I.M.F.(International Managers Forum) Handbook: A Guide to Professional Music Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860742572 ISBN 13: 9781860742576

Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

With every passing year, the music business becomes more about business than music and for new bands, getting that break can depend as much on boardroom skills as musical ability . The crucial thing for any act is to get the right management, but so often the best managers are not available and those who are available are as inexperienced as the bands they represent.

But help is at hand in the shape of The IMF Handbook, the official guide from the International Managers Forum. Set up to represent and advise managers in the music business, the IMF offers legal, financial and technical advice to aspiring and fully fledged managers, dealing in such areas as copyright, recording and publishing contracts, training and education, government lobbying as well as tackling e-commerce and related issues affecting the modern music industry. In short, everything you need to know about managing an artist.

Written by key figures in the music industry, including the managers of some of the most successful acts in the world, plus top legal and financial experts, The IMF Handbook offers the definitive guide to band management. Whether it's tips on maximising your merchandising, negotiating record company contracts, understanding publishing deals or handling PR, The IMF Handbook has the information you need, including a full international directory of managers and music societies. If you're in the music business--or you want to be--can you afford to be without this book?

About this title

Synopsis

The official handbook of the International Managers Forum aims to establish a professional code of conduct for music managers. Informal yet thorough in its coverage of complex issues, it considers each aspect of management, such as contracts, the role of the producer, merchandising and touring.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860742572
• ISBN 13: 9781860742576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Allen Andy, Forbes Andrew, Hanlon Jef, Et Al