All You Need to Know About the Music Business
Eleventh Edition
(Sprache: Englisch)
Dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over 30 years, and over half a million...
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Dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over 30 years, and over half a million copies sold. Now with updates explaining why musicians have more power today than ever in history; discussion of the mega-million dollar sales of artists' songs and record catalogs; how artist access to streaming media, and particularly TikTok, has completely reshaped the music business; the latest on music created by AI; and a full update of the latest numbers and trends.
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Dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half a million copies sold. Now with updates explaining why musicians have more power today than ever in history; discussion of the mega-million-dollar sales of artists' songs and record catalogs; how artist access to streaming media, and particularly TikTok, has completely reshaped the music business; the latest on music created by AI; and a full update of the latest numbers and trends.For more than thirty years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now in its eleventh edition, Passman leads novices and experts alike through what has been the most profound change in the music business since the days of wax cylinders and piano rolls: streaming. For the first time in history, music is no longer monetized by selling something-it's monetized by how many times a listener streams a song. And also, for the first time, artists can get their music to listeners without a record company gatekeeper, creating a new democracy for music.
The "industry bible" (Los Angeles Times), now updated, is essential for anyone in the music business-musicians, songwriters, lawyers, agents, promoters, publishers, executives, and managers-and the definitive guide for anyone who wants to be in the business.
So, whether you are-or aspire to be-in the music industry, veteran music lawyer Passman's comprehensive guide is an indispensable tool. He offers timely information about the latest trends, including the reasons why artists have more clout than ever in history, the massive influence of TikTok, the mega million dollar sales of artists' songs and record catalogs, music in Web3 and the Metaverse, music created by AI, and a full update of the latest
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Chapter 1: First Steps 1 First Steps STATE OF THE UNION Welcome to the eleventh edition.
And for you Spinal Tap fans, "This one goes to Eleven" (if you have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, Google it).
I have lots of new goodies for you since we last got together, such as the dominance of streaming, why artists have more power than ever in history, the emergence of music created by artificial intelligence (some argue that's been going on since the beginning of stoner rock), how TikTok has majorly rocked the music world (and whether that's good or bad), the recent mega-sales of music catalogs, music in Web3/metaverse/NFTs, and of course updated numbers and practices.
Piracy slaughtered the music business in the 2000s, as U.S. music revenues plummeted from their high of $14.6 billion in 1999 to half of that, and they stayed stagnant or steadily declined for sixteen years. But thanks to streaming, we're now booming, having hit an all-time high of $15.9 billion in 2022, and still growing healthily. Streaming is clearly the savior, but in the process, it changed the music biz more radically in the last few years than at any other time in its history.
Let me explain:
First, of course, there was a massive change in how music is delivered. Since the 1890s, music has been monetized by selling something: wax cylinders, piano rolls, shellac records, vinyl records, cassettes, CDs, and cheesy merchandise (well, I guess we're still doing that). Today, the business is no longer based primarily on sales of physical goods (though they still exist), but rather on Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Amazon Music, YouTube, and similar services.
Second, this change goes WAY beyond the way you get your music.
Consider this:
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Streaming has delivered us from the jaws of despair. As I said a minute ago, we beat the industry's 1999 revenue record when we hit $15.9 billion in 2022, and that's really awesome except for the pesky little fact that in 1999 gasoline was $1.68 per gallon. But even adjusting for inflation, I predict the industry is going to be bigger than it's ever been in history. Why?
In 1999, the historical peak of the music biz, an average CD buyer spent about $40 to $50 per year on CDs; let's call it $45. Today, with subscriptions priced at $10 per month, the average per-subscriber fee is about $7 (because of student and family discounts). So let's use $7 per month, which means a music fan spends about $84 per year. The $45 in 1999 is worth about $72 today (accordin
- 1. In the past, when record sales were the mainstay of the recorded music business, you could go to a record store and buy two or three records at a time. Today, you can only stream one song at a time. That may not seem like a big deal, but...
- 2. In the days of physical goods, an artist was paid the same money for each record sold, regardless of whether a buyer listened to it a thousand times or never took it out of the shrink-wrap and used it as a doorstop. But today, the more listens you have, the more money you make (I'll explain how later). However...
- 3. In the old days, if my records sold big numbers, it didn't make any difference to the number of sales you had. Your fans would buy your albums, and my fans would buy mine. In fact, if you had a big seller, it would bring a lot of people into record stores, and that increased the chances of selling my records. But in the streaming world, that's no longer true. For reasons we'll discuss later, the more listens you get, the less money I make. A truly radical change.
Streaming has delivered us from the jaws of despair. As I said a minute ago, we beat the industry's 1999 revenue record when we hit $15.9 billion in 2022, and that's really awesome except for the pesky little fact that in 1999 gasoline was $1.68 per gallon. But even adjusting for inflation, I predict the industry is going to be bigger than it's ever been in history. Why?
In 1999, the historical peak of the music biz, an average CD buyer spent about $40 to $50 per year on CDs; let's call it $45. Today, with subscriptions priced at $10 per month, the average per-subscriber fee is about $7 (because of student and family discounts). So let's use $7 per month, which means a music fan spends about $84 per year. The $45 in 1999 is worth about $72 today (accordin
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Autoren-Porträt von Donald S. Passman
Donald S. Passman practices law in Los Angeles, California and has specialized in the music business for over forty years, primarily representing artists. The Harvard Law grad is the author of All You Need to Know About the Music Business and has received numerous industry recognitions.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Donald S. Passman
- 2023, 560 Seiten, Maße: 19,1 x 23,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster US
- ISBN-10: 1668011069
- ISBN-13: 9781668011065
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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