Music Money and Success 8th Edition: The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business

by Jeff Brabec, Todd Brabec

The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business is the industry bible and the ultimate guide to making money in the music business. Music is a business of money, contracts, decisions and making the most of every opportunity. To succeed—to make money—to have a career—you have to know what you are doing in both music and business. This invaluable book tells you how the business works, what you must know to succeed, and how much money you can make in films, television, video games, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, record sales, downloads and streams, advertising, ringtones and ringbacks, interactive toys and dolls, Broadway, new media, scoring contracts and synch licenses, music publishing, foreign countries, and much more. This indispensable reference is written by industry insiders Todd Brabec, Educator, Entertainment Law Attorney and former ASCAP Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Membership, and Jeff Brabec, Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, BMG.

Genres: Music, Business, Reference, School, Self Help, Nonfiction

688 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1994

Reviews

[The Literary Jedi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spouses' business book

[Kaitlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this book for one of my college classes and i thoroughly enjoyed reading it. i found it super interesting and i know it’s a little out dated but it’s still super fascinating information.

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great resource, and very current & thorough. This is way more money-oriented than the Passman book (obv), and explains the various revenue streams available to a songwriter in great detail. It's a little dry to read cover to cover, but works great as reference book.

[Marty · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book to cover details of all part of the music industry. Great detail in most areas. It does not cover some things that are relevant in the Nashville market but overall a great reference book for Industry indsiders...

[Chelsey]

one of my "big" bosses gave me this today. I'm diving in. time to know more about certain things. i've heard only good things about this book, we'll see what the Brabec Bothers have to teach...

[Anthony]

Don't pass this one up!

[residentoddball · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this book in college while studying for a degree in Music Business. From what I remember, it was decent, just not exciting.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jeff and Todd are good friends- almost 10 years in the making but It's a little bit "pie in the sky"

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of he most comprehensive books on the topic.