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Thall, P: What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Busine The Complete Guide for Musicians, Songwriters, Producers, Managers, Industry Executives, Attorneys, Investors, and Accountants

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23.08.2016

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Vermilion

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416

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22.8/15.1/3.2 cm

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502 g

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Englisch

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978-1-60774-974-5

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Produktdetails

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Erscheinungsdatum

23.08.2016

Verlag

Vermilion

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416

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22.8/15.1/3.2 cm

Gewicht

502 g

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Englisch

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978-1-60774-974-5

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  • Produktbild: Thall, P: What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Busine
  • Contents
    Preface x 
    Acknowledgments xiv

    1 • Introduction 1
    Selecting the Right Attorney 2 
    Personal Representation 3 
    Deal Makers: Why You Need Them 4 
    Deal Blockers: How to Get Past Them 5  
    Staying the Course or Calling It Quits 6

    2 • Investors The High Costs of Low Finance 8
    The Costs of Being Heard 8 
    Of Investors and Investment Agreements 9 
    Finding the Money 9 
    Internet-Specific Offerings 12 
    The Safe Harbor Disclaimer 12
    Getting the Right Advice 13
    Paying It Back 13 
    Overcalls and Conversions 14 
    Commissions 15 
    Crowdfunding 15 
    Should He Who Pays the Piper Call the Tune? 16 
    A Backer Who Knows What He's Doing 16

    3 • Advances Why They Seem a Lot Like Loans (and Vice Versa) 18
    A Sad Story and a Happy Story About Advances 19 
     Is One Person's Money Another Person's Motivation? 21

    4 • Royalties Some Unvarnished Truths 22
    How the Royalty Pie Is Sliced and Who Gets the Pieces 23 
    Recording Costs 24  
    United States CD Album Royalty Calculation 25 
    Payment on Less than 100% of Records Sold 26 
    "New" Technology? 26 
    "Special" Categories 27
     Two Diabolical Deduction Devices 30
    Reducing Mechanical Royalties 31 
     Special Issues Regarding Controlled Compositions 32 
    The Beat Goes On: Other Important Deductions 33 
    Prepayment of Royalties 36 
    The Myth of Royalty Escalations 37 
    Free Goods 37 
    Lost or Misplaced Royalties 39 
    Chipping Away at Post-Term Royalties: Synchronization Licenses 39 
    Accountings, Audits, and the Statute of Limitations 40 
    How Responsible Should Record Companies Be? 42 
    The Effects of Digital Downloading on Pricing and Royalties 43  
    360 "Deals" 50 
    The Digital Evolution 57

    5 • Personal Management The Whys, Wherefores, and Watch Outs 65
    What a Personal Manager Should (and Should Not) Be Expected to Do 66  
    Managing the Five Stages of an Artist's Career 67  
    Remakes 70 
    KMMA: Keep My Music Available-At All Costs 71 
    Choosing Your Manager 74 
    The Question of Clout 75 
    Paying Your Manager 78 
    The Term of the Agreement 82 
    Extending or Terminating an Artist-Manager Relationship 83  
    Breach of Contract in Artist-Manager Agreements 87

    6 • Managing Your Business and Your Financial Future 88
    When "Show Me the Money" Isn't Enough 89 What a Business Manager Does 90  
    Finding the Right Person 90 
    Certified Public Accountants 90  
    Auditing the Auditor 92 
    What Kind of Business Is Being Managed? 92  
    Should You "Do Business as" or Form a Partnership? 93 
    Money Means Options: Resisting the "Keep 'Em Poor" Philosophy 98 
    Managing Your Money 99 
    Investing: Is Anyone in Charge Here? 100 
    Making It and Saving It 103

    7 • When Your Job Is More than a Gig Employment Agreements and Disagreements 108
    Term of Employment 108 
     Duties 108 
     Reporting Lines 109  
    Confidentiality and Competition 110  
    Stock Options 112  
    Perks 113 
    Termination 114 
    Working in a Foreign Land 117  
    Relocation and Re-Relocation 118 
    Visas 118 
    Disability and Death 118  
    Provisions That Survive Termination 119  
    Vacations 119  
    Release and Settlement 120 
    Employment Issues Specific to the Music Industry 120 
    Variations of Royalty Calculations 122 
    Employment Agreements with Celebrities and Others Otherwise Engaged 125  
    Mail 126 
    The Ownership of Ideas 127

