Music-Business Aspects

Since 2001, the U.S. Department of State has been sending hip hop artists abroad to perform and teach as goodwill ambassadors. There are good reasons for this: hip hop is known and loved across the globe, acknowledged and appreciated as a product of American...

(Berklee Press). Top songwriters know that to make it in today's music business, you need to understand music publishing. Whether you are an independent songwriter or a music business entrepreneur, this book will help you set up a publishing company so that you can...

The engrossing, insightful, and personal musical odyssey of Peter Shapiro, perhaps the most notable independent concert promoter since Bill Graham Peter Shapiro is the best known and most influential concert promoter of his generation. He owned the legendary Wetlands in Tribeca and has gone...

That's the plan. You set the level of success to your heart's desire! Whether your goal is to get one sync placement and simply hear your music on your favorite TV show or rise all the way up to full blown superstardom or maybe...

Most people looking at the music industry as a career only think of artist, producer, and engineer, but there are a multitude of other exciting options that offer financial security and keep you close to the music you love. The Best Jobs in the...

What 'live music' means for one generation or culture does not necessarily mean 'live' for another. This book examines how changes in economy, culture and technology pertaining to post-digital times affect production, performance and reception of live music. Considering established examples of live music,...

This essential and highly acclaimed guide, now updated and revised in its eighth edition, explains the business of the British music industry.Drawing on her extensive experience as a media lawyer, Ann Harrison offers a unique, expert opinion on the deals, the contracts and the...

Production Management in Live Music: Managing the Technical Side of Touring in Today's Music Industry is a handbook for the aspiring production manager looking to forge a career in the live music industry.　 This book outlines the role that a production manager performs and...

Researching Live Music offers an important contribution to the emergent field of live music studies. Featuring paradigmatic case studies, this book is split into four parts, first addressing perspectives associated with production, then promotion and consumption, and finally policy. The contributors to the book...

Talent alone is never enough to make one a superstar in the music business. Artists should familiarise themselves with the entire music business value chain to be able to realise your dreams and get the return on investment they desire and deserve. This book...

Do you dream of making a six-figure income with your music?Would you like to leave your job and be a full-time, touring musician? This book will show you how. I spent almost three decades making my living as a professional musician - playing over...

"How Not to get F'd as an Entrepreneur with a Dream" is an informative how-to book about bringing your dreams to fruition. Tony M Fountain aka TMF Precha, Founder and EIC of Now Entertainment walks you through the entertainment industry's ins-and-outs, what to do...

In-text URLs can be accessed via the "Features" tab of the publisher's website.Conductors face a multitude of hurdles as they strive to obtain a foothold in the professional world. Once they have attained a position, there are obstacles both on and off the podium...

This book explores how independent film and music artists and labels use crowdfunding and where this use places crowdfunding in the contemporary system of cultural production. It complements an analysis of independence in film and music with the topic of crowdfunding as a firmly...

In 2013, Remi Harris set out to answer the question asked by so many independent musicians and music businesses - "How can I get funding?". In this innovative book she explores the hidden drivers behind the funding problem in the music industry, and explains...

CHEAP PROTECTION: COPYRIGHT HANDBOOK FOR SCREENPLAYS is a MUST-HAVE practical and reference book for any veteran or budding writer and screenwriter, filmmaker, producer, director, actor, film student or film teacher to protect the rights, including copyright, in and to screenplays. Follow the step-by-step guides...

If you're like most indie artists, you kind of hate music promotion. Yeah, you do it. But too often it feels like a collection of used-car sales tactics, and on top of that, it usually doesn't work.It shouldn't be that way. What if promotion...

Everyone loves music, so marketers want great tracks for their campaigns. Buying music is complex and few marketers or agencies truly understand how to broker licences with the music business. MUSIC RIGHTS WITHOUT FIGHTS will empower brand marketers and their procurement colleagues to: Understand...

Liza Carbe and Jean-Pierre Durand bring together more than 30 years of hands-on touring, composition and production know-how to their new music business coaching program, "Thrive and Survive in the Music Business." The co-founders of the "world guitar" group Incendio show you how to...

Digital music streaming radically changed the record and music industry. As a musician, you need to master the concepts and strategies involved in marketing your label. This guide will show you how.The digital era revolutionized the method of marketing for brands, products, and services....

On a monthly basis, Bandcamp on average pays out 16 million dollars a month to artists and labels. If that isn't impressive enough since launching Bandcamp, it has paid artists $525 million as of June 2020. That's half a billion dollars straight to artists...

The Touring Musician helps performers at all levels of experience to take control of their careers. Packed with practical information, this invaluable handbook guides musicians in applying sound business practices to band travel by evaluating assets, creating an action plan, researching, negotiating, and booking...

The Mobile DJ Handbook, Second Edition continues to be an excellent guide for novice and experienced DJs looking to build a successful career as the owner-operator of a mobile disc jockey service. Complete with practical tips, expert advice, and creative strategies, this book serves...

Since the 1990s the cruise industry has become one of the largest employers of musicians in the world. Thousands of professional musicians work on cruise ships daily, entertaining millions of passengers. Cruisicology: The Music Culture of Cruise Ships provides the first in-depth account of...

