Contents 1.First Steps PART I Your Team of Advisors 2.How to Pick a TeamGetting Your Team TogetherBusiness PhilosophyHiring a TeamChanging a Team MemberCocktail Party Talk 3.Personal ManagersRoleCommission OverviewNegotiating the Manager's DealPicking the Right Manager 4.Business ManagersRoleHow to Pick a Business ManagerBusiness Manager ChecklistFeesYour Half of the Job 5.AttorneysPicking a LawyerFeesConflicts of InterestAttorney Checklist 6.AgentsRoleFeesDeal PointsPicking an Agent PART II Record Deals 7.Broad-Strokes Overview of the Record BusinessIndustry StructureWhat's a Record?MastersRoyalty ComputationYe Olde Royalty Calculations 8.
Advances and RecoupmentAdvances: The Basic ConceptCross-collateralization 9.Real-Life NumbersOverviewRoyaltiesAdvancesCareer Co-venturesLook How Much You Already Know 10.Other Major Deal PointsAmount of ProductHow Long?Mega DealsDelivery RequirementsControlled CompositionsGreatest HitsLive AlbumsGuaranteed ReleaseIndependents Day 11.Producer and Mixer DealsWhat's a Producer?RoyaltiesAdvancesWho Hires the Producer?A Major Point -- Pay AttentionMixers 12.Advanced Record Deal PointsAdvanced Demo Deal NegotiationExclusivityVideosIndependent PromotionMerchandising RightsTour SupportTerritoryUnion Per-Record ChargesAlbum Cover ArtworkCreative, Marketing, and Other ControlsReserve LimitationsSoundScanSpecial Packaging CostsAccountings 13.Advanced Royalty ComputationsDistribution MethodsRoyalties for United States SalesForeign RoyaltiesR.O.W.
New Technologies, Electronic Transmissions, and Things That Go Bump in the NightMaster LicensesCoupling and CompilationsJoint Recordings"Greatest Hits" AlbumsMultiple AlbumsBox SetsTelevision AdvertisingDVDs and Other Home Video DevicesMid-Price RecordsBudget RecordsNew and Developing Artist PricesRecord ClubsCutouts, Deletes, Scraps, and Other Food for Bottom FeedersPremiumsVideo GamesDART, Digital Performance, and Webcasting MoniesForeign Public Performance of Masters 14.Loan-out, Independent Production, Label, and Distribution DealsLoan-out DealsIndependent Production AgreementsJoint VenturesPressing and Distribution (P&D) DealsUpstream Deals PART III Songwriting and Music Publishing 15.Copyright BasicsBasic Copyright ConceptsWhat Are All These Rights You Get?Exceptions to the Copyright MonopolyCompulsory Mechanical Licenses 16.Publishing Companies and MajorIncome SourcesPublishing OverviewSources of IncomeMechanical RoyaltiesControlled Composition ClausesMaximum Rate Per SongMaximum Rate Per AlbumPublic-Performance Royalties 17.Secondary Publishing IncomePrinted MusicSynchronization and Transcription LicensesElectronic Transmissions, Including Digital Downloads, Ring Tones, Webcasting, Subscription Services, and PodcastingForeign SubpublishingDART Monies (Audio Home Recording Act of ) Bonus Section!How to Set Up a Publishing Company 18.Songwriter DealsSongwriter RoyaltiesStandard ContractsPerformance MoniesPrinted Music RoyaltiesDART and Webcasting MoniesAdvancesTerm Songwriter AgreementsPop QuizCollaboration (Two or More Songwriters)Creative ControlReversion of Copyrig.