| Contents |
Introduction -- Entertainment attorneys -- Choosing a business structure -- Making a business plan -- Advertising, marketing, promotion, and distribution -- Useful tips -- Intellectual property -- Publishing -- Digital rights -- Why sign a record deal? -- Making demos versus masters -- Management ancillary services -- General principles of contracts -- Negotiating -- Questionable practices -- Collecting your money -- If all else fails, Sue -- Organizations -- Music conferences, festivals, trade shows, and seminars -- Insurance -- Wills, trusts, and estates. |
| Abstract |
This book guides the reader through the variety of stages and steps one takes to make a professional music career into a legal business. It covers important topics that every musician should fully understand before signing a contract, making a recording, or fully pursuing a career. With a straightforward, plain-English approach, this book is written by an attorney who has been on both sides of the desk in the music business. With the advent of modern computer recording technology, more musicians are producing music for sales and seeking careers than ever before. With those careers comes the need for understanding and planning a career that goes past where the next gig is. This useful and easy-to-follow guide helps the reader do just that, therefore providing a path to gain more control over his/her music career. |
