legal business of Music

Image via Wikipedia There is a great book that you may want to invest in that teaches you about the business of music and how to protect your songs. The book "The Music Business Explained in Plain English" by David Naggar is a great lost cost book that can help the beginner musican songwriter learn the legal side of the business.

The Music Business (Explained In Plain English)

Finally, a break from all the physics and mathematical equations that prevent you from believing you will be able to run your own business. David Naggar breaks down the music industry for the up and coming songwriter/performer. ...

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Starting A Publising Company

Image via Wikipedia A a song writer you want to remember you are building a business for yourself. Starting a publishing company is the only way to do it. Education is the key to building a publishing power house. Publishing books that teach you how to license, promote, market, and sale your music is essential. Publishing is where the money is in the music business. Songwriting is the best thing smoking because you can get a residual income of the songs you write for life.

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Musicians are taking on greater business roles to control and increase the financial rewards of working within the music industry.

To start and manage a Music Publishing Company : : Company

Starting a music publisher may be simpler and easy to use just as you might think - but you must follow certain rules. There is no doubt the amount of revenue...

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Music Business Books

Education is the key in the music business. If you are not reading books related to how to survive inside the music business, or how to deal with contracts you are short changing yourself. Donald Passmans book on This Business of Music is an all time classic.

New Royalty System for Music and Books - DashBook - Software for ...

Even though DashBook has handled music calculations well for over a year, this terminology improvement will make DashBook fit more like a glove. Likewise, for those in the Book Business, DashBook will no longer present questions about ...

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