ABSTRACT

Monetizing Entertainment: An Insider's Handbook for Careers in the Entertainment & Music Industry offers a thorough, guided exploration of the current state of the industry, with an emphasis on trends in copyright, digital streaming, and practical advice for developing a career as an artist, technician, or industry executive.

This book investigates a variety of topics within the entertainment and music industry, ranging from traditional and emerging business models to intellectual property rights to the creative destruction happening currently. The book strategically outlines the existing gaps that make being successful as an artist a dynamic interaction between creativity and business.

This book includes the following:

  • An overview of the creative destruction process that has destroyed some of the old business models and created a number of career options.
  • A look at innovative, entrepreneurial career options.
  • A step-by-step examination for both creative and business professionals of the administrative and financial structures of the industry.
  • Detailed analysis of trends and topics shaping the current entertainment and music industry drawn from insiders' perspectives and other contemporary resources.

An accompanying website (www.routledge.com/cw/wacholtz), hosting case studies, videos, data, infographics, and blog posts on business models, is the perfect companion to this authoritative resource.

chapter 1|48 pages

The Perfect Storm

chapter 2|38 pages

The Three Wows

chapter 3|48 pages

The Rules of the Game

chapter 4|54 pages

The Entertainment Business

chapter 5|29 pages

The Significance of Narration

chapter 6|46 pages

Music Publishing—What’s the Deal?

chapter 7|49 pages

Recording Lightning in a Bottle

chapter 8|35 pages

The Label Business—Recording Budgets

chapter 9|40 pages

Odds of the Game

chapter 10|59 pages

Promotion/Publicity and Media

chapter 11|41 pages

Representation

chapter 12|33 pages

The Concert and Event Business