Madison Smith

Madison Smith works at the intersection of music business, rights administration, creative operations, and legal affairs workflows within the entertainment industry.

In her work as a paralegal, she manages U.S. Copyright Office registration matters for clients across music, film, television, literary, photography, and visual arts industries, including preparation of registration materials, supporting documentation, and filing guidance. She conducts legal research involving copyright law, state and federal statutes, and multi-jurisdictional public records searches, including Secretary of State databases, licensing boards, USPTO records, and other intellectual property and business registration systems.

Madison drafts, redlines, and reviews a variety of agreements, including licensing, publishing, management, consulting, independent contractor, work-for-hire, assignment and ownership agreements, addenda, and demand letters across creative industries. She also supports pre-litigation and litigation-adjacent administrative matters through document review, file organization, and preparation of materials for attorney review, and assists with client and partner correspondence, document management, and general firm operations.

Madison is also the Founder and CEO of BleuMoon Music Group, LLC, an independent record label providing traditional label partnerships, administrative support, educational resources, and digital press for artists. Through this work, she manages catalog administration, metadata systems, royalty tracking, publishing splits, and distribution logistics, while overseeing registrations with the USCO, ASCAP, SoundExchange, The MLC, and other rights organizations. Similar to her paralegal work, she also drafts, redlines, and negotiates a wide range of intellectual property, rights, and ownership agreements for the label, including NIL, confidentiality, work-for-hire, co-ownership, licensing, venue release, studio services, third-party contributor, and internship agreements.

Outside of BleuMoon, Madison has supported companies and nonprofit organizations, including Head Bitch Music and MusicAnswers, in label services and distribution operations, creating and managing detailed metadata and release documentation and contributing to music rights advocacy initiatives that help independent creators better understand and manage their intellectual property and navigate composition and sound recording copyright, licensing, and royalty collection.