For an insiders look at how the record industry works check out "Hit Men" by Frederic Dannen (a nom de plume) No one is completely certain who wrote it though no one has ever questioned the facts it contains. The book came out in 1990 most of the players have remained the same.
If that doesn't completely scare you read "All You Need to Know About The Music Business" by Donald S. Passman. This book is written mostly for working musicians, but his dissection of a standard record contract is well worth the read.
I have the right to know what they need it for. How many web pages asking for a valid email have you seen that tell you what they will do with it? Asking for me to provide a valid email address, my home address, and my company's name on the page before they force me to create an "account" with a user id and password, before they take me to a download page that tells me that the real download address will be sent to my email address doesn't really give me that warm fuzzy feeling.
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For an insiders look at how the record industry works check out "Hit Men" by Frederic Dannen (a nom de plume) No one is completely certain who wrote it though no one has ever questioned the facts it contains.
The book came out in 1990 most of the players have remained the same.
If that doesn't completely scare you read "All You Need to Know About The Music Business" by Donald S. Passman. This book is written mostly for working musicians, but his dissection of a standard record contract is well worth the read.
I have the right to know what they need it for. How many web pages asking for a valid email have you seen that tell you what they will do with it?
Asking for me to provide a valid email address, my home address, and my company's name on the page before they force me to create an "account" with a user id and password, before they take me to a download page that tells me that the real download address will be sent to my email address doesn't really give me that warm fuzzy feeling.