All You Need to Know About the Music Business - Hardcover

Passman, Donald S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439153019 ISBN 13: 9781439153017

Publisher: Free Pr, 2009

Synopsis

Since the advent of file-sharing technology in the late 1990s, the music industry has been challenged to reinvent itself. What has it done? How have the record labels repositioned themselves to cope with these massive changes? How does all this affect creative artists?

No one understands the music industry -- from the technology, to the legalities, to the new industry practices -- better than veteran music lawyer Donald Passman. In this completely revised and updated seventh edition of All You Need to Know About the Music Business, which the Los Angeles Times called "the industry bible" and which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies over the last eighteen years, Passman offers executives and artists, experts and novices alike the essential information they need not only to survive in these volatile and exciting times, but also to thrive.

Drawing on his unique, up-to-the-minute experience as one of the most trusted advisors in the industry, Passman offers new information on:

- The new 360 model of record deals, wherein record companies share in nonrecord revenue

- The Copyright Royalty Board's latest decisions regarding online transmissions

- The developing customs on new technologies such as streaming on demand, ringtones, and digital downloads

- Updates on recording and publishing deals, as well as film music

He also gives guidance on fundamental issues, such as how to:

- Select and hire a winning team of advisors -- personal and business managers, agents, and attorneys -- and structure their commissions, percentages, and fees in a way that will protect you and maximize these relationships

- Master the big picture and the finer points of record deals

- Navigate the ins and outs of songwriting, music publishing, and copyrights

- Maximize concert, touring, and merchandising deals

Everyone in the business -- musicians, songwriters, entertainment lawyers, agents, promoters, publishers, managers, record company executives -- is scrambling to figure out what's going to happen in the future, and Passman is in the thick of these changes. Anyone interested in a music career will need this comprehensive and crucial guide to making it in one of the world's most dynamic industries.

About this title

Review:

The best book I know for somebody who wants to understand the music business (T. Bone Burnett)

The definitive text on the business of music written by the man the most talented artists in the world look to for advice (Ron Rubin, co-head of Columbia Records)

Should be required reading for anyone planning or enduring a career in the biz (Rolling Stone)

I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the music business (David Geffen)

An easy-to-understand overview of the complicated music business (Randy Newman)

I've spent ten years trying to get Don to open up like this to me. Never has he been so eloquent, so patient or so thorough (Tom Waits)

From the Back Cover:

'The industry bible' Los Angeles Times

In recent years the music industry has changed profoundly. Everyone in the business has had to adapt to the new filesharing technology, whether they're a record-company executive or a creative artist.

No one understands the industry and the changes it's undergone better than lawyer Donald Passman. For twenty years All You Need to Know about the Music Business has offered detailed advice to artists and executives, novices and experts alike on how to thrive in these volatile times.

This completely revised seventh edition sets out recent developments in record deals, copyright, new technologies and film music. It also offers unique advice on how to navigate your way through the ins and outs of songwriting, music publishing, merchandizing and performing. So whether you're a newcomer or an established professional musician, All You Need to Know about the Music Business is an essential companion.

'Required reading for anyone planning or enduring a career in the biz' Rolling Stone

''An easy-to-understand overview of the complicated music business' Randy Newman

'I highly recommend Don's book ... an indispensable work' Quincy Jones

SEVENTH EDITION

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1439153019
• ISBN 13: 9781439153017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 458
• Illustrator: Glass Randy