Music is Your Business

Author: Christopher Knab
Publisher: Christopher Knab
ISBN: 0974342033
Category : Music trade
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
This book takes the mystery out of the music business! "Music Is Your Business" tells you who does what in the music industry. Music industry veteran Christopher Knab's honest, no-nonsense information will empower you to market and promote your music--whether you're an experienced performer or just starting out. Learn how to attract distributors, get radio airplay, negotiate offers, and create a demand for your music with topics like Con Jobs: Watch Out for the Flim Flam Man, 10 Reasons Why Musicians Fail (and How Not To), What A&R Reps Do, and Online Music Retailing. Straight to the point legal chapters by entertainment attorney Bartley F. Day include Filing Copyright Applications, Trademarking Band Names, and Making Sense of Recording Industry Contracts. A sample distributor one-sheet, band tour and work schedule, band bio, and more! Newly revised, updated, and 100 pages longer, the 3rd edition of "Music Is Your Business" is essential for independent musicians and record labels.

The Musician's Business and Legal Guide

Author: Mark E. Halloran
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470

Book Description
Advises would-be musicians on getting started, obtaining copyrights, selecting managers, and related matters.

The Musician's Business and Legal Guide

Author: Mark Halloran
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134848846
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide provides vital information to help demystify the music business and the complex body of law that shapes it. This book answers such questions as how to protect name and copyright; what is and is not legal about sampling; what are the legal issues surrounding digital downloads and streaming; what are the jobs of managers, talent agents and publishers; what are common contractual relationship between independent and major labels. The new edition includes chapters not covered in depth by other books: social media law, TV talent shows, YouTube, and international copyright. As in previous editions, the book features clause-by-clause contract analyses for 360 record deals, music publishing, management, and producer agreements.

The Musician's Business and Legal Guide

Author: Mark Halloran
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134848919
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 660

The Musician's Business & Legal Guide

Author: Mark E. Halloran
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 504

Book Description
For courses in Overview of the Music Industry, Copyright and Publishing, Recording and Merchandising: Major and Independent Levels, Performing and Marketing Your Music, and Managers and Agents. Definitive in scope and written specifically for musicians and songwriters by top professionals currently working in the industry, this text demystifies the music business and the indecipherable body of law which shapes it, and provides substantive information on actual practices with clause-by-clause commentaries on all major contracts in the industry.

The Musician's Business & Legal Guide

Author: Mark E. Halloran
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
In this book, prominent entertainment lawyers and business experts provide understandable information on vital legal and business issues. To keep pace with changes in the music industry, this second edition has been completely revised and updated and six new chapters have been added: "Collaborator/Songwriter Agreements", "Contracts and Relationships Between Independent and Major Labels", "Mediation for Musicians", "Music and New Media", "Sampling: Legal Overview and Practical Guidelines", and "Using the Internet to Promote Your Music".

The Independent Filmmaker's Law and Business Guide

Author: Jon M. Garon
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1641604271
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
Today's independent and digital filmmaking demands a clear guide to the business and legal aspects of the art. What fundraising options are available to a filmmaker? When should a filmmaker establish a corporation or limited liability company? How do screenwriters protect their work? What are a director's legal obligations to the producer, cast, and crew--and what are their obligations in return? This indispensable resource addresses the legal, financial, and organizational questions that an independent or guerrilla filmmaker must face, and the problems that will doom a project if left unanswered. It demystifies issues such as founding a film company, obtaining financing, preparing a budget, securing locations, shooting, granting screen credits, and distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film. Newly updated and expanded, this third edition explores concepts such as integrating social media; crowd funding and nonprofit status funding; diversity, inclusion, and compensation equity; and distribution via streaming services. Appendixes provide sample contracts and riders, copyright circulars, Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, and more.

Music and Law

Author: Mathieu Deflem
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1783500379
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
This volume provides a timely discussion of legal issues involved with a variety of aspects of music and the music industry. Written by leading experts on music and law from around the world, the chapters offer unique social-science perspectives relevant to academics and policymakers alike.

Career Opportunities in the Music Industry

Author: Shelly Field
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816078017
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 393

Book Description
Praise for the previous edition: ..".a practical and concise guide...a valuable resource...recommended."--American Reference Books Annual

Music Business Handbook and Career Guide

Author: David Baskerville
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1544341199
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 658

Book Description
The Twelfth Edition of this powerhouse best-selling text maintains its tradition as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the music industry in all of its diversity. Readers new to the music business and seasoned professionals alike will find David and Tim Baskerville’s handbook the go-to source, regardless of their specialty within the music field. Music Business Handbook and Career Guide is ideal for introductory courses such as Introduction to the Music Business, Music and Media, and other survey courses as well as more specialized courses such as the record industry, music careers, artist management, and more. The fully updated Twelfth Edition includes a comprehensive discussion of the streaming revolution and its impact on all parts of the value chain, including composers, performing artists, publishers, and labels. The book also analyzes shifts in the competing platforms of consumption ranging from fast-shrinking physical formats and broadcasting to downloads and subscription services. This edition offers more vignettes than ever, illustrating how individuals in different industry roles advanced their careers, as well as how they’ve adjusted to the intertwining influences of technology, law, and culture.