School of Music

Attorney Dani Oliva discusses legal considerations and starting points for artists. Hosted by the CalArts Center for Life and Work and School of Music course ‘Career Designs for Musicians’ with faculty Mads Falcone, this visiting artist event will include resources applicable to all artistic disciplines, with focus on some music-specific examples.

Bio:  Dani is a transgender, Canadian, artist advocate, speaker, and music attorney with over 20 years of experience helping talent creators thrive in the music business. Dani was the VP of Business and Legal Affairs for Suzy Ryoo and Troy Carter’s music company Venice. In addition, Dani founded Oliva Law Group, P.C. in 2017 and since has worked through business, legal, and administrative issues with his clients. Dani’s clients range from GRAMMY Award Winners, Billboard Hot 100 #1 charting songwriters to music merchandising companies.  In 2022, Dani received a platinum record (triple platinum in Canada) for his legal work on Ariana Grande’s 2x Grammy nominated album “Positions” on behalf of client JustAcoustic. Dani also worked with  “DOMi” of two-time 2023 GRAMMY nominated “DOMi and JD Beck” signed to Eight-Time GRAMMY winner Anderson .Paak’s new label in collaboration with Universal APESHIT, Inc. Dani also recently worked on the music for Mattel's recent season of "Monster High" on Nickelodeon.