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Music Business Contracts

** All contracts are in .pdf format, unless noted.

** To save any contract, right click, save target as.

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Music Business Links

Music Publishing / Music Rights Societies / Copyright & Licensing / Songwriting / Industry Resources

Music Publishing

• American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
• Angel Music
• Arc Music
• Barton Music
• Beyond Blue Horizon
• Bluegrass & Cadillacs Record & Publishing, Corp.
• Black Mountain Productions Inc.
• Bourne Co.
• Burleigh Inspirations Music
• Bug Music
• Carl Fischer Music
• Carmen Dragon Music Library
• Cherry Lane Music
• Complete Music Publishing
• E.C. Schirmer Music
• Eddings Music
• EMI Music Publishing
• European American Music Distributors Corporation
• Fame Music Publishing
• Flattime Music Publishing
• Fox Music
• Galaxy Music
• Hal Leonard
• Highgate Press
• International Music Co.
• Ione Press
• Irving Berlin Music Company
• Janssongs, Inc.
• The Lowery Group
• Maypop Music
• MPL Communications
• Music Publishers Association
• Music Sales Corp.
• Nashville Songwriters Network
• peermusic
• The Pepper Music Network
• SEICORP
• Shapiro Bernstein & Co.
• Schirmer
• Swedish Music Publishers Association
• Theodore Presser Company
• Thoma CompuGraphics
• Transcontinenal Music Publication/New Jewish Music Press
• Trillenium Music Company
• Universal Music Publishing Group
• Warner/Chappell Music
• Williamson Music
• Willis Music Company

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Music Rights Societies

• AMCOS (Australia)
• APRA (Australia/New Zealand)
• ARTISJUS (Hungary)
• ASCAP (U.S.)
• BMI (U.S.)
• BUMA (Netherlands)
• BIEM (International)
• CISAC (International)
• CMRRA (Canada)
• GEMA (Germany)
• IMRO (Ireland)
• JASRAC (Japan)
• KODA (Denmark)
• MCPS (U.K.)
• NCB (Denmark)
• PRS (U.K.)
• RAO (Russia)
• SABAM (Belgium)
• SACEM (France)
• SESAC (U.S.)
• SGAE (Spain)
• SIAE (Italy)
• SOCAN (Canada)
• STEF (Iceland)
• STEMRA (Netherlands)
• SUISA (Switzerland)
• TEOSTO (Finland)
• TONO (Norway)

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U.S. Copyright & Licensing

• Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford University Library)
• Friends of Active Copyright Education
• Kohn on Music Licensing
• Library of Congress
• The Copyright Society of the USA
• U.S. Copyright Office

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General Copyright

• Berne Convention (International Copyright Treaty)
• Canadian Copyright Law
• European Commission Project
• International Intellectual Property Alliance
• World Intellectual Property Organization

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Songwriting

• American Songwriter
• Great American Song Contest
• Songwriter 101
• International Songwriters Association
• Nashville Songwriters Assocation International
• Performing Songwriter
• Seth Jackson's Songwriting and Music Business Page
• Society of Swedish Composers
• SongLink International - An industry resource for music publishers and serious songwriters.
• Songwriters Association of Canada
• Songwriters Association of Washington
• Songwriters Guild of America
• Songwriters Resource Network
• UNISONG: International Songwriters Resource.

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Music Industry Resources

• The American Music Center
• Association of Independent Music Publishers
• Billboard
• California Copyright Conference
• IMMEDIA - Australian music resource that also covers the Asian/Pacific music industry.
• Indiana University Music Page - A huge site, with links to scholarly resources, labels, stores, etc.
• International Alliance for Women in Music
• International Country Music Association
• The Music Business Journal
• Music Connection
• Music Educators National Conference
• Music Publishers' Association
• Music Row
• National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences (NARAS) (U.S.)
• National Association of Recording Merchandisers (U.S.)
• Ouviste - Portuguese Music Portal.
• RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America
• The Texas Music Office

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Music Business Books

** I have personally read all of these books, and they are the best on the music business.

This Business of Mssic	This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion	This Business of Artist Management	All You Need To Know About The Music Business	The Future of Music
Start and Run Your Own Record Label	Music Business Handbook	Confessions of a Record Producer	The Indie Bible	The Music Business

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Demo Tape Submission

Please Send Demo's to
Reverse Entertainment and Consulting
P.O. Box 8738
Madison, WI 53708-8738

** Please do not email band links and album links, i only take hard copies.

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