Research Catalog

Title

Confessions of a record producer : how to survive the scams and shams of the music business / by Moses Avalon.

Author

Avalon, Moses, 1962-

Publication

San Francisco : Backbeat Books ; Emeryville, CA : Distributed to the Book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West ; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Pub., ©2006.

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Details

Description

xvi, 335 pages; 24 cm

Summary

An insider explains the shady realities of the music business, offering advice to help newcomers protect themselves, survive, and succeed.

Subject

• Sound recording industry > Vocational guidance
• Sound recording industry > Vocational guidance
• Tonträgerindustrie
• Berufsberatung
• Tonträgerproduzent

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

The pros -- The creators -- Companies, companies, companies -- Understanding distribution, or Why are there so many logos on the record? -- The major label deal from the artist's point of view -- Publishing deals : the 200% pie, or 100% of something is better than 200% of nothing -- The major label deal from the producer's point of view -- The major label deal from the record company's point of view -- The single -- The independent record deal : the birth of the new indie -- The independent record deal from the point of view of the record company -- The independent record deal from the point of view of the artist -- The baby record deal -- The vanity label -- Wrap-up : who earned what? -- The myth of copyright protection, or "Hey, they stole my song!" -- Master fraud -- Sneaky lawyer stuff -- A & R dogma -- ASCAP vs. BMI : PRO pontification -- Production boners -- Marketing mishigas -- Getting credit where credit is due -- Industry consensus -- The big picture, or The record industry from the point of view of the rest of the world -- Record/pause -- Appendix. Family trees of big six distributors as of January 1998.

ISBN

• 0879308745
• 9780879308742

LCCN

• 2006005013
• 9780879308742

OCLC

• ocm62178072
• 62178072
• SCSB-14666898

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library