Ultimate Survival Guide for the New Music Industry: A Handbook for Hell

by Justin Goldberg

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Summary

Ask anyone in or around the music industry today about music or the music business and they will tell you Almost everything has changed—from how artists are signed and marketed to how the companies that sign them function. No matter what your music industry mission is or what style of music you play, you need current inside information to succeed in what many perceive as the most ominous of industries. Industry veteran Justin Goldberg tells musicians, songwriters and budding moguls what they should be doing to succeed. From setting up an indie label to shopping songs and gaining airplay and getting signed (or not), these invaluable insights are meticulously documented in an informative guide to creating a career in music. Includes a CD-ROM (Mac and PC) with hundreds of pages of valuable business forms, recording and publishing-related contracts, and detailed contact information on thousands of record companies and other industry professionals. This detailed, informative guide to creating a career game plan vividly teaches
o How to effectively release independent albums
o How to create revenue through licensing, self-distribution rights, soundtrack opportunities and merchandising
o How to get your music into major retail chains
o How to gain airplay on commercial and college radio
o How to set up songwriting copyrights and music publishing companies
o How to interest top managers and lawyers in your career

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