All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Eighth Edition Author: Donald S. Passman | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DL18NB8 | Format: PDF
All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Eighth Edition Description
“Any creative person who’s considering working in the music business should read this book.” —Jimmy Iovine, chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records
All You Need to Know About the Music Business has long been the leading resource for both novices and pros in the business aspects of making and selling music.
With file-sharing technologies and digital streaming services changing the landscape of the music business, it’s more important than ever for aspiring and established artists to be aware of the current laws, regulations, and business practices governing the industry—and how to use them to best advantage.
In this latest edition, Donald Passman—the top entertainment lawyer in the country specializing in the music business—is your guide to making and selling music in the Digital Age. Fully updated, the eighth edition contains the most current information on creating, selling, sharing, and safeguarding your music in today’s rapidly-changing digital landscape.
Passman provides a clear, step-by-step path for artists in structuring commissions, fees, and percentages; negotiating contracts; common royalty agreements; getting the most out of touring, concert, and merchandising agreements; and more. This book is a must-have guide for anyone interested not just in making music, but making a living at it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A graduate of both the University of Texas and Harvard Law School, Donald S. Passman is a practicing lawyer specializing in the music business. During his thirty-year career, he has built a reputation as the most influential and knowledgeable legal expert in this field. As a lawyer with the Los Angeles firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, he has worked with industry clients including publishers, record labels, high-profile songwriters and musicians, industry executives, producers, managers, and major entertainment companies.
- File Size: 1888 KB
- Print Length: 514 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1451682468
- Publisher: RosettaBooks; 8th Edition edition (June 3, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DL18NB8
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,755 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Passman's book is one of the best. Bar-none it's the best music industry "starter's guide". Passman nails the big points, uses humor to explain difficult concepts, and even maps out the ways to read/engage it. The only downside? It's not "All You Need to Know" in the 21st century.
The book lacks depth on some key areas (to be frank, it'd be hard for one book could hold it all). More emphasis is put on deals that most artists will never see, while important elements like online video (YouTube), streaming models, "DIY" and the like that would have greater impact for the masses are less noticeable. It'd be great to see him supplement this in the next iteration (these are released every 3 years) and by then we'll probably be onto another outlet.
Must-read as a starter guide, just don't expect it to be "All You Need to Know". There's more to the industry than is contained therein.
By Alexander Holz
this was used as a text book in my college classes, given to me again to read at my first job at harry fox, and i'm now reading it for the 3rd time with the new updates. this is the best book out there if you want to know about the workings of the music industry.
By Chris
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