A guide to the music business and its legal issues provides real-world coverage of a wide range of topics, including teams of advisors, record deals, songwriting and music publishing, touring, and merchandising.

Learn How To Make Money Marketing Music Online! If You Learn The Secrets In This Book... You WILL SUCCEED In The Music Business! This new music business marketing book is made for artists, singers, songwriters, managers, producers, record labels, students, music fans and anyone who wants to learn how to win in the lucrative music and entertainment business. This book was written by a Grammy Nominated entertainment industry insider who spent over a decade studying & learning the tricks you will need to know, to be successful in the new digital media era. This book will teach you everything you need to know about viral marketing and online promotion, which will help you get more views and propel your brand to the top, in the least amount of time! Learn how to be successful, even with limited funds and resources! With a laptop and the skills taught in this book, you can rise to the top of the music industry, sell millions of records and make millions and millions of dollars!-Music Industry Secrets & Viral Marketing Secrets Revealed-Learn How To Sell Millions of Records, Streams & Digital Downloads-Learn How To Make Millions Selling Your Music Online Independently-Learn How To Use YouTube and Social Media To The Fullest-Everything You Need To Know About How To Go Viral Online-Learn Viral Marketing Secrets From Someone Who Has Actually Gone Viral-Learn Viral Marketing Techniques That Have Worked Over & Over-Learn How I Made An Unknown Artist Famous & Signed To A Major Label In Less Than 3 Years-Learn How To Create a Multi-Million Dollar Major Label Bidding War-Learn How To Win A Grammy Award-Learn From Real Life, Hands On, Experience-Learn How To Get Your Own RIAA Gold & Platinum Plaque-Learn What Pitfalls To Avoid-Learn How To Build A Huge Social Media FollowingThis book will teach you how to successfully start marketing your brand online. This book covers all aspects of being successful in online branding, not just the music business. Various topics are covered such as: Starting an LLC, Getting Your Music in All Digital Music Stores, 360 Record Deals and Contracts, Entertainment Lawyers, Split Sheets, Online Marketing, Advertising and Going Viral, Publishing, Building Successful YouTube Channels and Gaining Millions of Subscribers, Getting Major Record Deals, Starting a Record Label, Publishing Deals, Royalties, PROs, Instagram & Twitter Marketing, How To Properly Use Social Media, The Rise of Streaming and More! Learn how to stay relevant in the New Age Digital Music & Entertainment World by reading this book!

Provides an inside guide to the music business, including management, record labels, music publishing, promotion, touring, endorsement, and negotiating deals

The title says it all. This revised, updated and expanded edition offers savvy dealmaking techniques, methods to protect musical works, and career-building and money-saving tips for musicians. It is an invaluable primer for artists and songwriters who feel like they are at the mercy of industry pros. Among the topics covered are: choosing agents, managers and attorneys, sending out material, record company deals, distribution, streaming, royalty rates, copyrights, music publishing contracts, creating one's own publishing company, trademarks, music videos, issues between band members, touring, and music for film, television and multimedia.

The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Industry. Millions dream of attaining glamour and wealth through music. This book reveals the secrets of the music business that have made fortunes for the superstars. A must-have for every songwriter, performer and musician.

In How to Make it in the New Music Business, author Robert Wolff welcomes you to today's new high-tech digital universe by taking you to school. In 13 lessons, Wolff teaches you why you no longer have to play by old music business rules. Offering information, inspiration, and advice, Wolff and his famous friends show you how to take complete control over your music, your product, and your dream Book jacket.

Now Magazine: “Top 5 Music Business Books” Hailed as an “indispensable” guide (Forbes), How to Make It in the New Music Business returns in a significantly revised and expanded third edition. How to Make It in the New Music Business, since its first publication in 2016, has become the go-to resource for musicians eager to make a living in a turbulent industry. Widely adopted by ambitious individuals and music schools across the world and considered “the best how-to book of its kind” (Music Connection), this essential work has inspired tens of thousands of aspiring artists to stop waiting around for that “big break” and take matters into their own hands. In this highly anticipated new edition, Ari Herstand reveals how to build a profitable career with the many tools at our fingertips in the post-COVID era and beyond, from conquering social media and mastering the digital landscape to embracing authentic fan connection and simply learning how to persevere. This edition breaks down these phenomena and more, resulting in a timeless must-have for anyone hoping to navigate the increasingly complex yet advantageous landscape that is the modern music business.