- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Revised and Updated for the 21st Century edition (Oct 3 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684870649
- ISBN-13: 978-0684870649
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #563,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Our band is about to get beyond the local scene and start wrestling with the industry for record deals and national tours, so I practically jumped out of my skin when I finally found this book. It completely demystifies the workings of the entire music industry--in a musician-friendly way. A tiny, selfish neuron in me hesitated for a moment about telling the world of this book--but hey, we musicians are all in this together. If everyone negotiating with record companies read and used this book, we'd collectively be better able to get the sort of financial rewards our art deserves.
Just so you know this isn't a load of hype, here are the section and chapter titles.
- Your Team of Advisors
- How to Pick a Team; Personal Managers; Business Managers; Attorneys; Agents
- Record Deals
- Broad-Strokes Overview of the Record Business; Advances and Recoupments; Real-Life Numbers; Other Major Deal Points; Producer Deals; Advanced Record Deal Points; Advanced Royalty Computations; Loan-out, Independent Production, Label, and Distribution Deals
- Songwriting and Music Publishing
- Copyright Basics; Publishing Companies and Major Income Sources; Secondary Publishing Income; Songwriter Deals; Copublishing and Administration Deals; Advanced Copyright Concepts; Even More Advanced Copyright Concepts
- Group Issues
- Touring
- Merchandising
- Tour Merchandising; Retail Merchandising
- Motion Picture Music
- Overview of Motion Picture Music; Performer Deals; Film Songwriting Deals; Composer Agreements; Licensing Existing Recordings and Existing Songs for Motion Pictures; Music Supervisors; Soundtrack Album Deals
From Library Journal
An entertainment lawyer whose clients include many from the top of the music charts, Passman has written a book that sets out to give musicians, performers, and songwriters the tools to hire advisers, market their careers, protect their creative works, and generally cope with a complex industry in a state of flux. Passman explains boilerplate language, the complexities of royalties and advances, and label and distribution deals; a section on record deals begins with an overview of the business and works through all the steps. The "Adventures in Cyberspace" chapter is a helpful summary of the way CD-ROMs and the Internet are affecting the business. Included here is information on recent legislation and a look at how digitizing music delivery will continue to change things. Packed with illustrations, sample calculations, and definitions, All You Need To Know is humorous and accessible enough for those who just want to understand the business while being detailed and documented enough for those who make a living from it.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
All You Need to Know About the Music Business by Donald S. Passman is by far the best book to read for insight into the pros and the cons of the music business. Passman's knowledge is superior to any other music book that I have had the pleasure of reading. Many authors have released pertinent information about the realities of the business but Passman's approach is not only insightful but it is relaxing as well. His knowledge coupled with his humor, wit and enthusiasm soothes the anxiety of the reader. Instead of the reader being bombarded with only facts and figures, Donald Passman appears to display a more personal address. In reading All You Need to Know About the Music Business, I felt it was more of a close consultation instead of a structured manuscript. This is why this book is so powerful! It is wonderfully structured to assist the aspiring musician to take control of his or her own career. He reveals the dangers & advantages of advances, royalties, cross-collateralization, publishing, merchandising and touring. Passman gives the reader tips on getting the best record deal possible. He teaches us how to protect our passion, production, music and money! I highly recommend that all aspiring songwriters, producers and musicians read this book. Kudos!
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Pour les francophones,
By "rachoumusic" (Montréal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
Cet excellent livre n`a jamais été traduit en francais et ne le sera sans doute jamais, car il concerne avant tous les Etats-Unis. D. PASSMAN a notamment été l`avocat de J. Jackson, et est un expert dans le domaine. Pour le marché francophone, je recommande deux livres en particulier :1. TOUT LE MONDE VOUS DIRA NON, de Hubert Mansion. Un réel guide de survie dans le show-business, brillant et magnifiquement documenté. Un livre à mon avis indispensable pour comprendre la réalité trop souvent cachée du milieu de l`industrie du show-business. 2. LES CONTRATS DE LA MUSIQUE, de P. M BOUVERY. Surtout pour les avocats vivant en France. Le seul livre technique sur le sujet, à lire en tant que manuel juridique.
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The Best Book,
By Nick Aivan "Nick" (Riga, Latvia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
This book is the best. It's very easy to read even if english isn's your mother language. Very interesting and iclude All you need to know to know about Music Business.
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