All you need to know about the music business /
Donald S. Passman ; illustrations by Randy Glass.
- 6th ed.; [rev. and updated]
- New York : Free Press, c2006.
- xxii, 440 p. : ill. ;
Includes index.
Your team of advisors -- How to pick a team -- Personal managers -- Business managers -- Attorneys -- Agents -- Record deals -- Broad-strokes overview of the record business -- Advances and recoupment -- Real-life numbers -- Other major deal points -- Producer and mixer deals -- Advanced record deal points -- Advanced royalty computations -- Loan-out, independent production, label, and distribution deals -- Songwriting and music publishing -- Copyright basics -- Publishing companies and major -- Secondary publishing income -- Songwriter deals -- Copublishing and administration deals -- Advanced copyright concepts -- Even more advanced copyright concepts -- Group issues -- Groups -- Touring -- Personal appearances-touring -- Merchandising -- Tour merchandising -- Retail merchandising -- Classical music -- Classical music -- 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 album deals.
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Music trade--United States. Music--Economic aspects--United States. Copyright--Music--United States. Popular music--Writing and publishing.