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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Music Business
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Music Business

by Michael Miller
June 2010
Beginner
336 pages
8h 5m
English
DK Publishing
Content preview from The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Music Business
Chapter 5
The Business of Planning Your Career
In This Chapter
◆ Why you need a business plan
◆ Setting goals and developing a roadmap—the key parts of a business plan
◆ Writing an effective business plan
◆ Following your plan—and evaluating your success
In today’s music business, you have to plan for success. You just can’t expect a major label A&R guy to be in the crowd at your local club and sign you up for a recording contract on the spot—the music world’s equivalent of winning the lottery.
Now I’m not sure that kind of Hollywoodesque rags-to-riches story ever really existed, but it certainly has no place in the music industry of the twenty-first century. In today’s music business, smart musicians plan every step of their careers, and then work ...
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