The Art of Music Business Management: For Artists & Managers
About this ebook
Karhumaa's seventh book introduces artist management from an unprecedented perspective. Modern artist management can be divided into three compartments. When these are presented to you and reflected onto a transparent wall, you see things from a manager's point of view. Through this, you'll see the four audiences of the music industry. This is the scene, the areas of action, where all of this takes place.
This framework has been developed for today's rapidly evolving world. It travels with you everywhere. Whatever you need to do, invest in understanding this framework and start taking action. This book teaches you how to utilize it.
Modern artist management is increasingly taking place in the digital realm and resembles screenwriting. As technology evolves, introducing new features almost daily, the management needs to adapt swiftly. This book discusses how success can be achieved in navigating this task.
The book is intended for all professionals in the industry. Management is a topic that touches all of us in one way or another. The book is particularly well-suited for educational purposes.
A manager needed to write this book. The author has three decades of experience in multiple capacities. Mika Karhumaa is a music business manager - specializing in artist management and contracts & copyright. He lectures on the subject and acts as a strategist in many industrial operations.
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About the author
Even if you know him from his books - Mika Karhumaa is more about music business manager. He has been a manager for various artists and industrial needs for nearly three decades, which is the subject matter present in his books. As a result, he is well-equipped to write about it.
He also lectures frequently on the subject, and is currently attached with many Music Business Management studies as a teacher and course planner, with Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences being as one of his favorites.
He studied law at the University of Turku and specializes in international contract law and copyright.
As an artist manager, he has managed Winterborn and Celesty, among others. Over the years, his services have also been utilized by IRENE, Delta Enigma, Gentle Savage, Jennifer Porter, Jack McConnell, and Chronoform.
As an author he is best known for his trilogy - The Essence of the Music Business – a systematic book series about the music business management and the global practice the industry have complied with. The trilogy will be updated whenever the current developments in the markets so require. The trilogy as it now exists, contains
The Essence of the Music Business:Contracts (2nd Edition, 2019)
The Essence of the Music Business:Philosophy (2nd Edition, 2020)
The Essence of the Music Business:Strategy (2nd Edition, 2021)
In year 2022, he published his main work, The Art of Music Business Management - For Artists & Managers. The book introduces a completely new structure to understand the modern music business management. It has become a widely used study book for those interested in pursuing a career in the global music business.
The Art of Music Business Management - For Artists & Managers (2nd Edition, 2024)
More information is available at www.mikakarhumaa.fi.
