Navigating the music industry : current issues & business models / by Weissman, Dick

Table of Contents: “…-- Country music genres -- Ralph Peer and the junction of country and folk music -- The Grand Ole Opry, radio cowboys -- Hank Williams -- Elvis and Rockabilly -- Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley, and the Nashville sound -- Eddie Arnold and the Everly Brothers -- The Country Music Foundation -- The Sixties -- The Pop influence -- Outlaw, pop stars, and raging bulls -- Commercialization and image -- Independent labels and the majors: cliches, stereotypes, and realities -- Contemporary business and merchandising -- What large and small countries do and don't do -- Jazz, R & B, rock 'n' roll, and the Independent companies -- Folk labels -- Sun, King, and Chess Records -- Artist-run labels -- Artist imprint labels -- Doing it on your own -- Women in the music industry -- Riot Grrls -- Women in film and television -- John Phillips: a case study in creativity, popularity, and long-term careers in popular music -- The artist vs. the entertainer -- The songwriter's songwriter -- Mamas & the Papas song and career -- San Francisco -- The abortive solo career -- Drugs, drugs, and more drugs -- Songwriting technique -- Business models -- Napster -- Copyright licensing primer -- Business planning issues: breakeven -- Budgets -- Business entities -- Taxation -- The employee vs. independent contractor dilemma -- The Tax audit -- How to avoid an IRS audit -- The changing face of music retail -- The development of chain stores -- The Independents -- Franchises -- Customer service -- MAP and the slowing of price wars -- Teaching studios -- Music retail and the internet -- Competition -- NAMM and the new national marketing initiatives -- Appendices: Deductible expenses of performing artists -- The MSSP audit technique guides -- IRS audit guidelines for the entertainment industry.…”