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Indie Power: A Business-Building Guide For Record Labels, Music Production Houses, and Merchant Musicians
by Peter Spellman
- Published by MBS Business Media
2nd edition
Publication date: September 2006
275 pages
I've received the book and thank you - it's fantastic! I haven't come across anything so complete in all of my research!
—Elizabeth Woodruff, Winter Rae Recordings
Get the power you need to make your mark in the new music economy. Twelve chapters of resource-rich information and strategies to help you create the music company you've been dreaming of. Here's a partial list of what's inside:
- Updated look at crucial trends in the music content business
- The key players in the biz and how income flows in the recording industry
- Tips on how to use the internet for your business/market research
- How to put together your A&R program
- Checklist for assessing the feasibility of a new business idea
- Sample contact management system
- How to use music trade associations to further your company's success
- Copyright and song clearance know-how
- How to obtain credit card merchant status for your business and increase sales
- Record label personnel flow-chart with task assignments
- Sample music production budget log
- A step-by-step guide to writing your label's business plan
- The essential points of selecting a music producer, recording studio and record manufacturer
- Complete explanation of bar codes and how to obtain one for your label
- Sample artist contracts with commentary
- Sample partnership, master licensing, parental consent agreements and MORE
- How to incorporate your business for greater tax savings
- Special tax guidelines for the small label or production company
- How to set up your company web site
- Guidelines for raising capital and investor formation
- The legal rights & issues facing small labels and production companies
- How to calculate artist royalties
- Examples of music licensing agreements
- Music-related tax deductions sheet
- Where to look for artists, songs and producers
- Tips on how to deal with CD manufacturers
- Expanding your business activity through new revenue streams, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Detailed TOC
Are you serious about success or just daydreaming? This awesome book is the test. If you actually use all the practical advice in INDIE POWER, you'll have a long successful career in music. Otherwise, stick with your lottery fantasies.
—Derek Sivers, president, CD Baby
With an eye on both the “big picture” and the details, Spellman offers a comprehensive guide for creating your own 21st century music business from the inside out. Awesome and empowering.
—John Braheny, Songwriting/music industry consultant, author of The Craft and Business of Songwriting
Read the introduction before you buy
I was recently doing a consultation with two artists who were trying to start their own production company. After an hour of explaining business basics to them, I finally said, “Y’know what? Just read this book. It's got everything you need to know to get to first base.” Peter's book is like having a personal coach for music business entrepreneurs. I especially liked the checklist of 'How to Burn Out and Stay Stressed'. Great work!
—Moses Avalon, author, Confessions of a Record Producer
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