The most complete guide to the law and business of music. Updated regularly to keep pace with a rapidly evolving industry.
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The most complete guide to the law and business of music. Updated regularly to keep pace with a rapidly evolving industry.
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How to make your band a business success
Whether you're recording an album, budgeting a tour, or livestreaming concerts, you need solid information to make the right legal and business choices.
Music Law is the all-in-one guide you need. Written by musician and lawyer Rich Stim, it explains everything you need to:
- write a partnership agreement
- buy and insure equipment
- use samples and do covers
- register your band's name
- sell and license your music
- get royalties for streaming and downloads
- get gigs and get paid
- promote your band on social media
- find the right manager and write a fair contract
- protect your copyright
- avoid legal problems when using a recording studio, and
- negotiate record contracts.
This is the most useful business and legal guide for bands and independent musicians that you can buy. Completely updated to provide the latest in the law and current business practices, it covers music licensing and trends in livestreaming and other new revenue sources.
Critic Reviews
"If you're serious about a career as a performing musician, you'd have to be a damn fool not to rush out and buy a copy of this book." Jim Aiken, Keyboard
"It's the scuba gear every musician needs to swim with the sharks." Vibe
"I usually hate books written by attorneys. This one is an exception." Moses Avalon, Author of the Confessions of a Record Producer
"Author Richard Stim presents musicians, music industry professionals working in a wide variety of contexts, and general interest readers with an examination of the business and legal aspects of collaborative music recording and performance. The author has organized the chapters that make up the main body of his text in eighteen parts devoted to the business of being a band, band partnerships, management, attorneys, band equipment, and a wide variety of other related subjects. The author is a musician and practicing intellectual property attorney." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView
From the Author:
Taking care of a band's business may seem to lack the same excitement as knocking out a third encore for rabid fans. But band business doesn't have to be boring, and it often involves some of the same types of creativity as used in songwriting and arranging.
This book will help musicians make smart decisions and avoid the many pitfalls that often trap bands and their members. During its two decades and ten editions, Music Law has evolved to not only cover band partnership agreements, management agreements, and copyright, trademark, and contract info, but also to include music artwork; taxes and financial management; licensing music for film, TV, and advertising; and new revenue models from music income.
About the Author
Richard Stim is a lawyer and the author of several Nolo books, including Music Law, Getting Permission, Profit From Your Ideas, and Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference.
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