1. First Steps -- Part I Your Team of Advisors -- 2. How to Pick a Team -- 3. Personal Managers -- 4. Business Managers -- 5. Attorneys -- 6. Agents -- Part II Record Deals -- 7. Broad-Strokes Overview of the Record Business -- 8. Advances and Recoupment -- 9. Real-Life Numbers -- 10. Other Major Deal Points -- 11. Producer and Mixer Deals -- 12. Advanced Royalty Computations -- 13. Advanced Record Deal Points -- 14. Loan-out, Independent Production, Label, and Distribution Deals -- Part III Songwriting and Music Publishing -- 15. Copyright Basics -- 16. Publishing Companies and Major Income Sources -- 17. Secondary Publishing Income -- Bonus Section! -- 18. Songwriter Deals -- 19. Copublishing and Administration Deals -- 20. Advanced Copyright Concepts -- 21. Even More Advanced Copyright Concepts -- Part IV Group Issues -- 22. Group -- Part V Touring -- 23. Personal Appearances--Touring -- Part VI Merchandising -- 24. Tour Merchandising -- 25. Retail Merchandising -- Part VII Classical Music -- 26. Classical Music -- Part VIII Motion Picture Music -- 27. Overview of Motion Picture Music -- 28. Performer Deals -- 29. Film Songwriter Deals -- 30. Composer Agreements -- 31. Licensing Existing Recordings and Existing Songs -- 32. Music Supervisors -- 33. Soundtrack Album Deals.
Summary:
"For more than twenty years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now in its ninth edition, this latest edition leads novices and experts alike through the crucial, up-to-the-minute information on the industry's major changes in response to today's rapid technological advances and uncertain economy,"--Amazon.com.
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