Music Is Your Business: A FourFront Music Marketing Handbook

ISBN-10: 0974342009
ISBN-13: 9780974342009
Category: Music trade
Pages: 179
Language: English
Published: 2003-01-01
Publisher: Fourfront Media and Music
Author: Christopher Knab

Description

This book takes the mystery out of the music business! An essential handbook for independent musicians and record labels, it empowers you to market and promote your music--whether you're an experienced performer or just starting out. Find out "who does what" in the music business, and get your career on track with help from music industry veteran Christopher Knab.In the honest, no nonsense style of Christopher's long running and wildly popular web column, "Indie 2003," the book's topics include, Con Jobs: Watch Out for the Flim-Flam Man, Ten Reasons Why Musicians Fail, (and How Not To), Online E-Music Retailing, What A&R Reps Do, and How Radio Stations and Record Labels Work Together. Samples of industry marketing documents include a distributor one-sheet, a sample band tour and work schedule, a band bio, and much more.Legal chapters by entertainment law attorney Bartley F. Day include Filing Copyright Applications, Recording Contracts: the Basic Concepts, and Setting Up Your Own Music Publishing Company. Illustrated and indexed, "Music Is Your Business" is your guide through the complex world of the music industry.

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Music Is Your Business: The Musician's Fourfront Marketing and Legal...
- 2013
- 354 pages
- Paperback
- Fourfront Media and Music
Music is Your Business: The Musician's FourFront Strategy for Success
- 2007-01-01
- 267 pages
- Paperback
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