For 11 years the Recording Industry Sourcebook has served as the music industry insider's one-stop buyer's guide and a must have for building business relationships. With over 9,000 updated professional listings in more than 60 categories, the latest edition of the Sourcebook offers comprehensive directories of record labels, producers, managers, distributors, attorneys, equipment suppliers, music video companies, media contacts and much more. Entries list contact names, titles, addresses, phone and fax numbers, e-mail and web addresses, styles of music preferred, information on whether or not they'll accept unsolicited demos, and more. High-quality packaging, featuring laminated dividers and sturdy spiral binding, makes this annual a good investment.

(Berklee Press). Sell more music! Learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians, leveraging the important changes and opportunities that the digital age has brought to music marketing. This multifaceted and integrated approach will help you to develop an effective worldwide marketing strategy. Step by step, you will develop an active marketing plan and timeline tailored to your unique strengths and budget. You will learn to time your marketing campaign effectively, publicize your music to traditional print outlets and emerging online opportunities, understand the current opportunities for online, satellite, and terrestrial radio play as well as navigate various retail and distribution options, both at brick-and-mortar and online options, such as iTunes, Rhapsody, and other services.

This bibliography of bibliographies lists and describes sources, from basic references to highly specialized materials. Valuable as a classroom text and as a research tool for scholars, librarians, performers, and teachers.

Bigger and better than ever, this, the ninth edition of Recording Industry Sourcebook, continues to evolve with expanded coverage of traditional industry topics, and now includes the cutting-edge sectors of multimedia business and Internet resources. Individual listings include company name and address, contacts and their titles, phone and fax numbers, information on the type of music or equipment or service in which the company specializes, and more. Listings include: -- recording studios -- major and independent record labels -- music video services -- management companies -- concert promoters -- music publishers -- record producers and engineers -- music attorneys -- musical and pro-audio equipment suppliers and manufacturers -- photographers and designers -- CD manufacturers -- rehearsal studios -- film and television music production houses.

The Must-Have Guide for Breaking into the Music Business Completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, The Music Business provides essential career advice and information on how to get started and advance in all areas of the music industry—from an author who’s had careers in music as an artist and professor for more than two decades. This comprehensive volume gives you guidance and information on: • Starting your music career • The ins and outs of recording contracts • Record producing and music engineering • The distribution and sale of records • The Internet and MP3s, and their effects on the music industry • The latest computer programs • Copyright law • Composing music and songwriting • Music education • The international music industry • And much more . . . The Music Business is an indispensable reference for anyone who wants to begin a career in any of the industry’s facets, as well as an invaluable aid to professional and would-be professional musicians alike.