Available Formats
Hardback, Revised edition
Published: 29th October 2021
Hardback, Revised edition
Published: 21st September 2025
Music: The Business (9th edition): (9th edition)
By (Author) Ann Harrison
Ebury Publishing
Virgin Books
21st September 2025
21st August 2025
Revised edition
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Music industry
Copyright law
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries
Hardback
432
Width 162mm, Height 240mm, Spine 38mm
652g
The music industry bible, the essential guide to the law and the deals. This essential and highly acclaimed guide, now updated and revised in its ninth edition, explains the business of the British music industry. Drawing on her extensive experience as a media lawyer, Ann Harrison offers a unique, expert opinion on the deals, the contracts and the business as a whole. She examines in detail the changing face of the music industry and provides absorbing and up-to-date case studies. Whether you're a recording artist, songwriter, music business manager, industry executive, publisher, journalist, media student, accountant or lawyer, this practical and comprehensive guide is indispensable reading. Fully revised and updated, this edition focuses on the transformative effects artificial intelligence is already having on the industry as well as exciting future developments for creativity and copyright considerations.
The most comprehensive and accessible guide to the workings of the British music industry. * Daily Mirror *
An invaluable guide to the legal minefield. * Guitar Magazine *
An indispensable companion for any up-and-coming musician. * Future Music *
Ann Harrison runs her own successful legal consultancy. Former head of the music group at a leading media and entertainment law firm, she specialises in copyright and contract law for artists, producers, managers and publishers. annharrison.co.uk