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The Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital Technologies (A Guide for Artists and Entrepreneurs) (w/CD).(Book Review)

American Music Teacher

| December 01, 2005 | Brewer, Martha | COPYRIGHT 2005 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital Technologies (A Guide for Artists and Entrepreneurs) (w/CD), by Steve Gordon. Backbeat Books (600 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94107), 2005. 269 pp. $22.95.

It took me until the last minute before the deadline to finish writing this review. In analyzing why it took so long, I came to the conclusion that if I could actually get through the book, then I could actually write something about it. The Future of the Music Business is definitely written for the extreme entrepreneurial musician. I use "extreme" because, for the average soloist who wishes to place their own recordings on their personal website, this book bogs one down with too much detail.

The book consists of four sections, with the first section giving an overview of the laws applicable to the music business and today's digital environment. The second section gives the recording industry's history of the past few years and its struggles to harness the power of the Internet. The third section provides strategies for promoting your music on the Internet and ...

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