Gordon Firemark on the Virtual Sessions presented by The DJ Sessions 7/27/23   About Gordon Firemark - https://firemark.com/Gordon-Firemark helps artists, writers, producers and directors achieve their dreams in the fields of theater, film, television and new media.  Since his admission to practice in 1992, he has focused his attention on providing sound practical, legal and strategic advice to his clients so they can make smart deals, grow their businesses, and do great things.   Gordon is  the producer and host of http://entertainmentlawupdate.com/, a podcast for artists and professionals in the entertainment industries. His practice also covers intellectual property, cyberspace, new media and business/corporate matters for clients in the entertainment industry.  He is the author of  http://podcastlawbook.com/   Mr. Firemark served two terms as President of the Board of Directors of http://www.anmt.org/anmthome.asp(now renamed http://nmi.org/.). In the past he has served on the Boards of Governors of The http://www.lastage.org/, (the organization responsible for the annual Ovation Awards for excellence in Theater) and the http://www.bhba.org/, where he served as liaison to the Association's Entertainment Law Section (of which he is a former chairman).   He holds a B.A. in Radio, Television and Film from the http://www.uoregon.edu/, and earned his law degree at http://www.swlaw.edu/. Before opening The Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark, Mr. Firemark was a partner with the Business Affairs Group, a boutique entertainment law firm in Los Angeles. He has also worked in the legal and business affairs departments at Hanna Barbera Productions and the MGM/UA Worldwide Television Group, and started his legal career as an associate at Neville L. Johnson & Associates, a West L.A.firm specializing in entertainment litigation.   Gordon is an alumnus of the Commercial Theatre Institute, and an accomplished producer of stage plays and musicals.  He serves as CEO of Fierce Theatricals , which produces small cast musicals, cabaret shows and regional tours. He is the founder and chief instructor at http://theatreproduceracademy.com/ a one-of-a-kind online training program for those who produce plays and musicals.   He has been involved with the entertainment industry in one way or another since his youth as a sound, lighting, and special effects technician in the theatre. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked in the television industry, producing and directing live sports telecasts, public affairs programming commercial announcements, documentaries, and industrial videos.   Mr. Firemark has taught courses in Entertainment Law at http://www.columbiacollege.edu/ Business Law at http://lmu.edu/ and  Theatre Law in the innovative Online Entertainment LLM program at http://southwestern.edu/.  He has also offered courses in Theater Law at http://cypresscollege.edu/, and Entrepreneurial Studies at http://calarts.edu/. Mr. Firemark has served as a moderator and featured panelist at seminars sponsored by the Beverly Hills Bar Association, California Lawyers for the Arts,Theatre LA, and the Oregon Artist's Rights Coalition. Hehas also been a guest lecturer at Southwestern University School of Law, Loyola Law School, California Western School of law, UC Irvine, and California State University, Northridge.   About The DJ Sessions - “The DJ Sessions” is a Twitch/Mixcloud "Featured Partner” live streaming/podcast series featuring electronic music DJ’s/Producers via live mixes/interviews and streamed/distributed to a global audience. TheDJSessions.com The series constantly places in the “Top Ten” on Twitch Music and the “Top Five” in the “Electronic Music", “DJ", "Dance Music" categories. TDJS is rated in the Top 0.11% of live streaming shows on Twitch out of millions of live streamers. It has also been recognized by Apple twice as a "New and Noteworthy” podcast and featured three times in the Apple Music Store video podcast section. UStream and Livestream have also listed the series as a "Featured" stream on their platforms since its inception. The series is also streamed live to multiple other platforms and hosted on several podcast sites. It has a combined live streaming/podcast audience is over 125,000 viewers per week. With over 2,400 episodes produced over the last 12 years "The DJ Sessions" has featured international artists such as: https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bt-interviewed-on-the-dj-sessions-presented-by-itv-live-6-11-13/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/youngr-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-1-25-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/sevenn-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-2-9-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/wuki-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-10-07-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/scott-slyter-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11-09-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/simply-city-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11-10-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/micke-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11-10-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/netsky-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-10-09-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/rich-dietz-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-10-09-22/https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bexxie-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-06-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/boris-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-7-11-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/mj-cole-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-7-12-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/flipside-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-1pm-pst-9-27-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/skeeter-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-1pm-pst-10-04-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/bissen-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-04-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/katie-chonacas-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-1pm-pst-10-05-22/, https://www.thedjsessions.com/podcast/hollaphonic-on-the-virtual-sessions-presented-by-the-dj-sessions-11am-pst-10-05-22/,