MUSIC BUSINESS 3RD ED, THE（ISBN=9780609810132）

　　The Must-Have Guide for Breaking into the Music Business Completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, The Music Business provides essential career advice and information on how to get started and advance in all areas of the music industry--from an author who's had careers in music as an artist and professor for more than two decades. This comprehensive volume gives you guidance and information on: - Starting your music career- The ins and outs of recording contracts- Record producing and music engineering - The distribution and sale of records- The Internet and MP3s, and their effects on the music industry- The latest computer programs- Copyright law- Composing music and songwriting- Music education- The international music industry- And much more . . . The Music Business is an indispensable reference for anyone who wants to begin a career in any of the industry's facets, as well as an invaluable aid to professional and would-be professional musicians alike.

　　The Must-Have Guide for Breaking
　　into the Music Business
　　Completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, The Music Business provides essential career advice and information on how to get started and advance in all areas of the music industry—from an author who’s had careers in music as an artist and professor for more than two decades. This comprehensive volume gives you guidance and information on:
　　· Starting your music career
　　· The ins and outs of recording contracts
　　· Record producing and music engineering
　　· The distribution and sale of records
　　· The Internet and MP3s, and their effects on the music industry
　　· The latest computer programs
　　· Copyright law
　　· Composing music and songwriting
　　· Music education
　　· The international music industry
　　· And much more
　　The Music Business is an indispensable reference for anyone who wants to begin a career in any of the industry’s facets, as well as an invaluable aid to professional and would-be professional musicians alike.

　　DICK WEISSMAN is a professional musician, recording artist, composer, and record producer. He currently teaches short classes and seminars, and he consults for the University of Denver, Scott-Anderson Associates in Kingston, Jamaica, the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, and various other organizations. He is also the author of Songwriting: The Words, the Music, and the Money and Making a Living in Your Local Music Market. He lives in Astoria, Oregon.

Introduction, or How I Got into the Music Business and Why I Wrote This Book
　How and Why I Wrote This Book
　Since I979
　In the Millennium
PART ONE / THE NUSIC BUSINESS
Records, Agents, Managers, Music Publishing,
Commercials, and Unions
　Getting Started
　Home Studios
　Videos
　Strategies for Leaving Town
2. Records
　Records Are the Vehicle
　Recording Contracts and How to Get Them
3. The Recording Process
　Selling the Demo
4. The Record Industrg: A Brief Historg
5. Record Companies
　Classical Records
　Specialty Records
6. The Record Producer
　Techno Pop and Regional Music Scenes
　Other Production Skills
7. Record Compang Contracts
　Controlled Composition Clauses
　Cross-Collateralization
　Other Ways to Get Record Deals
8. How Records Are Sotd and Distributed
　Promoting Records
9. Agents and Personat Managers
　Sunset
10. Husic PubUshing
　Music Publishing Contracts
　The Copyright Law
　Copyright Infringement
　Samples
　Licensing Agreements
　Songwriting Contests
11. Performing Rights Societies
　Source Licensing
12. Commerclats
13. Music Trade Papers
14. The American Federation of muslclans
　Other Unions
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Index