The Freedom Guide for Music Creators, Second Edition

Deeann Mathews

Put your thinking cap on and fit it very well — The Freedom Guide for Music Creators is going to take you through the fundamentals of the music business, along with strategies and resources you will not hear about in many books and in much of your musical education.

You might also want to prepare to part with some long-held notions about money, work, economics, and United States history, because this is going to be a no-holds barred look at the world in which you are creating and re-creating music, and at the forces that define this world. Learn why YOU are about to get a taste of some of the hardest parts of the African American experience since the end of slavery — and what you can do to protect yourself as a musician!  The Freedom Guide for Music Creators will also show you:

How to get each and every one of your works the copyright registration they need at the lowest possible cost — AND the address and contact info of EVERY copyright office IN THE WORLD

How to handle SAMPLING — the right way, not the wrong way

How to get the proper licenses to cover ANY song — quickly and cost-effectively

What things you need to have in EVERY record contract — and the very things that will STEAL YOU BLIND if you don’t look out for them

The NUMBER ONE, time-honored, sure-fire way to build a fan base that lasts, no matter what fads and technology come and and go, and much, much more!

Deeann D. Mathews is an African American author, composer, arranger, and pianist living in San Francisco, California.  She is also the creative director of Praising Pilgrims Music, a growing publishing company of music and music-related materials based in San Francisco, California.

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