Music Copyright Consultation for the 21st Century
Music Copyright Consultation for the 21st Century
what we do
Music Forensics is a full-service music copyright consultation firm based in Los Angeles, providing a range of services including copyright consultation, expert witness testimony, and infringement advice to leading professionals in the entertainment and advertising industry. Our team has a combined 20 years of experience, and hold advanced degrees in musicology and music theory, with specializations in Shenkerian analysis, tonal and post tonal theory, and digital soundwave analysis. Our competitive rates and quick turnaround ensure that your next commercial, music placement, or infringement litigation is secured in a timely fashion with peace of mind.
Our services
Let Music Forensics give you peace of mind on your next project. We offer musicology reports, expert witness, and general consultation on a variety of projects, including original content, comparative analysis for potential infringement in commercial, film, or television content, and originality analysis for litigation.
Whether you are simply looking to clear your sound-alike content for a commercial, defending your original content, or pursuing an infringement claim, music forensics can help you secure your rights in a timely manner with competitive rates.
Music to your ears.
Let Music Forensics give you piece of mind on your next project.
Our team offers competitive industry rates
on a variety of consultation services; for rate inquiries:
Music to your ears.
Let Music Forensics give you piece of mind on your next project.
Our team offers competitive industry rates
on a variety of consultation services; for rate inquiries:
Our team
Dr. Richard H. Brown Jr., PhD
Dr. Richard Brown holds a MA and PhD in musicology from the University of Southern California. He has consulted on cases involving infringement, similarity, and originality for major artists in the industry, and has over a decade of experience and training in music theory, including advanced tonal analysis, transcription, and structural analysis.
He has published extensively on the music and film industry, including his forthcoming book, Through The Looking Glass: John Cage and Avant-Garde Cinema, at Oxford University Press (2017).
Jeffrey Kirchner, MA
Jeffrey received his MA in music theory and composition from UCLA and is the founder and owner of Tip Top Studios, a Los Angeles based recording studio. He has worked in all areas of the film and music industry, where he mainly focuses his talents on producing, film composing, and sound engineering. Jeff currently works as a sound engineer for Netflix composing, editing, and mixing new innovative content. Prior to working at Netflix, Jeff was a professor at the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles teaching music business and audio production courses.