The new Seventh Edition of the Music Business Handbook & Career Guide maintains the tradition of this classic text as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the $100 billion music industry. More than 100,000 students and professionals have turned to earlier editions of the Baskerville Handbook to understand the art, the profession, and business of music.


Thoroughly revised, the seventh edition includes complete coverage of all aspects of the music industry, including songwriting, publishing, copyright, licensing, artist management, promotion, retailing, media, and much more. There is a complete section on careers in music, including specific advice on getting started in the music business.


Generously illustrated with tables and photographs, the Guide also contains a complete appendix with sample copyright forms, writing and publishing agreements, directories of professional organizations, and a comprehensive glossary and index.

Career Opportunities in the Music Industry, Fourth Edition provides the most up-to-date information on over 80 exciting jobs in the music field. It is the most comprehensive resource available on every aspect of the music industry, such as the recording business, radio and television, music retailing, instrument repair and restoration, and education. Detailed descriptions of each job include current statistics on salary ranges, advancement opportunities, and the latest trends in a particular field. Positions profiled include: Record Producer, Program Director, Video Jockey, Piano Tuner-Technician, Conductor, Orchestra Manager, Elementary School Music Teacher, Music Therapist, and Choir Director.


Paperback 240 pages (July 2000)

Publisher: Facts on File Inc

An invaluable guide to planning and producing a complete marketing campaign for selling music to the listening public, this book arms readers with key strategies and tools to ensure that a musical recording reaches its full sales potential. 20 illustrations.

# Hardcover: 308 pages
# Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications (March 1999)

This text deals with the business of production and sets out guidelines to follow in order to get the show on the road. It provides the basic information required to manage the production for a touring concert from start to finish in the most effective and efficient way possible. Beginning with an introduction to the touring concert, explaining who's who on the road, the author, who has worked on the production of many touring concerts for nearly twenty years, guides the reader through a tour setup using a realistic itinerary that visits different types of venues using the production manager's checklists. He also covers the role of the local promoter's production manager and how to manage a crew. The appendices provide some basic electrical formulae, a performance contract, a technical rider, a production checklist to suit most situations, and several forms to help expedite routine tasks.

A collection of original essays that treats music hall as a prototype modern entertainment industry that turned its pleasure into a business. It examines the architectural development of the halls; the management, performers and audience; the movement of capital; and the relationship between the industry, the local State and the reform lobbies.


Taschenbuch - 208 Seiten

Open University Press, December 1986