THE MUSIC PUBLISHERS BIBLE

Music Money and Success by Jeffery and Todd Brabec

This book was referred to me be an entertainment attorney by the name of Kendall Minter. Kendall said, “This book is a good read for anyone interested in learning about music publishing.” He also said,  “If a person learned 60% of the knowledge in Music Money and Success, they would know more than 90% of their competition.”

This book covers 500 pages of information and contracts on the subject of music publishing. Some of the topics that are covered are music publishing, royalties, contracts, recording, foreign income, songwriting, composing, song licensing, Internet, and new media. It also has sample license contracts that covers motion picture synchronization, television synchronization, advertising commercial synchronization, digital download agreement, video games, recording artist contracts, and mechanical licenses.

Music Money and Success talks about mechanical, recording, and U.S. performance royalties, and publishing in foreign countries as it pertain to subpublishing deals. They also cover the role of the 3 Publishing Rights Organizations, ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. It shows the average musician how and what they need to do to protect their compositions. It covers sampling, television industry, motion pictures, buying and selling songs, lawyers, managers, agents, how to break into the business, internet, mobile phones, apps, new media, ringtones, mastertones, copyrights, masters, co-ventures, and joint ventures.

The best thing about this book is that is covers just about everything you can think of or run into concerning the music business. I cannot say how much this book has helped me learn things that I would have had to pay a lawyer for this type of information. I suggest anyone interested in learning more about the music industry to find a good entertainment lawyer who can help you navigate in the music industry better.

Jeffery and Todd Brabec are educators as well as industry professionals and I appreciate them writing this book.

Reference:

 Music Money and Success 7th Edition, Jeffery and Todd Brabec