Editorial Reviews
Product Description:The new
Eighth Edition of the
Music Business Handbook and Career Guide maintains the tradition of this classic text as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the $100 billion music industry. This new
Eighth Edition expands on hot-button music business issues such as digital downloads, piracy, and record company transformations. Thoroughly revised, the
Eighth Edition shares a particular emphasis on online music and its impact on the rest of the industry. The
Eighth Edition also includes complete coverage of all aspects of the music industry, including songwriting, publishing, licensing, artist management, promotion, retailing, media, and much more.
New to This Edition - Highlights the impact of online music, the iPod revolution, digital downloads, and cellular ring tones on the music industry
- Features complete sections on entrepreneurial ventures and careers in music, including specific advice on getting started in the music business
- Includes a revised Instructor's Manual on CD offering new in-the-classroom tips on how to best use the classic text as both a core and supplemental resource
This updated
Eighth Edition of a bestseller is thorough in scope and ideal as the core textbook in courses such as Introduction to the Music Business, Music and Media, and survey courses. This book can also be used for more specialized courses on the record industry, music merchandising, music careers, artist management, music and the law, arts administration, and music in popular culture. Music business newcomers and professionals alike will find the new edition a valuable resource, whatever their specialty within the field. (20050601)
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
awesome guidebook in the music industry, September 21, 2008
By
J. DeLoach (Athens, GA)
very relevant and helpful for general information about the music industry
well laid out with a wide variety of topics
Amazing!, September 16, 2008
By
Jaqulyn Bartomioli (CT USA)
Very valuable resource for any Music Industry/Business Major. Its the Industry standard. Highly recommend it!
Easy reading & full of wisdom, May 27, 2007
By
Priscilla A. Arnold (Minneapolis, MN)
Everything that the artist never thought about... that's why we're artists, not business-people. Good reading and highly recommended.
Good title with interesting info, May 19, 2006
By
CrystalThis book is great to start with and you can really learn valuable information from it along with which path in the music business suits you the best. It is a great guide for a newbie and also for a experienced because everyone has something to learn from this book however the next book you need to read is: "The Music Business: How YOU can make $500,000 "or more" a year in the music industry by Doing it Yourself!" by Ty Cohen which along with this one will give you tips on how to get the best deals and make the most profit from your business. I assure you that if you have these two books you can't fail and your business will keep on growing.
Provides the latest insights into the industry, which is going through extensive changes, January 7, 2006
By
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
The new updated edition of Music Business Handbook And Career Guide provides the latest insights into the industry, which is going through extensive changes. For one, digital downloads and piracy are changing how music itself is available to the public. Online music, iPods, and other computer-based changes are transforming not only how the industry does business, but how it presents products and sells them. Sections on careers include all kinds of options, from managing artists to producing concerts, producing motion picture and TV scores, and more. A focus on all kinds of interactions between artist and producer, record company executive to band, makes Music Business Handbook And Career Guide one of the most comprehensive music business books on the market.