    8 • Record Producers Are They as Sharp as Their Points?    128
    How 25% Can Equal 100% 128  
    Cross-Collateralization: It Does Not Apply to the Producer 130  
    Producers' Royalty Provisions: The Basics 131 
    The Producer as Author of the Sound Recording 138 
    Producers and Neighboring Rights 138

    9 • Getting Your Record Heard A Practical Guide to Marketing and Promotion 141
    Marketing Tools 141  
    The Goal-Oriented Campaign 143 
    The Record Contract 145 
    Do Record Companies Know What They Are Doing? 149
     Victim or Victor? 149
    Television Campaigns 150
    Radio Promotion 151
    Airplay and Payola 152
    The Same Old Song (Only the Coda Is New) 156  
    The Beginning of the End? 157 
    A Brief Look at the Promotional Picture-from the Artist's Point of View 159

    10 • Touring Concerns Trials and Tribulations   161
    The Club Tour 162 
    The Grand Tour 163 
    Sample Tour Budget 164 
    Private Charter 172 
    Elements of Touring Agreements: Commonalities and Idiosynchrasies 177

    11 • Merchandising Your Band, Your Brand 181
    Tour Merchandising 181 
    Retail Merchandising/Web Merchandising 189 
    Confidentiality 193 
    Compliance with Local Laws 194 
    End-of-Term Inventory and Sell-Off 194 
    Artwork and Photographs 195 
    Coupling 195 
    Life and Disability Insurance 196 
    Piracy 196 
    Audits 197

    12 • Audits Truth or Consequences   198
    Examining the Audit 198 
    The Flow of Money 201 
    Access to Registration
    Information 202 
    The Black Box or "Something Is Abyss Here" 202 
    Television Campaigns 203 
    Interest Charges 203
     Statutes of Limitations 204  
    Conducting Audits in Foreign Countries 205 
    A Few Practical Suggestions 206 
    The Right to Audit: A Contract Issue 208

    13 • Music Publishing The Odyssey of the Song  210
    What Is a Music Publisher-and What Does It Publish? 210  
    Copyright: A Bundle of Intangibles 212  
    Financial Secrets and Realities 215 
     Mechanical Royalty Rates Outside of the United States 219 
    Top Gun-a Top Buyout for Paramount 219 
    The Administrating Function 221  
    Family Ties (Too Close to Sue) 222 
    When Your Publisher Forgets You 223 
    Foreign Taxes 224 
    At-Source Versus Receipts Deals 225 
    The Black Box Revisited 226 
    Copyright Reversions 227

    14 • When Rodgers Meets Hammerstein Determining Songwriter Credits   229
    Cowriting Agreements 229 
    Cowriters Who Are Band Members 231

    15 • Being Your Own Music Publishing Company Pros and Cons  234
    Self-Publishing 234 
    Getting in Touch with the Copyright Office 235 
    Why Bother Doing It Yourself? 239 
    Acquiring Copyrights 239 
    Reversion of Copyrights 240
    The Value of the Copyright 241 
    The Impact of Administrating Costs on True
    Earnings 243 
    The Cost of Giving Away a "Piece" of the Publishing 243

    16 • Internet Entrepreneurship Doing It Yourself   245
    Competing with the Big Boys 245 
    Artist, Songwriter, Performer-and E-Commerce
    Expert? 246 
    Making a Living 247 
    Stealing and Protecting Against It 248 
    Dos and Don'ts of Internet Entrepreneurship 248 
    Manufacturing and Distribution 250
    Kickstarting Your Career 251 
    Podcasting 252 
    Instantaneous Dissemination of Live Performances 253 
    Creating a Website 253 
    Which People Should Do It Themselves? 254 
    A Word of Warning-and Encouragement 255

    17 • Lost, Misplaced, Neglected, and Abandoned Royalty Opportunities You Were Never Told About 257 An Introduction to Neighboring Rights 257 
    Broadcast Mechanicals 259 
    Neighboring Rights in Our Own Backyard: Canada 259 
    Lost, Misplaced, Neglected, or Abandoned: Which Category Are Your Royalties In? 260 
    Show Me the Money 263
    Two Neighboring Rights-Friendly Countries: The UK and the Netherlands 263
    Neighboring Rights Collections Agencies 264 
    Performing and Other Obscure Rights in Sound Recordings 266

