The Music Business and Recording Industry

2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-96802-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 685 g

The Recording Industry presents a brief but comprehensive examination of how records are made, marketed, and sold. The book opens with an overview of popular music and its place in American society, along with descriptions of key players in the recording industry. In the book's second part, the making of a recording is traced from production through marketing and retail sales. Finally, in Part III, legal issues, including copyright and problems of piracy, are addressed.The new edition takes into account the massive changes in the recording industry occurring today due to the revolution of music on the web. This new reality informs all parts of the second edition, from issues of production and distribution to legal issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hull, Geoffrey

Hull, Geoffrey P

Strasser, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikindustrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Musikindustrie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikveranstaltungen und -organisationen, Aufführungspraxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Understanding the Recording Industry
Chapter 2 Copyright Basics and the Recording Industry
Chapter 3 Copyright in Sound Recordings and Songs
Chapter 4 Music Publishing: The First Stream
Chapter 5 Live Entertainment: The Second stream
Chapter 6 Recordings: The Main Stream
Chapter 7 Production and the A & R Function
Chapter 8 The Marketing Function
Chapter 9 Retailing: Software on Hard Copies
Chapter 10 Relationships to Other Media
Chapter 11 The Recording Industry and the Internet
Glossary of Terms
Internet Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index