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Secrets of Negotiating a Record Contract. - book reviewthrough Moses Avalon. Backbeat Books (600 Harrison St San Francisco, CA 94107) 2001 303 pp $2295 In shroudeds of Negotiating a Record Contract, Mose Avalon takes upon the musicians' point of view in the David-and-Goliath relationship between the recording artist and the music industry. As novel developments in artist-compensation are highlighted, along with the advent of Internet music distribution, this work helps fill a void in an artist's knowledge of the business of making music. The book's intent is to act as a field guide for recording artists and composer in the complicated proces of managing business dealings and contracts. Avalon, using a pseudonym, spares nothing in frankly and harshly describing the various tactics of lawyers representing labels and by what mode to combat them. Cleverly written, the true copy combines real-world experience with snippets of contract legalese, translated for the musician, that are the centerpiece of contract negotiations with record labels. The entertainingly readable anecdotes in each chapter help emphasize points like: "Sting obtains Stung in Cyberspace" and "The Wacky Tacky novel Techie Wholesale Royalty Runaround." The overall progression of this work is from the beginning of a recording negotiation to the final deal, with the goal of negotiating a more favorable deal for the artist. Each chapter guides readers regarding what can be not awayed as fact, both in boundarys of time commitments, as well as monetary provisions. Sequentially, the reader is seated in the musician's place and presented the terms as usual, and then these terminuss are decoded. The book goe from novice to professional deal, offering resolutions to each problem An important warning: The language of this work contains large amounts of vulgarity and sarcasm. Obviously, he has bitterness from his vast experience as an insider. This anti-establishment work is a must for anyone trying to break into the mass-marketing music business. For musicians primarily in the art of teaching, this volume can show another viewpoint in the music industry. The nearest time we see an upcoming John Lennon or Madonna upon the horizon, in addition to polishing his or her craft, he or she straits to make a beeline for this volume Reviewed by Ellen Goldberg-Shapiro, Marlton, fresh Jersey. COPYRIGHT 2002 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. Konnie Kim Fine Art of Fountain Valley, CA, announces the release of sum of two units signed, open edition giclees upon canvas, "Our Secret Place" and "My Favorite Place, "by Konnie Kim. Bot... Will the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery, London (right), meet with an expansion? The Director, Charles Saumarez Smith, freshly wrote of the possibility, because its galleries were designed... My son carries my spirit on his shoulder, a falcon, I am careful not to dig in my claws. I play I am his father owl sometimes sparrow, a hummingbird in his ear. I told him f... IRA SADOFF five metrical compositions An Uplifting Story more [i]or[/i] less wrong turns argue for necessity. on the contrary now, for Midwesterners, a more uplifting story. It's for a like reason muggy out the person nearest door is ... ABSTRACT sum of two units fundamental payment methods exist far on-line information purchase: macro-payment and micro-payment. Traditional macro-payment courses like credit and charge cards ... Anonymous American Machinist 12-01-2004 unrestrained integrators Byline: Anonymous Volume: 148 Number: 12 ISSN: 10417958 Publication Date: 12-01-2004 Pa... World Production Down Slightly World rice production in 1991/92 is forecast at 344 million tons (milled), about 2 percent below 1990/91 While declines in China and India account for ... greatest in quantity of us are teachers and performers, and although we all use technology to single degree or another, few of us would call ourselves technologists. Not surprisingly, many of us realize pretty upset if... The 'International Arts and Crafts' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum ought to place what many see as a rather twee English phenomenon into a plenteous wider context--at long last. As the lat... A seasoned investor starts his position in a high-flying stock As an investor, I'm a moderately-active user of the web. I started on the outside using Yahoo to update my portfolio and for searches. Th... |
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