Inside the Music Industry: Creativity, Process, and Business - Softcover

Fink, Michael

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9780028707648: Inside the Music Industry: Creativity, Process, and Business

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ISBN 10: 0028707648 ISBN 13: 9780028707648

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

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Inside the Music Industry: Creativity, Process, and Business examines every aspect of the music industry, exploring the ways the business has changed, from electronic media and digital recording technology, to changes in copyright law.

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Preface and Acknowledgments. PART ONE: MUSIC IN RECORDING AND ENTERTAINMENT. 1. The Record Business: History and Musical Trends. 2. Songs: Songwriting, Publishing, Copyright, and Performing Rights. 3. Records: Producing, Recording, Manufacturing, and Marketing. 4. The Recording Artist's World. PART TWO: MUSIC AND MEDIA. 5. Radio: History and Musical Trends. 6. Music in Broadcasting: Radio and Video. 7. Dramatic Music: Films and Television. 8. Music Criticism and Journalism. PART THREE: MUSIC IN BUSINESS SETTINGS. 9. Business Music. 10. The Retail Music Store. PART FOUR: MUSIC IN THEATRICAL AND CONCERT TRADITIONS. 11. American Music Theater: History and Musical Trends. 12. Musical Shows: Creation, Production, Business. 13. American Concert Life and Opera: History and Musical Trends. 14. Arts Management: Symphony Orchestras and Opera Companies. Further Reading. Glossary. Index.

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"Organized in an accessible format, the book helps readers at all levels better understand the commercial music world."—Music Educator’s Journal

In its first edition this book won the 1990 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. The second edition examines every aspect of the music industry, exploring the ways the business has changed in the years since the previous edition, including compact discs, digital recording technology, and changes in copyright law.

Michael Fink is associate professor of music at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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