The Music Business and Recording Industry / Edition 2

by Geoffrey P Hull

Overview

The Music Business and Recording Industry is a comprehensive music business textbook focused on the three income streams in the music industry: music publishing, live entertainment, and recordings. The book provides a sound foundation for understanding key issues, while presenting the latest research in the field. It covers the changes in the industry brought about by the digital age, such as changing methods of distributing and accessing music and new approaches in marketing with the Internet and mobile applications. New developments in copyright law are also examined, along with the global and regional differences in the music business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415968027
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/08/2004
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Geoffrey P. Hull, Thomas Hutchison, Richard Strasser

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

1 The Entertainment Industry and the Music Business 1

2 Understanding the Music and Recording Business 29

3 Copyright Basics in the Music Business 51

4 Music Copyrights © 75

5 Sound Recording Copyrights $$$ 93

6 Music Publishing: The First Stream 111

7 Live Entertainment: The Second Stream 143

8 Recordings: The Main Stream 169

9 The A&R Function 193

10 The Production Function 213

11 The Marketing Function: Product and Price 229

12 The Marketing Function: Promotion and Place 263

13 The Global Music and Recording Business 291

Glossary 317

Appendix: Internet Resources 347

Notes 353

Index 361

Editorial Reviews

"Not only is the coverage in this book complete, it is throroughly enjoyable to read. Hull covers every important detail up to and including the struggles that the industry now faces with the Internet." -- Michael J. Bonnard, Notes

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