Erik Steigen is Director of the Publishing & Royalties Department at Provident Financial Management (Santa Monica, CA).  Provident is a leading U.S. business management firm with offices in San Francisco, Woodland Hills and Santa Monica, providing a variety of financial and strategic services for the entertainment community (www.rsmmcgladrey.com/provident).

Since his arrival at Provident in 2002, Steigen has established a successful royalty accounting and publishing administration business providing hands-on services for musicians, songwriters, music publishers, record companies, new media companies and entrepreneurs.  The department’s services include royalty accounting and licensing for record labels such as MySpace Records, New West Records and Hidden Beach Recordings; worldwide publishing administration for songwriters such as Lionel Richie, Albert Hammond, Don Felder and Trevor Rabin; third party participant accounting; royalty statement desk audits; sound recording performance royalty collection (neighboring rights); financial due diligence for copyright owners selling their publishing catalogs; and creative exploitation of copyrights.  In addition, Steigen provides strategic and advisory services for businesses in the digital space, including the mobile re-creation music studio ZOOZMobile.  Steigen thrives on creating opportunities and finding new revenue streams for his clients.  His ability to speak the creative language of musicians and artists combined with his business acumen has proven to be a successful combination for his clients. 

Steigen is a former national board member of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) and has been a guest speaker for the Entertainment Studies Division at UCLA, as well as panelist and moderator on various music industry panels.

Biography

Steigen grew up in Bergen, Norway.  After serving in the Norwegian Air Force, he studied comparative politics at the University of Bergen followed by a year of music studies at Bergen Teacher's College.  He was subsequently accepted to Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA), from which he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Professional Music Degree in 1996.  Steigen relocated to Los Angeles for a paid internship in the recording administration department at MCA Records in Universal City, CA (now part of Universal Music Group).  After five months with MCA, he was offered a Legal Assistant position with the boutique entertainment law firm of Lenard & Gonzalez (Los Angeles, CA) where he quickly took on Music Paralegal responsibilities and specialized in publishing administration, music clearance and licensing as well as due diligence for catalog acquisitions and IPO's.  In May of 2002, Steigen began his career with Provident Financial Management where he has been in charge of the Publishing & Royalties Department since 2004.