Music, money and success: the insider's guide to Making Money in the Music Busines is the industry bible and the ultimate guide to making money in the music business. Music is a business of money, contracts, decisions and making the most of every opportunity. To succeed - to make money - to have a career - you have to know what you are doing in both music and business.

This indispensable reference is written by industry insiders todd brabec, Vice President of Business Affairs, and Jeff Brabec, Entertainment Law Attorney and former ASCAP Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Membership, Educator, Chrysalis Music Publishing. This invaluable book tells you how the business works, bmi and sesac, interactive toys and dolls, television, record sales, ringtones and ringbacks, Broadway, scoring contracts and synch licenses, video games, new media, downloads and streams, music publishing, what you must know to succeed, ASCAP, and how much money you can make in films, advertising, foreign countries and much more.

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All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Ninth Edition

The music industry is in the eye of the storm, when everyone in the business is scrambling to figure out what’s going to happen to the major labels and what it will mean for the careers of artists and business professionals. No musician, agent, promoter, publisher, songwriter, entertainment lawyer, manager, or record company executive—anyone who makes their living from music—can afford to be without All You Need to Know About the Music Business.

Now in its ninth edition, this latest edition leads novices and experts alike through the crucial, up-to-the-minute information on the industry’s major changes in response to today’s rapid technological advances and uncertain economy. He offers timely, and copyrights; maximize concert, songwriting, touring, publishing, authoritative information from how to select and hire a winning team of advisors and structure their commissions and fees; navigate the ins and outs of record deals, and merchandising deals; understand the digital streaming services; and how to take a comprehensive look at the rapidly transforming landscape of the music business as a whole.

The industry bible” los angeles times, lawyers, essential for anyone in the music business—musicians, publishers, promoters, agents, executives, now updated, songwriters, and managers—trying to navigate the rapid transformation of the industry. For more than twenty years, all you Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry.

As adam levine, lead singer and guitarist of Maroon 5, says, “If you want to be in music, you have to read this book. Simon Schuster. Whether you are—or aspire to be—a performer, writer, or executive, veteran music lawyer Donald Passman’s comprehensive guide is an indispensable tool.

Artist Management for the Music Business

This book gives you access to resources about artist management and the music business at its companion website, http://www. Artistmanagementonline. Com. There is no login, and the resources are updated regularly. Simon Schuster. It includes interviews and case studies with examples of real-world management issues and outcomes.

The book is full of valuable practical insights. Anyone managing an artist’s career needs to be well versed and have a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business. Artist management for the music Business gives you a comprehensive view of how to generate income through music and how to strategically plan for future growth.

You’ll learn how and why those moving parts "move, " as well as how to manage and navigate a music-based career. Updates to this new edition include the importance of online streaming to music careers, ways to identify and manage income sources, tools for successful negotiation, how anyone can effectively network, and guidance on the ever-changing social media landscape of the music business.

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The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing: What You Need to Know About Protecting and Profiting from Music Copyrights, 3rd Edition

Since the publication of the first edition in 2005, The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing has emerged as the premier guide to the subject. Book. Simon Schuster. With sufficient depth to be used as a text at major college music industry programs including UCLA, NYU and Northeastern, the book also remains simple and clear enough for the lay songwriter to gain a crucial understanding of musical copyrights and licensing basics.

. To wit, the second edition garnered 33 customer reviews on Amazon. Com, with a rating of 4. 8 out of 5 possible stars. In this expanded and updated third edition, with a foreword by tom petty, the impact of copyright terminations and reversions, the growing importance of streaming and subscription models, a discussion of new compulsory license media, the author adds greater depth to such increasingly important topics as the rapidly shifting industry paradigms, updated advice on current license prices, as well as all the basics of copyright and rights management.

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This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts

Concert promoters and tour managers at every level need to know This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring Simon Schuster. Billboard Books. Working with venues, booking, promoting, financial management, personnel, publicity, public relations, marketing, and much more are covered in this indispensable one-volume resource.

The only book that looks at the business of concert promotion. This business of concert promotion and touring is the first to focus on that all-important business aspect, to organizing the show, from creating a show, to selling a show, to staging the show. Concerts are part art, part party—and a big part business.

And the ideas and techniques explained here can be used for every type of concert promotion, club gigs, including college shows, artist showcases, as well as major events handled by local promoters, nationwide promoters, and worldwide promoters.

Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail

Berklee expert speaks on how to market and distribute your songs and group. Billboard Books. Step by step, you will develop an active marketing plan and timeline tailored to your unique strengths and budget. Sell more music! learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians, leveraging the important changes and opportunities that the digital age has brought to music marketing.

