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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459060603321

Autore

Hull Geoffrey P.

Titolo

The music and recording business : delivering music in the 21st century / / Geoffrey P. Hull, Thomas Hutchison, Richard Strasser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-91112-X

1-283-03822-6

9786613038227

0-203-84319-3

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HullGeoffrey P

HutchisonThomas W (Thomas William)

StrasserRichard <1966->

Disciplina

338.4/7780973

Soggetti

Sound recording industry

Music trade

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition published under title: Recording industry.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Entertainment Industry and the Music Business; 2 Understanding the Music and Recording Business; 3 Copyright Basics in the Music Business; 4 Music Copyrights ©; 5 Sound Recording Copyrights P; 6 Music Publishing: The First Stream; 7 Live Entertainment: The Second Stream; 8 Recordings: The Main Stream; 9 The A&R Function; 10 The Production Function; 11 The Marketing Function: Product and Price; 12 The Marketing Function: Promotion and Place; 13 The Global Music and Recording Business; Glossary; Appendix: Internet Resources

NotesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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 revol