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Music Business: The Key Concepts

By Richard Strasser

Published August 27th 2009 by Routledge – 208 pages

Series: Routledge Key Guides

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Description

Music Business: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive guide to the terminology commonly used in the music business today. It embraces definitions from a number of relevant fields, including:

  • general business

  • marketing

  • e-commerce

  • intellectual property law

  • economics

  • entrepreneurship

In an accessible A-Z format and fully cross-referenced throughout, this book is essential reading for music business students as well as those interested in the music industry.

Reviews

"it is a handy reference book for anyone involved or interested in the business aspect of the music industry…" -CHOICE

Contents

Advance; Advertising; Agent; Airplay; Audio Engineer; Black Box Income; Buenos Aires Convention; Controlled Composition; Copyright; Cross Collateralization; Demo; Distribution; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Four Walling; Interpolation; Minimum Advertised Price (MAP); Ofcom; Peer-to-Peer Network (P2P); Piracy; Royalty; SoundScan; Statutory Rate

Author Bio

Richard Strasser is Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at Northeastern University. He has written several articles on the music business and is co-author with John Shirley of The Savvy Studio Owner (2005).

Name: Music Business: The Key Concepts (Paperback) – Routledge 
Description: By Richard Strasser. Music Business: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive guide to the terminology commonly used in the music business today. It embraces definitions from a number of relevant fields, including: general business marketing e-commerce intellectual...
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