Popular music in the twenty-first century is increasingly divided into niche markets. How do fans, musicians, and music industry executives define their markets' boundaries? What happens when musicians cross those boundaries? What can Christian music teach us about commercial popular music? In God Rock,...

Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music, where a love song dedication can cost 6,000 dollars and a simple name check can trade for 500 or 600 dollars. Tracing this system of prestige through networks...

What 'live music' means for one generation or culture does not necessarily mean 'live' for another. This book examines how changes in economy, culture and technology pertaining to post-digital times affect production, performance and reception of live music. Considering established examples of live music,...

The Musician's Lifeline by Peter Erskine and Dave Black represents the combined opinions of the authors and their knowledge gained through their lives in music. In addition, it includes advice from 150 of the best musicians---such as Gordon Goodwin, Nathan East, Janis Siegel, Christian...

Dancehall: it's simultaneously a source of raucous energy in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica; a way of life for a group of professional artists and music professionals; and a force of stability and tension within the community. Electronically influenced, relevant to urban Jamaicans, and...

Turn your music teaching into a profit machine.With 40 years experience operating her own music teaching business, Wendy was the obvious choice for others to go to when they were looking for help with their own music school.Now international author, music teacher, trainer, examiner,...

Are you a voice teacher who isn't making what you know you are worth?Are your competitors taking your ideal students and leaving you behind?Have you imagined making a significant passive income and want to know how to get started?If you are a voice teacher...

If Your In The Music Business, Read ThisToday you need to view yourself through the new rules of the music industry. Those who play by them will succeed. Gone are the old days where you would hope to get signed and then become a...

How do I book more live shows? You know you have the talent to impress an audience, but find yourself with too few gigs. Wouldn't it be great to know exactly what venues are looking for? In Get the Gig, gain step-by-step insight that...

Famed entertainment attorney, Ben McLane, Esq. lays out a straightforward summation of the ten most important, popular music business concepts for artists and their teams to understand, by breaking them down into a digestible, and easy to absorb format. The subjects Ben covers include...

New 2nd Edition Updated with current information and new helpful tips For many mobile DJs, taking the first steps into the lighting world can be confusing. Which type of fixtures should you buy? What kind of light stand should you use? How does DMX...

If you've ever felt the blues, sang the blues, or simply love rhythm and blues, Dr. Syleecia Thompson's tell-all book will make you appreciate this nearly 70-year-old music genre even more. This insider's narration reveals the dark side of the industry and what an...

As a constantly evolving and developing industry, the music business environment continues to establish new standards in terms of operational efficiency, dynamics between the different parties involved in the professional cycles, and constructing and performing methodologies in the process of achieving the desired results...

A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming a Successful Artist with tactical and strategic guidance. A how-to with personal anecdotes and experiences to reinforce the techniques and guidance.Author: Andrae AlexanderISBN-10: 1947041193ISBN-13: 9781947041196Publisher: Running Wild PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/2018Pages: 158Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.34d

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"Business of Music Do This First" is a handbook of Music Business 101 items you must do first. This guide explains the music business, social media, radio play, and radio charting along with music industry award show eligibility.Knowledge of the music industry helps you...

"If I had a name like Wyndham Wallace I would not associate or correspond with anyone with a simple name like mine. However, since you have lowered yourself to such depths, how can my old Indian heart (west not east) not respond favourably." -...

Runaway Dreams tells the story of brothers Pat, John and Tommy McManus who, as Mama's Boys, wrote their own chapter in the history of rock music. From a farmhouse in Derrylin, Northern Ireland, and a family steeped in the traditions of Irish folk music,...

Get Your Songs On TV and in Movies Every time a reality star wrestles a crocodile or slaps their best friend on TV, a song is playing. Whenever an actor or actress turns the radio dial in a movie, a song is playing. That...

The full story of one of country music's most influential record labels The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built is the first book entirely dedicated to one of the most influential music labels of the twentieth century. In addition to creating the...

"Music is simply the soul boiling over into sound. When you produce with this in mind, there is no way you'll ever miss the mark." Curtiss King: Producer. Rapper. Mentor to thousands of aspiring artists and entrepreneurs through his YouTube channel. His production credits...

This is a fascinating inside story about one prolific songwriter's experience working for the famed Motown Records and directly with Motown's founder Berry Gordy. It is an interesting look into the actual contracts between Mr. Gordy and his talented ""family"" of musicians told by...

For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the modern recording industry, from an author who has been writing about it for more than ten years. With unparalleled access to those intimately involved in...

From the first Tin Pan Alley tunes to today's million-view streaming hits, pop songs have been supported and influenced by an increasingly complex industry that feeds audience demand for its ever-evolving supply of hits. Harvey Rachlin investigates how music entered American homes and established...

The Enterprising Musician's Guide to Performer Contracts is a plain-language guide to the two most commonly used contracts in the music industry: presenters' engagement (gig) contracts and artist-management contracts. It dissects these contracts to inform and protect a musician's rights and help them get...

"Break into the Scene gets right to the point - a successful musician is more than a top-notch performer. Seth's book is an efficient, entertaining guide to all of the tools necessary to create your musical career." Paul Bryan, Dean of Students and Faculty...