Maryland Code, Commercial Law § 11-1501

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Performing group” means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of a recording group.

(c) “Recording group” means a vocal or instrumental group with at least one member who has:

(d) “Sound recording” means a work that results from the fixation on a material object of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds regardless of the nature of the material object, such as a disk, tape, or other phonorecord, in which the sounds are embodied.