The Music Business: Career Opportunities and Self-Defense - Softcover

Weissman, Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0517536897 ISBN 13: 9780517536896

Publisher: Crown, 1988

Synopsis

How one gets started and moves along in all facets of the industry-- how record companies operate, the functions of agents and personal managers, the field of commercials, the roles of the performing and the studio musician, and music publishing, contracts, record production, unions, radio, using your college education, and a variety of careers in music.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

A comprehensive guide to getting started and succeeding in all facets of the music industry, from songwriting to performing to studio engineering and instrument manufacturing and repair, The Music Business is an indispensable reference for anyone in the music business--or anyone who hopes to be.

About the Author

DICK WEISSMAN is a professional musician, recording artist, composer, and record producer. He currently teaches short classes and seminars, and he consults for the University of Denver, Scott-Anderson Associates in Kingston, Jamaica, the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, and various other organizations. He is also the author of Songwriting: The Words, the Music, and the Money and Making a Living in Your Local Music Market. He lives in Astoria, Oregon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0517536897
• ISBN 13: 9780517536896
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1