First steps -- How to pick a team -- Personal managers -- Business managers -- Attorneys -- Agents -- 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 -- Copyright basics -- Publishing companies and major income sources -- Secondary publishing income -- Songwriter deals -- Copublishing and administration deals -- Advanced copyright concepts -- Even more advanced copyright concepts -- Groups -- Personal appearances: touring -- Tour merchandising -- Retail merchandising -- Classical 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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