Music is Your Business: The Musician's FourFront Strategy for Success
- ISBN-10
- 0974342033
- ISBN-13
- 9780974342030
- Category
- Music trade
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01-01
- Publisher
- Christopher Knab
- Authors
- Christopher Knab, Bartley F. Day
Description
This book takes the mystery out of the music business! "Music Is Your Business" tells you who does what in the music industry. Music industry veteran Christopher Knab's honest, no-nonsense information will empower you to market and promote your music--whether you're an experienced performer or just starting out. Learn how to attract distributors, get radio airplay, negotiate offers, and create a demand for your music with topics like Con Jobs: Watch Out for the Flim Flam Man, 10 Reasons Why Musicians Fail (and How Not To), What A&R Reps Do, and Online Music Retailing. Straight to the point legal chapters by entertainment attorney Bartley F. Day include Filing Copyright Applications, Trademarking Band Names, and Making Sense of Recording Industry Contracts. A sample distributor one-sheet, band tour and work schedule, band bio, and more! Newly revised, updated, and 100 pages longer, the 3rd edition of "Music Is Your Business" is essential for independent musicians and record labels.
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Other editions
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- 2013
- 354 pages
- Paperback
- Fourfront Media and Music
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- 2003-01-01
- 179 pages
- Paperback
- Fourfront Media and Music
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