Guerilla Guide to the Music Business: 2nd Edition

by Davis, Sarah; Laing, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780826417916
• ISBN10: 0826417914
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business (2nd edition), the ultimate handbook to surviving and succeeding in today's music industry, is crammed full of new information and interviews. Whether you are a guitar band, a hiphop crew, a singer or DJ, it provides a no-nonsense guide to planning your career and shows you how to keep control of your own professional destiny.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Gigs	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Finding the Right Equipment	p. 3
Charles Measures, Chandler Guitars	p. 6
Dan Barrow, Drumtech	p. 7
Rehearsal	p. 22
Finding the Gig	p. 29
Sarah Thirtle, Booker	p. 33
Mitchell Frank, Promoter	p. 37
Patrick Haveron, Management	p. 42
Crispin Parry, British Underground	p. 50
Touring	p. 55
Ben Grimes, Musician	p. 62
David Gledhill, Musician	p. 65
Using an Agent	p. 67
Marty Diamond, Agent	p. 71
Steve Hogan, Agent	p. 73
Doing the Gig	p. 78
Djs	p. 93
Reid Speed	p. 97
DJ Kofi	p. 101
Eddie Halliwell	p. 103
Tom Tambourine, Club Promoter	p. 108
Billy Riley, Club Owner	p. 114
Steve Blonde, Club Manager	p. 118
Charlie Harris, Booking Agent and Manager	p. 122
Judge Jules	p. 128
Merchandising	p. 133
Jeremy Goldsmith, Event Merchandising	p. 136
Glen Miller, Merchandiser	p. 138
Recording	p. 143
Home Recording	p. 144
Alan Thompson, Sales Manager, Turnkey	p. 154
The Recording Studio	p. 182
Stu Lambert-Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster	p. 182
Shaun Harvey, Engineer	p. 184
Ben Grimes, Musician	p. 200
Topher Mohr, Producer	p. 206
Putting Out Your Own Record	p. 208
David Gledhill, Musician	p. 211
Stephen Emms, Press Officer	p. 216
Wendy Weisberg, Press Officer	p. 222
Nelson Wells, Radio Promoter	p. 229
Tony Byrne, Plugger	p. 232
Gabriel and Dresden, Remixers	p. 242
Distribution	p. 249
John Knight, Music Distribution	p. 250
Steve 'Wess' Westman, Music Distribution	p. 254
Manufacturing	p. 256
Scott Pollack, Music Manufacturer	p. 268
The Internet	p. 273
Rod Lambert, Web Site Designer	p. 275
Derek Sivers, CD Baby	p. 284
Ian Clarke, Indy.tv	p. 286
Running Your Own Label	p. 288
Mark Jones, PIAS/Wall of Sound	p. 297
Robb Nansel, Saddle Creek	p. 304
Other Stuff	p. 307
Professional Songwriting	p. 308
Martin Brammer, Songwriter	p. 309
Wayne Cohen, Songwriter	p. 314
Writing for a Music Library Company	p. 319
Writing for Advertising	p. 320
Leap Music	p. 320
Writing Jingles	p. 325
David Yorath, Jingle Writer	p. 326
Writing for TV	p. 328
Flipper Dalton, Composer	p. 328
Writing Music for Computer Games	p. 331
Sergio Pimentel, Soundtrack Licensing Manager	p. 331
Steve Horowitz, Composer	p. 334
Session Work	p. 337
Shannon Harris, Musician	p. 337
Jonny Cragg, Musician	p. 341
Sue Carling, Session Fixer	p. 343
Education	p. 348
Helen Reddington, Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster	p. 349
Jeffrey Jampol, Lecturer, University of California	p. 354
Business Affairs	p. 357
Artist Management	p. 358
Mac McCaughan, Musician	p. 358
Seven Webster, Manager	p. 362
Keith Cooper, Manager	p. 367
Tax and Accounts	p. 370
Richard Soltes, Accountant	p. 372
John Smith, Accountant	p. 373
Legal Matters and Lawyers	p. 376
Kienda Hoji, Lawyer	p. 377
Publishing	p. 387
Dennis Collopy, Music Publisher	p. 388
Mara Schwartz, Publishing Administration	p. 396
Collection Societies and Rights Organisations	p. 400
John Sweeney, Performing Right Society	p. 402
Jennifer Knoepfle, ASCAP	p. 407
Tracie Verlinde, BMI	p. 409
Clive Bishop, Phonographic Performance Ltd	p. 415
John L. Simson, SoundExchange	p. 419
Nigel McCune, UK Musicians' Union	p. 423
Tom Lee, American Federation of Musicians	p. 425
Don Rose, American Association of Independent Music	p. 429
Trevor Mason, Youth Music	p. 432
Toolkit	p. 441
Glossary	p. 442
Contacts and Agreements	p. 448
Web Addresses/Contacts	p. 488
Index	p. 493
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