So, I was thinking the other day that I would like to know how the Music Business works these days, since the last book I read on it was "This Business of Music" back in the 1980s.
I wanted the latest book, since technology is changing so rapidly. So, I'm looking at the publishing dates and I'm seeing 2013, 2015, with the newest being this one with the yellow dust jacket published in 2019, a 10th Edition of the book.
Well, geez, even that is almost 5 years old. And as I was mulling over whether to push the "buy" button, suddenly the photo turns blue and it's the 11th Edition.
I looked at all the web sites I was considering to buy from and they all now were showing this blue 11th Edition. I checked the publication date and it read October 24, 2023. And I thought, Wait a minute... that's today's date. How weird that I was deciding to buy the 5 year old edition at the moment that the new 11th Edition went live on line.
I ordered it from Amazon in its first hour of publication and it was in my hands the next day. I guess it doesn't get any fresher than that.
It is very informative, by the way. The author has been a music business lawyer for 40 years. I've read through it once already, with sharpened pencil and straight-edge and am now going through it a second time.
Being a guy that grew up on vinyl records, the whole "streaming" world is foreign to me. And as this book mentions, "Greatest Hits" albums are no longer a thing, since everyone can put together their own playlists now. And "Live" albums are no longer a thing since you can go to YouTube to hear and see live performances of songs now. And even the "album" concept isn't really a thing, since most streamers buy one song at a time.
I wanted the latest book, since technology is changing so rapidly. So, I'm looking at the publishing dates and I'm seeing 2013, 2015, with the newest being this one with the yellow dust jacket published in 2019, a 10th Edition of the book.
Well, geez, even that is almost 5 years old. And as I was mulling over whether to push the "buy" button, suddenly the photo turns blue and it's the 11th Edition.
I looked at all the web sites I was considering to buy from and they all now were showing this blue 11th Edition. I checked the publication date and it read October 24, 2023. And I thought, Wait a minute... that's today's date. How weird that I was deciding to buy the 5 year old edition at the moment that the new 11th Edition went live on line.
I ordered it from Amazon in its first hour of publication and it was in my hands the next day. I guess it doesn't get any fresher than that.
It is very informative, by the way. The author has been a music business lawyer for 40 years. I've read through it once already, with sharpened pencil and straight-edge and am now going through it a second time.
Being a guy that grew up on vinyl records, the whole "streaming" world is foreign to me. And as this book mentions, "Greatest Hits" albums are no longer a thing, since everyone can put together their own playlists now. And "Live" albums are no longer a thing since you can go to YouTube to hear and see live performances of songs now. And even the "album" concept isn't really a thing, since most streamers buy one song at a time.