Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business - Softcover

Stim Attorney, Richard

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9781413329124: Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business

Synopsis

How to make your band a huge business success

Whether you’re recording an album, budgeting a tour, or livestreaming concerts, you need solid information to make the right legal and business choices. 

Music Law is the all-in-one guide you need. Written by musician and lawyer Rich Stim, it explains everything you need to:

  • write a partnership agreement
  • buy, insure, and maintain equipment
  • use samples and do covers
  •    sell and license your music
  •    get royalties for streaming and downloads
  •     deal with taxes and deductions
  •     find the right manager and write a fair contract
  •    get gigs and get paid
  •    protect your copyright legally
  •    deal with legal issues in the recording studio, and
  •     negotiate record contracts.

This is the most useful business and legal guide for bands and independent musicians. Completely updated to provide the latest in the law and current business practices, it covers music licensing and trends in livestreaming and other new revenue sources.

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About the Author

Richard Stim is a lawyer and the author of several Nolo books, including Music Law, Getting Permission , Profit From Your Ideas, and Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Desk Reference.

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