"The Truth About the Music Business"

A Grassroots Business and Legal Guide

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.

CONTENTS
1. Entertainment Attorneys
2. Choosing a Business Structure
3. Making a Business Plan
4. Advertising, Marketing, Promotion, and Distribution
5. Useful Tips
6. Intellectual Property
7. Publishing
8. Digital Rights
9. Why Sign a Record Deal?
10. Making Demos versus Masters
11. Management - Ancillary Services
12. General Principles of Contracts
13. Negotiating
14. Questionable Practices
15. Collecting Your Money
16. If All Else Fails, Sue
17. Organizations
18. Music Conferences, Festivals, Trade Shows, and Seminars
19. Insurance
20. Wills, Trusts, and Estates

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