Music Business Handbook and Career Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 640 pages
• Published by: Sage Publications, Inc
• Edition: 8th Edition June 28, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1412904382
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1412904384
• Book Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 2.8 pounds

Product Review
"This Eighth Edition of the familiar Baskerville opus is easily the most up-to-date version ever printed. Two new chapters add needed subjects to the past array, 'Starting Your Own Business' and 'The Digital Age.' The latter, discussing downloading, digital hardware, and copyright initiatives, is a welcome relief for those of us attempting to keep up. I've always been a fan of the text since it is the only one that is truly comrephensive in scope. Baskerville covers the waterfront. No other book even attempts to do this." (Tim Hays 20060608)

"A focus on all kinds of interactions between artist and producer, record company executive to band, makes Music Business Handbook And Career Guide one of the most comprehensive music business books on the market." (The Bookwatch )

Product Description
The new Eighth Edition of the Music Business Handbook and Career Guide maintains the tradition of this classic text as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the $100 billion music industry. This new Eighth Edition expands on hot-button music business issues such as digital downloads, piracy, and record company transformations.  Thoroughly revised, the Eighth Edition shares a particular emphasis on online music and its impact on the rest of the industry. The Eighth Edition also includes complete coverage of all aspects of the music industry, including songwriting, publishing, licensing, artist management, promotion, retailing, media, and much more.

New to This Edition

• Highlights the impact of online music, the iPod revolution, digital downloads, and cellular ring tones on the music industry
• Features complete sections on entrepreneurial ventures and careers in music, including specific advice on getting started in the music business
• Includes a revised Instructor's Manual on CD offering new in-the-classroom tips on how to best use the classic text as both a core and supplemental resource

This updated Eighth Edition of a bestseller is thorough in scope and ideal as the core textbook in courses such as Introduction to the Music Business, Music and Media, and survey courses. This book can also be used for more specialized courses on the record industry, music merchandising, music careers, artist management, music and the law, arts administration, and music in popular culture. Music business newcomers and professionals alike will find the new edition a valuable resource, whatever their specialty within the field.         (20050601)