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Search - All You Need To Know About the Music Business: 6th Edition

All You Need To Know About the Music Business 6th Edition
Author: Donald S. Passman

For fifteen years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive, essential guide to the music industry. Now in its sixth edition, it has been completely revised and updated with crucial, up-to-the-minute information on the industry's major changes in response to today's rapid technological ... more »advances and uncertain economy. Veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is in the thick of this transformation and understands that anyone involved in the music business is feeling the deep, far-reaching effects of it. This latest edition of what the Los Angeles Times called "the industry bible" will lead novices and experts alike through the fundamental practices as well as the new, uncharted territory of one of this country's most dynamic industries.In the music business, the key to success lies in knowing how to protect yourself. To do that, you need the best and most up-to-date advice available. Whether you are -- or aspire to be -- a performer, writer, or executive, Passman's comprehensive guide to the legal and financial aspects of the music world is an indispensable tool. Drawing on his unique professional experience as one of the most trusted advisors in the industry, Passman offers authoritative information on how to:

Select and hire a winning team of advisors -- personal and business managers, agents, and attorneys -- and structure their commissions, percentages, and fees in a way that will protect you and maximize these relationships
Master the big picture and the finer points of record deals
Navigate the ins and outs of songwriting, music publishing, and copyrights
Maximize concert, touring, and merchandising deals

This latest edition also includes information on:

Music downloads, webcasting, streaming-on-demand, and podcasting
The new video streaming services
How royalties are computed in the digital age
The latest developments in deals with independent labels, including upstream deals
Updates on all the traditional industry matters, such as royalties, advances, video budgets, and copyright law

In All You Need to Know About the Music Business, one of the industry's most influential figures shows you how to thrive in the most exciting business in the world. It's a book that no musician, entertainment lawyer, agent, promoter, publisher, manager, record company executive -- anyone who makes their living from music -- can afford to be without.

ISBN-13: 9780743293181
ISBN-10: 0743293185
Publication Date: 11/14/2006
Pages: 464
Edition: 6th
Rating:

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Publisher: Free Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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