Everything You'd Better Know About the Record Industry
by Kashif

Description:

Kashif, the multi-platinum, award-winning songwriter, producer for Whitney Houston, Kenny G, George Benson, Dionne Warwick, and Evelyn "Champagne" King, draws on his 24 years of experience to bring you the true inner workings of the record industry.

For everyone from the serious musician to parents who have kids that have an interest in becoming professionals in the record industry. It's easy to read and understand. Written to give producers, artists, performers, and music entrepreneurs an inspiring view into the way things should be done in the record industry. Everything You'd Better Know About the Record Industry is about how to find success in the music business and how to make money doing it. It answers all the questions one would have about making it, but more importantly, it answers questions about the record industry that you don't even know to ask.

Reading this book will change the way you think about and approach your career as a music maker. You will no longer have that helpless feeling because it states the facts. If you want to learn how to make it from someone who's been there and done that.

• Includes over 150 pages of contracts and their explanatory notes.
• How to obtain recording and publishing deals.
• Understanding how producers, and artist royalties are calculated.
• Choosing the right manager to help guide your career.
• What it takes to start your own record company.

Everything You'd Better Know About the Record Industry
by Kashif

ISBN: 9781885726032
ISBN-10:  1885726031
Publisher: Brooklyn Boy Books
Publication Date: 1996
Format: Hardcover, 409 pages, 6.25" x 9.25"
Book Type: New