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Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Professional Artist Management and Its Principles |
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Considering Artist Management as a Profession |
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Be Creative, Informed, and Connected |
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Understand People and Business |
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Artist Management Skills: Networking Is a Key to Success |
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Other Artist Manager Skills and Traits |
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Understanding Human Nature |
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Building a Career in Artist Management |
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Manage |
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Management Is Part of a Big Business |
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Understanding the Nature of Artist Management |
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Managers Are Inconspicuous |
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An Understanding of Power in the Music Business |
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The Power of Your Latest Success |
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The Power of Your Body of Work |
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Power Carries a Responsibility to Give Back |
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Chapter 3 Entrepreneurship and Basic Money Management |
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The Tools for the Artist Management Entrepreneur |
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The Skills and Characteristics of the Entrepreneur Manager |
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Money Management: Yours and Theirs |
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Tracking Your Company's Money |
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Funding Your Company at Startup |
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Chapter 4 The Artist Prepares to Be Managed |
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Being Commercial Is Not Selling Out |
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Know Who You Are Artistically |
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45 | (1) |
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Social Media and Networking |
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Be Prepared for Management |
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Chapter 5 Lessons in Artist Management |
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55 | (1) |
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Rene Angelil: Target Marketing |
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Michael Jeffery: Conflicts of Interest |
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Peter Grant: A Shared Belief Between the Artist and the Manager |
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Herbert Breslin: Promoting Your Artist |
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Joe Simpson: Manage by the Boy Scout Motto |
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Jon Landau: Keeping a Business Focus |
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Bob Doyle: Using Your Network |
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Andrew Loog Oldham: Exploit Your Artist's Talents |
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Johnny Wright: A Matter of Timing |
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Lou Pearlman: A Matter of Trust |
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Sharon Osbourne: A Family Experience |
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Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke): Having It in Writing |
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Jonnetta Patton: Managing an Artist's Image |
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Tohme Tohme: "I Am Not in the Music Business" |
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Scott Hinds: "What Can You Do for Me that I Can't Do for Myself?" |
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Chapter 6 The Artist Management Contract |
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The Length of the Contract |
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The Manager's Services to the Artist |
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Payment for the Manager's Services |
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Earnings Following the Contract Period |
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Review Michael Jackson's Final Artist Management Contract |
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Chapter 7 A Planning Primer for the Artist Manager |
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Setting and Achieving Goals |
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Planning a Personal Budget for the Artist |
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Planning and Budgeting an Event |
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Chapter 8 The Artist as a Business and a Brand |
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Understanding Target Markets |
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Defining an Artist's Target Market |
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Ways to View Market Segments |
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The Artist's Support Team |
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Alternative Forms of Business for the Artist |
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Limited Liability Company or Partnership |
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The Internet and Worldwide Web: A Primer for the Artist Manager and the Self-Managed Artist |
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The Importance of a Domain Name |
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Mining Digital Media for Information |
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Chapter 9 Income from Live Performance |
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120 | (2) |
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Business Management of Live Performances |
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122 | (2) |
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Promoting the Performance |
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Chapter 10 Income from Songwriting |
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Songwriting Income from Sales of Recordings |
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Songwriting Income from Song Performance |
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Songwriting Income from Streaming |
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Publishing as a Negotiating Asset |
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Chapter 11 Income from Recording |
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Recording for Full-Service Labels |
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Income and Expenses for the Artist from a Recording Contract |
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Creating and Paying for the Recording |
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Other Expenses Charged to the Artist |
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Things for Which the Label Customarily Pays |
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Labels and Artist Management |
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Artists Who Own or Record for Independent Labels |
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The Role of Traditional Radio in the Recording Artist's Income |
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The Business of Terrestrial Radio |
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The Business of Streaming Services and Satellite Radio |
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Sponsorships, Endorsements, Television, and Motion Pictures |
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Unions and the Recording Industry |
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Chapter 12 Conducting Business for the Artist |
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Know the Purpose of the Meeting and Do the Homework |
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Should the Artist Attend the Meeting? |
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Chapter 13 The Artist Career Plan |
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An Introduction to the Plan |
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Recording Artist Business Plan |
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183 | (1) |
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Strengths and Weaknesses of the Artist |
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Opportunities and Threats |
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Action Points Based on This Evaluation |
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Evaluation of the Manager |
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Strengths and Weaknesses of the Manager |
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Opportunities and Threats |
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Establishment of Goals and Timelines |
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Major Goals for the Artist and Sample Strategies and Tactics to Achieve Them |
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Goals Supporting Major Goals (Subordinate to Major Goals) and Sample Strategies and Tactics to Achieve Them |
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Development of a Marketing Plan |
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The State of the Industry |
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The Target Market for the Artist |
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Detailed Plans to Reach the Target |
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A Personal Budget for the Artist |
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The Artist in a Mature Career |
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Planning by the Manager to End the Relationship |
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Recording Artist Business Plan |
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Chapter 14 Coaching, Leadership, and Final Advice |
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202 | (2) |
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Appendix A Artist Management Contract Form |
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Appendix B Partnership Agreement for Members of a Band |
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Appendix C Recording Contract |
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Appendix D Kesha's Artist Management Contract |
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Appendix E Code of Conduct: Music Managers Forum in Australia |
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Index |
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