The musician's business and legal guide / compiled and edited by Mark Halloran ; a presentation of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Committee for the Arts.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.

Getting started: music as a business -- Entertainment group names: selection and protection / Stephen Bigger -- Business entities / Edward (Ned) R. Hearn -- How to set up a money deal for your music project / Edward (Ned) R. Hearn -- Music attorneys / Mark Halloran -- Protecting your compositions -- Music copyright: a search for certainty / Mark Halloran -- Sampling / Greg "Skins" Victoroff -- Collaborator/songwriter agreements / Mark Halloran and Edward (Ned) R. Hearn -- Digital downloads and streaming: copyright and distribution issues / Edward (Ned) R. Hearn -- Youtube music / Mark Halloran and Edward (Ned) R. Hearn -- International copyright / E. Scott Johnson, esq -- Music publishing -- Performing rights organizations in the United States: an overview / Mark Halloran and Diane Rapaport -- Music publishing / Neville L. Johnson and Bernard M. Resnick -- Performing: managers and agents -- What a manager does / Alfred Schlesinger -- Analysis of a personal management agreement / Neville L. Johnson and Bernard M. Resnick -- Talent agents: new thinking on an old business / Matthew Burrows and Kelly Weiss -- Club contracts / Edward (Ned) R. Hearn -- TV talent competitions: the legacy of American idol / Mark Halloran and Thomas A. White -- Recording -- Independent record labels and record deals / Loren S. Wells -- Recording and distribution contracts with independent and major labels / Edward (Ned) R. Hearn -- Producer agreements are stupid / Daniel K. Stuart -- How 360 deals became necessary & how to negotiate them / Daniel K. Stuart -- Social media law for musicians / Stephanie Furgang Adwar -- Royalty statements: audits and lawsuits / Steven Ames Brown.