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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Introduction
What is this and who is it for? Welcome to my new blog series, The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business. Every Thursday, I’ll be posting an essay on the business aspects of the concert music world as...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 1
This week’s installment is part one in a multi-part series on copyright that I’ll be writing over the next few weeks. This week, I want to tackle the basic terminology and concepts behind copyright...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 2
Welcome to this week’s installment of The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business. This week, I’d like to continue our discussion of copyright, and cover the whys and the wherefores of registering your...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 3
Welcome to part three of our discussion of copyright. This week I’d like to cover the topics of public domain, the doctrine of first sale, and at least get a start on fair use. First, however, I’d like...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 4
In this week’s installment of The Composer’s Guide, I’d like to broadly cover fair use: address some common misconceptions, look at a few examples, and offer some friendly (i.e., not-legal) advice....
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 5
My apologies for my absence last week – an unexpected health issue kept me from making use of my regularly-scheduled Composer’s Guide writing time last week (I set aside every Wednesday evening from...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Why Self-Publish?
Alright, now that we’ve talked about some non-everyday, slightly esoteric stuff, let’s tackle something a bit meatier and more immediately applicable: publishing your music. Let me say here and now...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Commissioning Consortia
Consortia. Such a great word. Consortia. Don’t you just love Latin plurals? Commissioning consortia have been on my mind a fair amount lately, not just because they’re another source of income, but...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Competitions Pt 2: Rights Grabs
[This is part two of a multi-part miniseries of posts on composition competitions. Competitions are typically a significant part of a composer’s coming-of-age process, and young composers in particular...
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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Competitions Pt 6: IMHO
[This is the final segment of a six-part miniseries of posts on composition competitions. Competitions are typically a significant part of a composer’s coming-of-age process, and young composers in...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Introduction
What is this and who is it for? Welcome to my new blog series, The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business. Every Thursday, I’ll be posting an essay on the business aspects of the concert music world as...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 1
This week’s installment is part one in a multi-part series on copyright that I’ll be writing over the next few weeks. This week, I want to tackle the basic terminology and concepts behind copyright...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 2
Welcome to this week’s installment of The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business. This week, I’d like to continue our discussion of copyright, and cover the whys and the wherefores of registering your...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 3
Welcome to part three of our discussion of copyright. This week I’d like to cover the topics of public domain, the doctrine of first sale, and at least get a start on fair use. First, however, I’d like...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 4
In this week’s installment of The Composer’s Guide, I’d like to broadly cover fair use: address some common misconceptions, look at a few examples, and offer some friendly (i.e., not-legal) advice....
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Copyright Part 5
My apologies for my absence last week – an unexpected health issue kept me from making use of my regularly-scheduled Composer’s Guide writing time last week (I set aside every Wednesday evening from...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Why Self-Publish?
Alright, now that we’ve talked about some non-everyday, slightly esoteric stuff, let’s tackle something a bit meatier and more immediately applicable: publishing your music. Let me say here and now...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Commissioning Consortia
Consortia. Such a great word. Consortia. Don’t you just love Latin plurals? Commissioning consortia have been on my mind a fair amount lately, not just because they’re another source of income, but...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Competitions Pt 2: Rights Grabs
[This is part two of a multi-part miniseries of posts on composition competitions. Competitions are typically a significant part of a composer’s coming-of-age process, and young composers in particular...
View ArticleThe Composer’s Guide to Doing Business: Competitions Pt 6: IMHO
[This is the final segment of a six-part miniseries of posts on composition competitions. Competitions are typically a significant part of a composer’s coming-of-age process, and young composers in...
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