This multifaceted and integrated approach will help you to develop an effective worldwide marketing strategy. Simon Schuster. Berklee Press. You will learn to time your marketing campaign effectively, both at brick-and-mortar and online options, publicize your music to traditional print outlets and emerging online opportunities, satellite, understand the current opportunities for online, such as iTunes, and terrestrial radio play as well as navigate various retail and distribution options, Rhapsody, and other services.

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Music Copyright Law

Avoiding the technical jargon and "lawyerspeak" that bogs down other books on the subject, the book explores the world of copyright law and hones in on how it applies to music. Once the fundamentals are established, coverage expands to include controversies involving copyright and music in the digital age and the debates over online music.

Simon Schuster. Billboard Books. Packed with practical examples that bring complex concepts to life, this book is a must-have for any professional in or entering music business. It begins by building a foundational knowledge of the fundamentals of copyright law, what it protects, the benefits of registering a copyright, and what to do when copyright has been infringed.

Gain an in-depth understanding of a topic that is vital to the success of anyone in or entering the music industry, with MUSIC COPYRIGHT LAW. From songwriters and performers to managers, producers, and agents - everyone is affected by the issues covered in this book.

Record Label Marketing: How Music Companies Brand and Market Artists in the Digital Era

Billboard Books. The robust companion website, focalpress. Com/cw/macy, exercises, features weblinks, and suggestions for further reading. Armed with this book, concepts, you’ll master the jargon, and language to understand how music companies brand and market artists in the digital era. As with previous editions, the third edition is accessible for readers new to marketing or to the music business.

. Fully updated to reflect current trends in the industry, music business students, this edition is designed to benefit marketing professionals, and independent artists alike. Instructor resources include PowerPoint lecture outlines, a test bank, and suggested lesson plans. The book addresses classic marketing concepts while providing examples that are grounded in industry practice.

Focal Press. Record label marketing, Third Edition is the essential resource to help you understand how recorded music is professionally marketed. Simon Schuster. An exploration of the varieties of branding with particular attention paid to the impact of branding to the artist and the music business in a new chapter contributed by Tammy Donham, former Vice President of the Country Music Association.

An in-depth look at soundScan and other big data matrices used as tools by all entities in the music business. Features new to this edition include: social media strategies including step-by-step tactics used by major and independent labels are presented in a new section contributed by Ariel Hyatt, owner of CYBER PR.

Take Care of Your Music Business Second Edition The Legal and Business Aspects You Need to Know To 3. 0

Billboard Books. Featuring the 360 degree deal and the emerging Digital Age with information for the recording artist, songwriters, record company executives, managers, producers, accountants and attorneys. Simon Schuster. Focal Press. A must have reference for anyone who is serious about their music business.

Take care of your music business, Second Edition is the much anticipated installation from the expert in the field of entertainment law. Includes samples of the most-used industry contracts with easy-to-read split page analysis, fine points on options for business, royalty and accounting information and the author's 'keys to success' in the world of entertainment.

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Clearance & Copyright, 4th Edition: Everything You Need to Know for Film and Television

Simon Schuster. Silman-James Press. Clearance and copyright is the industry-standard guide to almost every conceivable rights issue that filmmakers, videomakers, television producers, and Internet content creators might encounter. From the initial acquisition of material through the rights issues that arise during preproduction, production, and release, updated, postproduction, this legalese-free guide--now extensively revised, and expanded--will help you protect yourself and your work from disastrous legal actions.

Among this edition's new features are links to 25 downloadable contracts and 50 illustrative film clips. Michael C. Her primary focus is on representing independent filmmakers. Billboard Books. He has been called the obi-Wan Kenobi of Fair Use by the American Bar Association Journal. Lisa A. Donaldson is a los angeles-based, entertainment lawyer with more than 45 years of experience in copyright and entertainment issues.

. Callif was named by the daily journal as one of the Top 100 Women Lawyers in California 2014. Focal Press.

Music Industry Forms: The 75 Most Important Documents for the Modern Musician Music: Business

Simon Schuster. Berklee Guide. Organize and manage your music projects! whether you are a performer, diagrams, or music maker, checklists, writer, manager, educator, these time-tested charts, engineer, plots, and agreements will help make your work easier and better. These forms will help you clarify your work, track critical details, and maintain quality control.

You will find forms for: * performance, tour budget, to help you manage recording sessions, project management tools, supporting both creative and business dimensions of the work split sheets, to help you book, booking request sheets * Touring tour itinerary, and financial management booking sheets, assets inventory * Technology, organize, and manage concerts and gigs stage plots, set lists, track gear, spotting notes, lesson plan Also included are different types of notation formats, and label media archive sheets, checklist, take sheets * Writing songs, mic input diagrams, compositions and film scores, practice log, cue sheets * Business, profit/loss form * Teaching audition rating sheet, including agreements, and some tips for creating your own forms.

Focal Press. Billboard Books. Each one includes explanation about how it is used, a key to related symbols and terms, and any common variations. Silman-James Press.