A Music Business Primer

A Music Business Primer
Author: Diane Sward Rapaport
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Featuring articles written by music industry professionals, this comprehensive primer guides readers through every aspect of the music business.Covers all aspects of the music industry ranging from songwriting, recording, and performing, to copyright law, record labels, marketing and promotion, and more.For musicians and future music professionals who want a comprehensive overview of the music industry.

All You Need to Know about the Music Business

All You Need to Know about the Music Business
Author: Donald S. Passman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2006
Genre: Copyright
ISBN: 0743293185

A guide to the music business and its legal issues provides real-world coverage of a wide range of topics, including teams of advisors, record deals, songwriting and music publishing, touring, and merchandising.

Artist Management for the Music Business

Artist Management for the Music Business
Author: Paul Allen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136123172

Allen prepares you for the realities of successfully directing the careers of talented performers in the high-risk, high-reward music business. You will learn to prepare yourself for a career in artist management - and then learn the tools to coach, lead, organize time, manage finances, market an artist, and carve out a successful career path for both yourself and your clients. The book features profiles of artist managers, an exclusive and detailed template for an artist career plan, and samples of major contract sections for artist management and record deals. Updated information including a directory of artist management companies is available at the book's companion website. A peer reviewer for Artist Management for the Music Business proclaimed ".this is going to be an excellent text. It contains many unique insights and lots of valuable information. This is essential reading for managers, students, and artists in the music business.

Mastering the Art of Performance

Mastering the Art of Performance
Author: Stewart Gordon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0195177436

This manual gives musicians and other performers practical insights on every aspect of performance. Through real life examples and pre-performance exercises, Gordon also offers detailed and workable suggestions for solving the issues and problems associated with live performance.

Music Business Made Simple

Music Business Made Simple
Author: J. Scott Rudsenske
Publisher: Schirmer G Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780825672958

At last, an entertainment attorney offers up the honest truth about becoming a successful recording artist. This book is packed with solid information geared toward anyone who wants to become a musician. It's a terrific primer for parents of kids who are clamoring for music lessons or permission to go to a college of music.The book is divvied up into manageable chapters: practicing, recording your first demo, creating a promo kit, finding a manager, playing a showcase, and much more. This is the first book in the Music Business Made Simple series. These easy-to-digest handbooks cover everything one needs to know about the music business. The second book in the series, Be Your Own Music Mogul: Launch an Independent Record Label will be published in Spring 2005.

R&B, Rhythm and Business

R&B, Rhythm and Business
Author: Norman Kelley
Publisher: Akashic Books
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781888451689

Given than hip hop music alone has generated more than a billion dollars in sales, the absence of a major black record company is disturbing. Even Motown is now a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group. Nonetheless, little has been written about the economic relationship between African-Americans and the music industry. This anthology dissects contemporary trends in the music industry and explores how blacks have historically interacted with the business as artists, business-people and consumers.

Thinking in Sync

Thinking in Sync
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735514703

"Thinking In Sync" is the perfect entry point into the world of synchronization for any musician, band, songwriter, manager, or music industry professional starting a career pitching music or interested in learning more about this unique and profitable area of the industry. With this book, experienced music supervisor Amanda Krieg Thomas aims not only to provide answers for many of the questions music supervisors are most often asked, but also the reasons behind those answers.