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Music Business Handbook and Career Guide

13th Edition


February 2023 | 584 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The Thirteenth Edition of this powerhouse best-selling text maintains its tradition as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the music industry in all of its diversity. Readers new to the music business and seasoned professionals alike will find David Baskerville, Tim Baskerville, and Serona Elton's handbook the go-to source, regardless of their specialty within the music field. Music Business Handbook and Career Guide is ideal for introductory courses such as Introduction to the Music Business, Music and Media, and other survey courses as well as more specialized courses such as the Record Industry, Music Careers, Artist Management, and more. 

The fully updated Thirteenth Edition includes a comprehensive discussion of the streaming revolution, where this predominant form of music consumption stands today and is heading in the future. Rapid changes in music licensingare addressed and how they impact creators, musical work performance licensing, compulsory and negotiated mechanicals, and sound recording licenses. The new edition also analyzes the changing picture of music video and shows how music video has been upended by on-demand streaming.  Lastly, there is all-new coverage of COVID-19and how the concert industry has been impacted as well as digital advances that have been made. 

 

 
PART I • SETTING THE STAGE
 
CHAPTER 1 • Introduction to the Music Business
 
CHAPTER 2 • Agents, Managers, and Attorneys
 
CHAPTER 3 • Unions and Guilds
 
CHAPTER 4 • Artist Management
 
PART II • COPYRIGHT, SONGWRITING, PUBLISHING, AND LICENSING
 
CHAPTER 5 • Music Copyright
 
CHAPTER 6 • Professional Songwriting
 
CHAPTER 7 • Music Publishing
 
CHAPTER 8 • Music Licensing
 
PART III • THE RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY
 
CHAPTER 9 • Recording Artists and Record Labels
 
CHAPTER 10 • Recording Agreements
 
CHAPTER 11 • Record and Video Production
 
CHAPTER 12 • Record Label Marketing and Distribution
 
CHAPTER 13 • On-Demand Streaming
 
CHAPTER 14 • Market Analytics
 
PART IV • LIVE PERFORMANCE
 
CHAPTER 15 • Concert Promotion
 
CHAPTER 16 • Concert Venues
 
CHAPTER 17 • Arts Administration
 
CHAPTER 18 • Music in Theatre
 
PART V • MUSIC IN THE MARKETPLACE
 
CHAPTER 19 • Music in Radio and Video
 
CHAPTER 20 • Music in Media
 
CHAPTER 21 • Music Products
 
PART VI • MAKING A LIVING IN MUSIC
 
CHAPTER 22 • The DIY Artist
 
CHAPTER 23 • Starting Your Own Business
 
CHAPTER 24 • Career Options
 
CHAPTER 25 • Career Development

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"Music Business Handbook and Career Guide is the most comprehensive book on this topic by far."

Kim L. Wangler
Appalachian State University

"Thorough and comprehensive; a good starting point for any music business topic."

Ken Paoli
Professor of Music, College of DuPage

"It is absolutely the best resource for musicians learning how to navigate today's music market place."

Charles Denler
Colorado Christian University

"I like that this text is very comprehensive, and provides more fact than opinion."

A.J. Merlino, DMA
Albright College

"I like the wide variety of aspects of the commercial music field covered by this book. It allows me to bring in frequent guest speakers to share their perspective on particular chapters in the book."

John Prescott
Missouri State University

I have not received this book for review

Dr Janet Nepkie
Music Dept, Suny College At Oneonta
April 22, 2024

Baskerville, Baskerville, and Elton (13th edition) is very thorough, thoughtfully designed, and well written. It will meet my teaching needs in all respects.

Dr Bruce Ronkin
Music Dept, Northeastern University
June 26, 2023

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