean and many more…. He also had a stint running the Disney owned, Hollywood Records where he signed Queen for $10 million dollars when no one believed they had any success left in them in the US market and they soon after exploded back onto the charts with “Bohemian Rhapsody” featured in Wayne’s World quickly recouping the deal. Peter is a founding partner at the formidable law firm King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano and was legal counsel on two of the biggest landmark cases in music business history… The ”Blurred Lines” copyright lawsuit representing both Pharrell & Robin Thicke against the Marvin Gaye estate, as well as representing Dr. Dre & Metallica in the lawsuit against Napster that would mark a watershed moment transitioning the industry from physical to digital consumption.
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS – PART 2
+ Peter Shares a hilarious Easy-E Story
+ Having to hustle quickly to secure the Eminem deal for Dr. Dre
+ Why both Peter and I are attracted to outlier, 1 of 1 type artists
+ Signing Queen when he ran Hollywood Records and no one believing they had any success left in them in the U.S. or Canadian Markets, and them blowing up again after the classic movie Wayne's World
+ Peter starting the domino's falling to get Dr. Dre performing at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show
+ Rehashing details of the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit between Pharrell/Robin Thicke and Marvin Gaye's estate
+ Hilarious story from when Peter representing Gun's N' Roses in an early meeting with David Geffen
+ The story behind the inception of Beats By Dre
+ Peter's advice to new artists trying to make it in music today
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