12/20 (Fri) 11:21 Juichi Morishige (61), vocalist of rock band Ziggy, updated his blog by the 20th. He revealed that he was having trouble with his former agency, Rockguild, with whom he had terminated his exclusive contract. Morishige reported on his blog the following day that Ziggy’s tour ended on the 13th, and said, “Thank you so much to everyone who supported me! Ziggy will cease activities for a while after the 31st of December.” “I can’t imagine a situation with any better members than we have now, so once we can clear up all the issues with the members’ schedules, I’d like to perform live again,” he said, showing his enthusiasm for resuming band activities. He also reported, “Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of Morishige Juichi’s solo debut, and I have reviewed my contract with Rock Guild. To put it simply, I’m now effectively a freelancer. I will accept work offers personally.” The agency also announced on their former Twitter account, “We would like to inform you that Morishige Juichi, who is affiliated with our company, will terminate his management contract with us on December 31, 2024. “We have been in discussions with Morishige Juichi about his direction for some time, and on December 4th, we received a request from Morishige himself and his staff, and have now decided to terminate the management contract by mutual agreement,” the company reported, adding, “We have been grateful for his support over the past 23 years, seven years as a tour staff member and 16 years in management. I will miss him because we were together like family, but I will help out where I can, so please take care of Morishige,” he said, suggesting that the contract had ended amicably. However, in a post on the 19th, Morishige mentioned that Ziggy’s scheduled live concert to be held in Tokyo on the 31st of this month, “the concert will not be happening,” and wrote, “I’m really pissed about what I said with the president, so I’m sorry but I’m not going. I’ll be doing solo work. You don’t even get a pension, do you? Don’t mess with me, kid.” In a subsequent post, he pleaded, “Please refund my tickets quickly. I don’t want to do anything as part of the Rock Guild’s management, so please cancel the end-of-year live show as well. I have been sending LINE messages to the president about this matter since quite early on, but he has not even read them. Depending on the circumstances, I may cancel my January storage as well. Please deal with this as soon as possible.” He also reiterated that in addition to alcoholism he suffers from “recurrent depressive disorder” and has been certified as a “class 3 mentally disabled person,” and made clear his distrust for his former agency, saying, “I terminated my exclusive contract with Rock Guild on the pretext of an agreement, but in situations like this I clearly feel there was a lack of legal consideration, so if necessary I will take appropriate action.” In a later post, he revealed that the reason for his anger was regarding the budget for live events.
Retirement benefits are simply savings made from your salary that your company invests and grows, so if you don’t save, you don’t get a retirement benefit.
>>45 It’s hard to say because some are on a salary system, but it’s probably close to being a take-all since it’s not specified. It costs money to manage royalties, management, sales, and booking adjustments.
If you’re not an employee but have a management contract as an independent business owner, you probably won’t get a severance pay. Well, I can’t really say anything for sure without hearing the details. Oh, and Gloria is a great pop rock song.
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