Includes index.

First Steps -- Part I. Your team of advisors. How to pick a team -- Personal managers -- Business managers -- Attorneys -- Agents -- Part II. Record deals. Broad-strokes overview of the record business -- Advances and recoupment -- Real-life numbers -- Other major deal points -- Producer and mixer deals -- Advanced royalty computations -- Advanced record deal points -- Independent production, label, and distribution deals -- Part III. Songwriting and music publishing. Copyright basics -- Publishing companies and major income sources -- Even more publishing income -- Bonus section! -- Double bonus section!! -- Songwriter, co-publishing, and administration deals -- Advanced copyight concepts -- Even more advanced copyright concepts --?Part IV. Group issues. Groups -- What's in a name? -- Part V. Touring. Personal appearances - touring -- Part VI. Merchandising. Tour merchandising -- Retail, direct to consumer (D2C) merchandising, and fan clubs. Part VII. Classical music. Classical music -- Part VIII. Motion picture music. Overview of motion picture music -- Performer deals -- Film songwriter deals -- Composer agreements -- Licensing existing recordings and existing songs for motion pictures -- Music supervisors -- Soundtrack record deals.

"Dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half a million copies sold. Now with updates explaining why musicians have more power today than ever in history; discussion of the mega-million-dollar sales of artists' songs and record catalogs; how artist access to streaming media, and particularly TikTok, has completely reshaped the music business; the latest on music created by AI; and a full update of the latest numbers and trends"--?Provided by publisher.

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