Music Business Handbook and Career Guide

David Baskerville

SAGE, 2006 - Business & Economics - 615 pages

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. More than 100,000 students and professionals have turned to earlier editions of the Baskerville Handbook to understand the art, profession, and business of music. Thoroughly revised, the eighth 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. The eighth edition has been completely updated, with particular emphasis on online music and its impact on the rest of the industry.

Contents

• Overview: 3
• The Music Business System: 15
• Professional Songwriting: 25
• Music Publishing: 49
• Music Copyright: 83
• Music Licensing: 117
• Agents Managers and Attorneys: 143
• Artists Recording Contracts: 159
• Unions and Guilds: 181
• Artist Management: 193
• Record Production: 219
• Concert Production: 243
• Arts Administration: 263
• Funding the Arts: 272
• Administration: 278
• Music Products: 285
• Promotion of Musical Products: 294
• Scope of the Recording Industry: 301
• Record Promotion Distribution and Retailing: 315
• Record Markets: 335
• The Digital Age: 345
• Music in Radio: 357
• Music in Television: 375
• Dramatic Scoring for Motion Pictures and TV: 393
• Music in Advertising: 411
• Music and Theater: 429
• Business Music and Production Libraries: 443
• Career Options: 449
• Composer of Educational Materials: 456
• Music Copyist: 462
• Teaching Careers: 473
• BroadcastingFilmVideo Game Careers: 479
• Starting Your Own Business: 499
• Career Development: 515
• What You Need to Know: 527
• The World Market: 538

About the author

Author David Baskerville (1918–1986) received a PhD in music from UCLA. His background included staff composer-conductor for NBC-Hollywood; arranger for Nelson Riddle, Paramount Pictures, and 20th Century Fox; television producer for BBC-London; conductor at Radio City Music Hall; trombonist with the Seattle Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and NBC-Hollywood orchestra; Executive Vice President of Ad-Staff, Inc., producer of award-winning broadcast commercials; Executive Editor of Tor Music Publishing Company; and President of Sherwood Recording Studios, North Hollywood.He also served as a consultant to companies in the entertainment industry, such as Walt Disney Productions, and to research and marketing firms, such as Vidmar Communications, Los Angeles.As an educator, Dr. Baskerville created and directed the music management program at the University of Colorado at Denver, where he became professor emeritus. He was a guest lecturer, consultant, or clinician at USC, UCLA, Chicago Musical College, Hartt School of Music, the Ohio State University, University of Miami, and Trebas Institute, Canada.He was a featured speaker at national conventions of the Music Educators National Conference, College Music Society, National Association of Jazz Educators, and the National Association of Schools of Music.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Music Business Handbook and Career Guide; Music Business Handbook & Career Guide
• Author: David Baskerville
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE, 2006
• ISBN: 1412904382, 9781412904384
• Length: 615 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Careers / General; Business & Economics / General; Education / Counseling / Career Development; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies; Music / Business Aspects; Music / General