Authors: Jeffrey P. Fisher
ISBN-13: 9781592007417, ISBN-10: 1592007414
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: October 2005
Edition: REV
Jeffery P. Fisher provides audio, video, music, writing, training, and media production services. He also teaches audio and video production at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and writes extensively about music, sound, and video for print and the Web. He is the author of eight books, including Instant Sound Forge, Moneymaking Music, Ruthless Self-Promotion in the Music Industry, and Profiting from Your Music and Sound Project Studio.
Learn everything you need to know to make jingles and score video productions with this new, updated second edition of this popular book. With so many changes in the industry, this is a much-needed revision to this popular guide. With major emphasis on promotion, this book covers some new technological information based on today's soundtrack composition techniques. With a huge demand for professional compositions for movies, TV, video, radio, and other multimedia formats, this book delves into how to take advantage of this demand and make a successful career. Once you've finished this thorough guide, you'll know how to organize production resources, prepare and present your demo recordings, work with clients, craft profit-producing copy, promote your work, protect yourself legally, get the money you deserve and more.
Ch. 1 | Introduction | 1 |
Ch. 2 | What you need to being today | 6 |
Ch. 3 | How this business works | 26 |
Ch. 4 | Building your project studio | 59 |
Ch. 5 | Demo success secrets | 85 |
Ch. 6 | Finding the people who buy original music | 102 |
Ch. 7 | Turning prospects into paying music clients | 119 |
Ch. 8 | Inside secrets to moneymaking promotions | 145 |
Ch. 9 | Promotional potpourri | 167 |
Ch. 10 | Taking care of business | 190 |
Ch. 11 | Money matters | 215 |
Ch. 12 | Rights right | 239 |
Ch. 13 | Set and get your fee | 253 |
Ch. 14 | Diversify and thrive | 267 |
Ch. 15 | Final words | 283 |