Music Money and Success 8th Edition: The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business - Paperback

by Jeff Brabec (Author), Todd Brabec (Author)

(Omnibus Press). Music is a business. A business of songwriting, composing, music publishing, and recording. A business of negotiation, contracts, industry practice, and money. Music Money and Success tells you how the business works, how deals are structured, what you need to know to succeed, and, most importantly, how much money you can make. Includes info on: streaming and download royalties; music publishing contracts; recording artist contracts; new media licensing; songs in film and television; Broadway; sources of income; lawyers, managers, and agents; copyright protection; foreign country royalties; music in video games; composing contracts; music in ads and consumer products; and much more! Jeff Brabec is Vice President Business Affairs for BMG and Todd Brabec is the former ASCAP Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Membership. Both are entertainment law attorneys.

Author Biography

Jeff Brabec, Vice President Business & Legal Affairs for BMG, is an Entertainment Law attorney, Deems Taylor Award winning writer for excellence in music journalism and Adjunct Professor at USC where he teaches Music Publishing, Licensing and Film, Television and Video Game song and scoring contracts. Former recording artist, he is a graduate of the New York University School of Law.