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    Making It in the Music Business: The Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers

    Making It in the Music Business: The Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers

    by Lee Wilson


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      ISBN-13: 9781621531999
    • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
    • Publication date: 01/02/2008
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 256
    • File size: 548 KB

    Lee Wilson is a Nashville writer, publisher, and intellectual-property lawyer. A graduate of Rhodes College, she has worked as a newspaper reporter, advertising copywriter and producer, and freelance writer. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she served on the board of editors for the Tennessee Law Review. In private practice in Nashville since 1984, she has served on the boards of the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, as president of the nonprofit organization that publishes the scholarly Cumberland Poetry Review, and was founding president of the Tennessee Writers Alliance. She is president of Magellan Press, Inc., the Nashville publisher of the Where the Locals Eat series of US restaurant guides and other nonfiction books. She has written several books herself, the most recent of which are The Copyright Guide, The Trademark Guide, and Making It In The Music Business: The Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers, all of which are published by Allworth Press of New York. She also periodically writes a legal affairs column for Communication Arts magazine. Her latest book, The Advertising Law Guide, was published by Allworth Press in 2000. She lives in Pleasant View, Tennessee. Lee Wilson offers a free fifteen-minute phone consultation to any Tennessee artist with a problem or question. Call her at (615) 746–4502 with questions.
     

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    Table of Contents

    Dedicationvi
    Acknowledgmentsvii
    Prefaceix
    1.Copyright for Songwriters
    Chapter 1Understanding Copyright Law3
    Chapter 2How Copyright Protects You23
    Chapter 3Protecting Your Copyrights and Yourself37
    Chapter 4Making Money from Your Music61
    II.The Business of Making Music
    Chapter 5When You Form a Band83
    Chapter 6Understanding Contracts99
    Chapter 7Finding and Managing a Booking Agent107
    Chapter 8Managers and What They Mean to Your Career117
    Chapter 9Music Lawyers and How to Find and Work with One131
    Chapter 10Trademarks and Why They're Important to You151
    Chapter 11Choosing a Performing Name You Can Protect165
    Appendixes
    Appendix AForm Club Engagement Agreement187
    Appendix BForm Photographer's Agreement and Assignment of Copyright193
    Appendix CForm Designer's Agreement and Assignment of Copyright197
    Appendix DSample Trademark Cease-and-Desist Letter201
    Appendix EResources205
    Glossary219
    Index235

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    Using dozens of real-life examples, readers will find up-to-date information on avoiding copyright infringement, working effectively with managers and music lawyers, developing management and booking agreements, and more. This updated edition is completely revised and expanded with two brand-new chapters on the do's and don't's of starting and running a band, and how to make money from music. It also includes expanded material on Internet copyright issues.

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    A revised edition of a handbook in which entertainment lawyer Wilson tells songwriters and performers what they need to know to use the legal system to their advantage, protect their work from infringement, and launch a successful music career. Topics include signing a first contract, finding a booking agent, choosing a manager and music publisher, working with music lawyers, understanding partnership law for musicians, and understanding trademarks and how to protect a band's name. Includes sample forms and letters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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    It is a valuable book for anyone starting out in the music business.
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