    18 • Urban Music The Beat Goes On    269
    Roots 269 
    The Milieu 270 
    Urban Music: The Producer's Cosmos 271 
     Different Strokes for Hip-Hop Folks 271 
    Rap as Protest 274 
    The Importance of the Mix: Mixtapes 274 
    Career Ceilings 275  
    Hip-Hop and Pop Culture 275  
    Business Management and the Management of Business 275 
    The Changing Image 276
    Contractual Issues 277 
    The Rap Coalition: Self-Help Exemplified 278 
    Hip-Hop Rules 279

    19 • Classical Music Dead or Alive?    281
    A Little History 281 
    Demise or Rejuvenation? 282 
    The Metropolitan Opera 286 
    An Essential for Success: Spirituality 287 
    New Life for an Old Genre 289 
    The CD Arrives: Both a Blessing and a Curse 289 
    The Internet: Is It the Answer? 290
    The Role of Record Companies 292 
    The Composer-Artist: Special Considerations 296 
    Classical Composers and their Publishers: Some Pitfalls and Some Options 297 
    Classical Management 301 
    Presenting the Singer 304 
    Music Education 305

    20 • Termination of Grants of Copyrights For Every End, a Beginning    308
    Basic Term of Protection 308 
    "K-K-K-Katy" 309 
    Termination of Grants 309
    Duration of Copyright: Subsisting Copyrights 309 
    Who Can Terminate 310 
    The Control of Termination Decisions 310 
    The Rights Granted 310 
    The Windows for Termination 311 
    When Automatic Renewal Applies 312 
    The Sonny Bono Term Extension Act 312 
    Keeping Records 312 
    The Technical Requirements for Termination 313

    21 • Compliance With Copyright Laws Hints for the Corporate Counsel  317 Intangible Rights and the Internet 317 
    Licensing From Music Publishers and Sound Recording Owners 318 
    Copyright Provisions Applicable to the Internet 320 
    Term of Copyright 322 
    Sampling, Borrowing, and Stealing 322 
    Rights Management 323
    Dangerous Language Alert 323 
    Music Clearance: The Music Industry's Revenge 324 
    International Issues: One-Stop Shopping 325 
    So Your Corporation Has Also Decided to Become Adventurous? 326

    22 • Catalogue Valuation How to Improve Your Odds at Winning Big   327
    Factors in Valuing Catalogues: An Overview 328 
    Satellite Radio, Internet Radio, Mobile Phone Streaming, and HD Radio 329 
    Evaluating Data 331 
    Who Owns the Catalogue? 336 
    Termination Issues 337 
    The "Trunk" 337 
    Who's Sorry Now? The Blackbird 338

    23 • Copyright Issues A Sampler   339
    Changing Copyright's Image 339 
    Copyright Infringement 341 
    Sampling 346 
    The Impact of the Internet on Recording and Publishing Agreements 348 
    How the Internet Has Provided Context for Songwriters' and Publishers' Search for Equitable Treatment 350 
    The Internet Is Global: So What? I'll Tell You What 352 
    What Is to Be Done? 354 
    The Fairness in Music Licensing Act 356 
    The Copyright Term Extension Act: A Lesson in Leverage 356
     MP3: How Two Letters and a Numeral Terrorized an Entire Industry 357 
    Napster and Post-Napster 357 
    The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same (or Do They?) 358

    24 • Copyright Can't Live with It-Can't Live Without It   360
    Battles or Battle-Axes 361 
    Copyleft (aka Copy Wrong), But Not Copyright 362 
    The Clearance Nightmare 366 
    Copyright and Personal Property 369 
    Misuse of Copyright 371 
    Some Suggested Solutions 371

    25 • Solving Piracy in the 21st Century How to Avoid a Greek Tragedy  376
    Illegal Downloading 377 
    When an Apple Boomerangs 382 
    When Culture Trumps Commerce 383 
    Copyright Owners: Power (Not) to the People 384 
    What Would the Greeks Do? 388

    Conclusion 389 
    Index 391