All You Need to Know About the Music Business - Softcover

Donald-s-passman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140240101 ISBN 13: 9780140240108

Publisher: Penguin UK, 1995

Synopsis

While still offering a complete survey of the business side of music from the basics, how to find a manager, an overview of the structure of the industry to deals, merchandising structures and so on, this second revised edition takes into account all the latest technology and the pursuant copyright complications..

About this title

From the Publisher

Everything you've ever heard about the music business is true. It's a world where the rewards can be enormous, but the risks even greater. The key to success is knowing how the business works so you can protect yourself -- since no one will take as good care of your career as you.

That's where Donald S. Passman comes in. Because if you want the best advice, it pays to turn to the best in the business. His star-spangled list of clients shows that his advice is the best that money can buy. Now, from one of the music industry's most sought-after lawyers, here is the third revised and expanded edition of the book that the Los Angeles Times has proclaimed "the industry bible" -- the savvy insider's guide to every legal and financial facet of the business.

Whether you want a career as a performer, writer, producer, or executive, or whether you are just curious about the fascinating multibillion-dollar music industry, you will benefit enormously from this fully updated, comprehensive, and easy-to-read overview of the entire business.

About the Author

Donald Passman is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas and a Cum Laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He is a prominent entertainment lawyer with the firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, and his clients include such major entertainers as Tina Turner, Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Don Henley, Tom Waits, and Randy Newman. In addition, he represents many music publishers, producers, record companies, songwriters, industry executives, and film companies. He is frequently listed as one of the fifty most influential people in the entertainment industry, and is commonly credited with having won Janet Jackson her $40 million megadeal with Virgin Records. He has taught and lectured extensively, and has been teaching a course on the music industry at the University of Southern California Law School's Advanced Professional Program since 1978. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and family.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140240101
• ISBN 13: 9780140240108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480