Both practical business manual and prized legal companion, this latest edition of the best-selling guide contains the solid strategies and practical advice songwriters and performers need to survive and thrive in today's competitive music industry. Using dozens of real-life examples, readers will find up-to-date information on avoiding copyright infringement, working effectively with managers and music lawyers, developing management and booking agreements, and more. This updated edition is completely revised and expanded with two brand-new chapters on the do's and don'ts of starting and running a band, and how to make money from music. It also includes expanded material on Internet copyright issues.
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Lee Wilson is a writer and intellectual property lawyer. In private practice in Nashville since 1984, she has served on the board of the Sinking Creek Film Celebration and as president of the nonprofit organization that published the scholarly Cumberland Poetry Review, was founding president of the Tennessee Writers Alliance, and is a frequent speaker to arts groups. Wilson has written six books on intellectual-property law topics published by Allworth Press. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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This updated edition of Making It In The Music Business for performers and songwriters covers all the basics of music industry relations and includes new sections on how to start and run a band, and how to protect copyrights and work with music lawyers. As much a business reference as a 'how to' guide for musicians, Making It In The Music Business offers a healthy dose of concrete business facts about how the music industry works and musicians with a dose of concrete savvy will find its advice invaluable and practical.
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Many songwriters believe that copyright law is simply tedious stuff that nobody needs to know about except lawyers and maybe music publishers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Copyright Office, United States, Rock City, New York, Alberta Hunter, Cruel Heart, Tom Tom, Two Cigarettes, Library of Congress, Charlie Smith, Los Angeles, Performing Name You Can Protect, Uptown Rumble, Collected Songs of Megan Bowers, Elvis Presley, Julio Iglesias, Megan Clark Bowers, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Six-Pack Sally, Street Fight, The Gonzos, The Yetis, Warner Bros New!
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Many songwriters believe that copyright law is simply tedious stuff that nobody needs to know about except lawyers and maybe music publishers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dealmaker lawyers, resigning partner, band partnership agreement, music publishing agreement, grand performing rights, plaintiffs song, music lawyers, exclusive publishing agreement, booking agreement, small performing rights, copyright registration certificate, copyright statute, trademark statute, copyright registration forms, partnership statute, song copyright, trademark lawyer, established trademark, copyright lawyer, reversion clause, copyright transfers, recording agreement, written partnership agreement, most songwriters, copyright infringement cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Copyright Office, United States, Rock City, New York, Alberta Hunter, Cruel Heart, Tom Tom, Two Cigarettes, Library of Congress, Charlie Smith, Los Angeles, Performing Name You Can Protect, Uptown Rumble, Collected Songs of Megan Bowers, Elvis Presley, Julio Iglesias, Megan Clark Bowers, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Six-Pack Sally, Street Fight, The Gonzos, The Yetis, Warner Bros New!
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- Performing arts: Broadcasting on page 29, and Back Matter
- Profiting from Your Music and Sound Project Studio by Jeffrey Fisher in Back Matter
- The Art of Writing Love Songs by Pamela Phillips Oland in Back Matter
- The Art of Writing Great Lyrics by Pamela Phillips Oland in Back Matter
- How to Pitch and Promote Your Songs by Fred Koller in Back Matter
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- The Art of Writing Great Lyrics by Pamela Phillips Oland in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Diva Next Door: How to Be a Singing Star Wherever You Are by Jill Switzer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed by Sheila E. Anderson in Back Matter
- Gigging: A Practical Guide for Musicians by Patricia Shih in Back Matter
- Booking and Tour Management for the Performing Arts by Rena Shagan in Back Matter
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