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Essentials of Music Management
Full of tips and insights from leading music practitioners, including some of the world’s most successful and entrepreneurial music managers, this Essentials Guide offers the perfect grounding for building a sustainable business that will help you and your artist, songwriter and producer clients succeed.
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Dissecting the Digital Dollar
A series of reports, guides and tools from the Music Managers Forum designed to help artists and managers better understand the streaming business, and the impact the shift to digital has had on the wider music industry.
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Managing Expectations 2021
In December 2021, the MMF published the second part of their Managing Expectations series, focussing this time on producer and songwriter management. The new edition comes at a time of intense focus around this specific sector of the business – including ongoing debates around streaming revenue splits for songwriters, the rise of new-generation publishing companies, the investment boom in audio-visual content, or the growing recognition by financial markets of song catalogues as an “asset class”.
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The Filmmakers’ Legal Guide
‘The Filmmakers’ Legal Guide’ – by Tony Morris. Buy for Kindle.
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‘How to Make a Living from Music’ – by David Stopps. Free PDF download here.
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‘The Music Management Bible’ – from the MMF. Available to purchase here
Become a member to find out more Essentials of Music Management
Full of tips and insights from leading music practitioners, including some of the world’s most successful and entrepreneurial music managers, this Essentials Guide offers the perfect grounding for building a sustainable business that will help you and your artist, songwriter and producer clients succeed.
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The Art Of Commissioning: 8 great ways to shoot pro-level video content at home by Creative Commission. Available here.
Become a member to find out more Dissecting the Digital Dollar Part Two Executive Summary
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Download Dissecting the Digital Dollar Part Two Full Report
‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar Part Two’ was published in October 2016 and was based on a series of roundtable discussions involving over 200 music professionals in four countries, including artists, songwriters, labels, publishers, accountants, lawyers and managers. The discussions considered seven key issues with the current streaming business model and the resulting report proposed a series of solutions.
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The first Digital Dollar report was published in October 2015 and the second in October 2016. You can still download these guides as PDFs for free. ‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar Part One’ was published in October 2015 and explains in one place how audio streaming services are licensed. It also includes a beginner’s guide to music copyright, recording and publishing contracts, and collective licensing, all of which impact on how the music industry’s digital deals are structured.
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