 DOWNLOAD AIM GUIDE E-BOOK"The AIM Guide to Survival & Success in the Music Business" Download the AIM Guide here (free to AIM Members and Friends, otherwise £10 + VAT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The AIM Guide to Survival & Success in the Music Business" has been produced by AIM to help anyone who wants to run an independent record company. It’s the only guide written from the record label point of view, most other guides take the point of view of the artist aspiring to a record deal. The AIM Guide promises to:
ABOUT THE AIM GUIDE The AIM Guide looks at the music business as literally a combination of the two words "music" and "business", defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as:— Music art of combining sounds with a view to a beauty of form and expression of emotion; sounds so produced. Business task, duty, thing(s) needing dealing with, buying and selling, trade. The music industry is a marriage of talent and business. The information provided in the AIM guide sets out to help the reader understand this unusual and exciting coupling by providing essential knowledge and understanding. Every effort has been made to write the guide in plain English. It is not intended to be an academic textbook. Instead it is a practical working guide providing a bigger and clearer picture, as well as a reminder of specific issues you need to think about on a daily basis. The AIM guide is structured and subdivided into fifteen sections. These are interrelated and compiled in a logical sequence. The structure of the sections and the sub-sections means that a newcomer can obtain a general overview quickly. More experienced readers can drill down into the sub-sections to obtain all the necessary detail. As the book is designed to be useful to all readers, each section and sub-section is intended to stand on its own. Consequently, you will find that there are many areas that overlap. The sections can also be approached or referred to in any order, depending on your particular business needs at the time. You will find a table of contents, summarising each section and a full indexed list at the end to help you navigate your way round. Each of these sections is divided into four broad sub-sections (varying in length and scope depending upon their relevance and importance to that particular section). The sub-sections are: 1. MUSIC AND TALENT: All about the artist, musicians, producers and remixers as well as artistic and creative matters generally and how they affect your business approach. 2. THE MARKETPLACE All about the music market, including marketing, distribution, selling, advertising, promoting, media and new media, e-commerce, licensing and trading generally. 3. LEGAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS Strictly legal and related issues such as liability, acquisition and protection of rights, contracts and copyright, together with wider issues of negotiations and copyright infringement. 4. BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL All about money, including financing, royalties, taxes, advances and profit splits. About the format. We have presented the AIM Guide in a PDF format suitable for Macs and PCs. This user-friendly format will ensure that information can be quickly and easily accessed and navigated. Unlike print publications, it allows you to:
Throughout the Guide, all references to "See Section X" or "see CIN Chart Rules" (for instance) are linked and appear in bold. Simply click on the emboldened text to go directly to the relevant section or document. Published 2001. Edited by John Benedict and Helen Smith ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Denton Wilde Sapte The AIM Guide has been written by the team of Lawyers at Denton Wilde Sapte. DWS is a highly respected international law firm with a Music and Media department offering a full range of legal services. It has an enormous breadth of commercial and hands-on music industry experience. Headed by Senior Partner Robert Allan (who himself has been in the business for over 30 years), the department represents both talent and business at the very highest level. The team is over a dozen strong, including partners:
In addition, the firm has the expertise of two partners in intellectual property and media specialising in litigation: Simon Levine, who advises on all aspects of the industry including music, advertising, design, trademark and all related rights issues; and Suzanne Garben, whose specialties include publishing, film, TV, music, telecommunications and IT. See more at www.dentonwildesapte.com/music |
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