All You Need to Know About the Music Business : Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

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Summary: #2 on my Required Reading list for Music Biz Success
Review: This book used to be at #1 on my required reading list until I recently read "Confessions Of A Record Producer" by Moses Avalon (also available here on Amazon.Com). The two books compliment each other very well, and they really should be tied for #1 on my list. This book is written by a music biz attorney, Donald Passman, but it doesn't read like it was written by an attorney. Easy enough to read and follow that you will want to read the whole book. I won't bother detailing what the book talks about, since you can find that through the description. I will say that it is very comprehensive and doesn't leave anything out. It's a practical guide to how the music business works that no musician should be without. Combine this with "Confessions Of a Record Producer" to learn all about the bad side of the biz, and you will have a very strong foundation to get you started!

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Summary: music business 101
Review: Basically for a beginner who is seeking knowledge to prosper in the music industry; and for intermediate individuals in the industry that wants to broaden their knowledge.
Knowledge = mo' money
Mo' money = you smart

I highly recommend this book.


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Summary: Starting a band--read this
Review: An essential gudie for people who are either starting a band, wanting to be an attorney in the music business or any of the other related business areas regading to music. The major benefit of this book is the breakdown of percentage commisions that all players can expect and bargain for. It is truly a great reference book to have on hand.

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Summary: An essential music business book.
Review: A great book that covers all the basics of royalties, record deals, merchandising, etc...at least from a major label perspective. This stuff is great to know and everybody SHOULD take time to understand it, but I think there are better books out there for most acts, which is why I'm giving this 4/5 instead of 5/5. What I mean by this is that you have to have something to manage before you can get a manager... And you'll need a record that will sell before a label is interested and you need to negotiate with them. Get this book, but don't think this is how it's going to work for you. It CAN work this way, but you'll have to do a lot of work on your own artist development before it will.

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Summary: Essential
Review: I think this book is really essential to any artist/musician. It's well written and covers anything in-deep. Nr 1 book in my music biz collection.
(I hoped to find also something about new ways of releasing records, like master licensing to indipendent labels, but that's OK)




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Summary: Agreed- this is the Bible of Music Busines info
Review: Get this book. It is written by a well respected music business attorney and gives specific facts on what you will be getting into when you hit the music business. no, not everything is going to work out like a text book scenerio, but this will give you a better understanding of the business of music better than any book I have found.

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Summary: Great Insight to the Biz
Review: What can I say... Information and knowledge are the most important things you must have on your side in this business.
This is as important to anyone, in or about to enter, the music scene as The Art of War is to the military.
A must have... and it will save time, money and energy in your career. Thanks Donald... it's worth it's weight in gold.