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Music: The Business - The Essential Guide to the Law and the Deals | 
| Author: Ann Harrison
Publisher: Virgin Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 4277
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1905264275
EAN: 9781905264278
ASIN: 1905264275
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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 Depending on what you are looking for... September 23, 2008
You may or may not find this excellent book useful.
As I said, it is excellent and contains wealth of information. Anyone serious about their career should read this.
If you are looking for tips on how to get a record deal or ways to promote your music, you may be disappointed.
But if you want to have insight into music business and save yourself from a lot of frustration - this is what you need
 pointless April 24, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Hey, let's face it: if you're obsessed by music (and not fame or money) then you are a success and it'll all follow. This sort of spirit or indeed lifeblood of the industry is not really present in this book, which portrays the industry as a rather dour, lackluster and pessimistic place. The author also has some odd case studies: Oasis? Spice Girls? If this was a book on cynical and retro marketing techniques then the two failed branding exercises mentioned would be of some morbid interest... but not to anyone in the real business of music nowadays. Anyway, if you want to read up on (mostly redundant) concepts that you could probably find online or by getting a life (ie by making real life connections in venues, clubs and bars) then it's worth a rudimentary browse. Why not? However the real players will already know the score. Because of pure necessity.
 great. February 5, 2008
Bought this for Music Business course and find it quite useful, really like the case studies in it.
great brook written by British music lawyer September 1, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
this is an depth book on music law written by a very experienced british lawyer. It also contains sections on american music law. often entertaining & highly reccomended.
Authoritative and UK specific - accept no substitute February 7, 2004
77 out of 77 found this review helpful
When deciding on which book of the many available to buy regarding the music industry there are two overriding factors to take into account. These are whether the book up to date and if it covers the appropriate territory. Most books you will find on the subject tend to refer to the industry in the USA, and any that have been published prior to 2002 will not have adequate reference to new media issues. The second edition of this classic work by Ann Harrison achieves the goals of not only being UK specific but also being more up to date than most books in print with regard to new methods of distribution i.e. the Internet. Whether you are a musician, songwriter, manager, label owner, lawyer, accountant or any other of the vast roles this business encompasses, you will be able to interpret the information from your perspective. It is expertly written and Ann Harrison is in a better position to offer advice than most, having been the lawyer for some of the biggest names in the industry. The hardcover second edition is actually cheaper than the paperback first edition and is fully revised and updated for the post-Napster era. It covers all major aspects including types of record deal, management deals, publishing deals, manufacture, distribution, marketing, merchandising, touring, royalties, copyright, sample clearance, piracy, licensing, collection societies such as the PRS and MCPS, plus much more. All chapters have clearly summarised conclusions and there is a list of useful contacts included. If you need to know about the workings of the music industry in the UK, this second edition is peerless and should be at the very top of your book list.
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