All you need to know about the music business
"Dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half a million copies sold. Now with updates explainin...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2023.
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| Edition: | Eleventh edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- First steps
- Part I. Your team of advisors. How to pick a team ; Personal managers ; Business managers ; Attorneys ; Agents
- Part II. Record deals. Broad-strokes overview of the record business ; Advances and recoupment ; Real-life numbers ; Other major deal points ; Producer and mixer deals ; Advanced royalty computations ; Advanced record deal points ; Independent production, label, and distribution deals
- Part III. Songwriting and music publishing. Copyright basics ; Publishing companies and major income sources ; Even more publishing income ; Songwriter, co-publishing, and administration deals ; Advanced copyright concepts ; Even more advanced copyright concepts
- Part IV. Group issues. Groups ; What's in a name?
- Part V. Touring. Personal appearances : touring
- Part VI. Merchandising. Tour merchandising ; Retail, direct to consumer (D2C) merchandising, and fan clubs
- Part VII. Classical music. Classical music
- Part VIII. Motion picture music. Overview of motion picture music ; Performer deals ; Film songwriter deals ; Composer agreements ; Licensing existing recordings and existing songs for motion pictures ; Music supervisors ; Soundtrack record deals
- Appendix: Ye olde royalty calculations.
