Music Business Essentials

Mark Cabaniss is a music publisher, writer, producer, and broadcaster, and his published compositions include musicals, cantatas, and instrumental works. He is a multiple recipient of ASCAP’s Popular Music Award and an award-winning producer. He is a member of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy) and The Dramatists Guild. Mark is a correspondent for nationally-syndicated radio show Hollywood 360 and serves as an adjunct professor of music business at Belmont University. He is author of Confessions of a Shameless Name-Dropper (2013).

• ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: To Thine Own Self Be True: Why Do the Music Business?Chapter 2: It All Begins with a SongChapter 3: The Big Foundation: Music CopyrightChapter 4 Band on the Run: A Career in PerformanceChapter 5 You Can Be a Star: Being a Solo ArtistChapter 6: From Song to Selling: Music PublishingChapter 7: Dynamite or Dinosaur: Record LabelsChapter 8: Making It Rain: Revenue StreamsChapter 9: From Bricks to Clicks: Retail and MerchandisingChapter 10: Where Hollywood Meets Broadway: Music for Broadcasting, Film, and TheatreChapter 11: Beethoven on Main Street: Arts AdministrationChapter 12: The Final Mix: Getting It DoneGlossary

Mark Cabaniss knows his stuff. This is a profoundly helpful book for anyone hoping to make their dreams come true in an increasingly difficult business. He covers the gamut with knowledge, insight and the wisdom of a decades-long career navigating the musical waters. This book just might be your golden ticket to success.