ABSTRACT

This book is a comprehensive guide to a career in the music industry. Offering advice as to how to get into the business, it explains the main features of a wide range of jobs, such as management, production, promotion and merchandise through to the working lives of recording artists and session musicians.

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

Tony Barrow

chapter 2|7 pages

Getting inside the music business

chapter 3|13 pages

The record company

chapter 4|12 pages

Artist management

chapter 5|12 pages

The publisher

chapter 6|7 pages

The negotiators

chapter 7|9 pages

The A&R person

chapter 8|10 pages

The producer

chapter 9|9 pages

Marketing a release

chapter 10|12 pages

Video

chapter 11|14 pages

Press and public relations

chapter 12|15 pages

Music and the media

chapter 13|9 pages

The concert promoter

chapter 14|8 pages

The merchandisers

chapter 15|9 pages

The fan club

chapter 16|9 pages

The artist

chapter 17|9 pages

The songwriter

chapter 18|10 pages

The session player

chapter 19|10 pages

On the road

chapter 20|9 pages

The star

chapter 21|5 pages

The summing up

Julian Newby