A brief but comprehensive examination of how records are made, marketed, and sold. This new edition takes into account the massive changes in the recording industry occurring today due to the revolution of music on the web

1. The entertainment industry and the music business -- 2. Understanding the music and recording business -- 3. Copyright basics in the music business -- 4. Music copyrights é -- 5. Sound recording copyrights â -- 6. Music publishing : the first stream -- 7. Live entertainment : the second...

Understanding the recording industry -- Copyright basics and the recording industry -- Copyright in sound recordings and songs -- Music publishing : the first stream -- Live entertainment : the second stream -- Recordings : the main stream -- Production and the A & R function -- The marketing...