The all new updated 4th edition of the music industry bible ‘Music Business’ is back! Completely revised throughout and 10% bigger than the last edition, this successful resource also includes digital rights and management for the 21stcentury. No musician, songwriter, lyricist, performer or music student should be without this invaluable textbook
ORDER NOWNow available - the ultimate print sourcebook for all the contacts in the Australian music market - thousands of listed companies & individuals in over 50 categories. A complete phone and contacts book for the Australian Music Industry. If you are serious about your music industry career you NEED to have one of these on your desk. ORDER NOW
Massive CIA (music/A&R trend/research agency) based in the US are setting up a great opportunity for Music Business students to network and participate in special events while attending SXSW. Even if you are not attending, Massive CIA have an option for students to be involved. Click here for more information.
Artist and Band Management allows readers to take a hands on approach to establishing themselves as artist managers and guides readers through the process of determining a style of management, defining the managers role, finding an act to manage, defining the legal relationship between the artist and the manager, building a management team and creating commonly used artist management templates.
Australia’s Hollywood based Gilli Moon is an Artist, Author, Motivational Speaker and Entrepreneur, with a ceaseless contribution to the creative and business communities at large. JUST GET OUT THERE is the Gilli's Artist's bible to achieving abundance, self-empowerment and professional success as an Artist entrepreneur. 300+ pages filled with in-depth tips, tools, steps and resources on getting out there as an Artist, all the while achieving personal, financial and professional success and joy.
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Commenting on the state of the music business, Robert Levon Been (of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) made the exasperated, yet poignant comment: "it just seems everyone's like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off, trying to guess what's going to be the future and how to make a buck”. In this feature we examine integrated marketing communications (IMC) planning in the music business and add a (digital) update to our popular title: Music Marketing, PR & Image Making
Read the full article and access the free integrated marketing communications (IMC) planning template.
Remember Rick Springfield? Probably not, right. Think 1982 and Jessie’s Girl, still struggling? Well it turns out that his fans remember him. Rick is working on the Nine Inch Nail’s model of connecting with fans + reason to buy = $$$
Recently music business students at The Metropolitan South Institute of Tafe (Queensland), Central Music Industry Training (Western Australia) and Box Hill Institute (Victoria) collated contact and logistical information on many of the major venues across Australia. Their research, called "Venue Guide 2011 - Making Touring Simpler" is now available via the Venue Guide Database . This searchable database provides basic venue details, each listing also includes info on venue capacity, PA, operating hours and the booking agent contact details for over 50 music venues across Australia.
The current copyright system is not working for a whole new generation of creators, not only in music but also film, photography, art and so on. Our ability to appropriate the works of others is greater than it has ever been and this opens up new frontiers of creativity that have never before been available... but the current system is failing these creators.
In The Future of Copyright Ben O'Hara asks what if the (copyright) system we imagined was better than the (copyright) system we created?
What are some of the emerging trends likely to impact the music industry in 2011? What are the implications for creators, producers, marketers and consumers of music?
An annual report prepared by NMIT’s Advanced Diploma of Music (Business) students - 2009 examining the state of the live music scene in Melbourne, Australia.
With thanks from Rob Hails and NMIT Advanced Diploma in Music Industry students.
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Designed as both an introductory guide and a practical, week-by-week workbook, this book will assist students, educators and practitioners in the music, entertainment and arts industries to build their financial literacy.
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