Full Description
Now in its sixth edition, Artist Management for the Music Business offers a comprehensive view of how to generate income through music and how to strategically plan for future growth for the artist manager.
Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business. Packed with practical insights, this book will teach you how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to manage and navigate a music-based career. Revised throughout, this sixth edition includes expanded information on well-established topics, as well as insights into contemporary issues such as artificial intelligence, the immense impact of data, classical artist management, whether an artist works for hire and what this means, and the intersection of the artist management role with other industry professionals such as stage managers, engineers, and producers.
Supported by interviews and case studies that offer examples of real-world management issues and outcomes, Artist Management for the Music Business is an essential reference for established and emerging artist managers, musicians who want to manage their own careers, as well as students on Music Business and Music Industry courses.
Contents
1. Artist Management Toolbox; 2. Preparing to Manage; 3. Entrepreneurship and Basic Money Management; 4. The Artist Prepares to Be Managed; 5. Lessons in Artist Management; 6. The Artist Career Plan; 7. The Independent Artist: Managing Your Own Music Career; 8. The Agreement Between the Artist and Manager; 9. The Business Side of Artist Management; 10. Income from Live Performance and Merchandise; 11. Income from Songwriting; 12. Income from Recording; 13. Data: Guiding an Artist's Career in the Music Business; 14. Mentors, Coaching, and Leadership; Appendix A: Artist Management Contract Form; Appendix B: Partnership Agreement for Members of a Band; Appendix C: The Artist Recording Contract; Appendix D: Kesha's Artist Management Contract; Appendix E: Taylor Swift's First Artist Management Contract.
