Music: The Business: Fully Revised and Updated, Including the Latest Developments in Music Streaming

2017 | Business & Finance

This essential and highly acclaimed guide, now updated and revised in its seventh edition, explains the business of the British music industry. Drawing on her extensive experience as a media lawyer, Ann Harrison offers a unique, expert opinion on the deals, the contracts and the business as a whole. She examines in detail the changing face of the music industry and provides absorbing and up-to-date case studies. Whether you're a recording artist, songwriter, music business manager, industry executive, publisher, journalist, media student, accountant or lawyer, this practical and comprehensive guide is indispensable reading. Fully revised and updated. Includes: the current types of record and publishing deals, and what you can expect to see in the contracts; a guide to making a record, manufacture, distribution, branding, marketing, merchandising, sponsorship, band arrangements and touring; the most up-to-date information on music streaming, digital downloads, online marketing and piracy; an in-depth look at copyright law and related rights; and case studies illustrating key developments and legal jargon explained.

Ann Harrison (Author)