The Future of the Music Business: Music Pro Guides (Hal Leonard Music Pro Guides) (Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital) [Paperback]

Steve Gordon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2008 | Series: Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital

Updated classic on the ever-changing music industry. New technologies are revolutionizing the music business. While these changes may be smashing traditional business models, eroding CD sales, and creating havoc among the major record companies, they are also providing new opportunities for unsigned artists, independent labels, and music entrepreneurs. This book provides a legal and business road map as well as practical tips for people looking to sell music online, develop an online record company, create an Internet radio station, open an online music store, use peer-to-peer networks to promote and sell music, take advantage of wireless technologies, and much more. This revised 2nd edition is the most up-to-date and thorough examination of current trends. The accompanying CD-ROM includes an entire audio course as taught by the author at the New School for Social Research, plus hundreds of links to web resources, including continuous updates so this book will never be out of date.

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About the Author

Steve Gordon is an entertainment attorney. His clients include Microsoft. Steve served as Director of Business Affairs, TV/Video for Sony Music from 1991 to 2001. He is a frequent contributor of articles on entertainment and copyright law to Entertainment Law and Finance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 362 pages
• Publisher: Music Pro Guides; 2nd edition (October 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423454456
• ISBN-13: 978-1423454458
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #835,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Steve Gordon is an entertainment lawyer with over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry, as Director of Business Affairs for Sony Music and Lawyer for Atlantic and Elektra Records. Specializing in music, television, and video, Steve operates a music clearance service for producers and distributors of films, TV programs, documentaries and compilations. Steve has provided legal services to major companies such as MTV, Music Choice, Time Life Films, Microsoft, leading on-line media companies such as Pitchfork, and many independent artists, producers, managers, and entrepreneurs. Steve also serves as an expert witness in cases involving the music business and digital law. For a list of representative clients, please click here.

Steve is the author of The Future of the Music Business (Hal Leonard 3rd ed. 2011), which focuses on the rules pertaining to the music business and new business models made possible by the Internet. The book provides a legal and business roadmap to artists, entrepreneurs and music industry professionals for using today's technologies to succeed. A 3rd edition will be published by Hal Leonard this fall, and while completing the new edition Steve will host a blog, www.futureofthemusicbusiness.biz, that will highlight new developments and issues to be addressed in the book.

Also an educator, Steve frequently lectures on entertainment law, digital music and how to succeed in today's music business. He is also the recipient of two Fulbright scholarships; in 2008 he presented a series of lectures at Bocconi University in Milan, and in 2010 he taught a course at Tel Aviv University's Recanati School of Business. One of Steve's educational lectures, on licensing and success in the new music business, is available as a video download. To order, please click on the Paypal icon on the News section of this site.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpfull book., March 1, 2011

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This review is from: The Future of the Music Business: Music Pro Guides (Hal Leonard Music Pro Guides) (Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital) (Paperback)

This book is about music business from a stand point of a lawyer.

It clears in every nuance the evolution of royalty fees and music media including the evolution of different regulations and lawsuits.

Even though it covers only U.S. laws, it is very insightful in making money with music, and paying for the music as a whole where lots of things in the book is universally applicable to any country.

Despite the fact that this book is about laws and royalty fees, it is very easy readable, written in light understandable language and makes interesting points in examples, covering aspects that need to be resolved in the industry in future, as well as covering today`s and past success stories for keeping in edge and getting profit in the future music media.

I highly recommend this book to anybody who has a professional interest in music business and willing to make a career in this area.

As well for those who are interested in why the media plays exactly the music it does, how much they pay to whom, what are the amount that artists or other parties earn for that and why.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars informative and well written, April 24, 2009

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This review is from: The Future of the Music Business: Music Pro Guides (Hal Leonard Music Pro Guides) (Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital) (Paperback)

A book which all musicians, audio engineers, producers and managers MUST read and own. Its very informative and very easy to read and understand.