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1 Takin Care of Business: Music Business Reference Music Library Association March 1, 2014 Grover Baker, Middle Tennessee State University Marci Cohen, Berklee College of Music Andy Leach, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Tennessee State University Marci Cohen, Berklee College

2 Why? MTSU School of Music 32 Music Industry majors (9% of 351 Music majors) College of Mass Communication 1179 Recording Industry majors (2 nd only to Nursing s 1295) 33 grad students in Master of Fine Arts program 1244 students (your results may vary)

Industry majors (2 nd only to Nursing s 1295) 33 grad students

3 Why? Music Business degree programs in the U.S. 84 undergraduate programs 14 masters programs (Figures from Directory of Music Business Programs by Rich Barnet and Dicky Dixon, forthcoming)

4 Mix Magazine Annual Directory of Audio Education Programs Degree programs Certification programs

5 Joel Whitburn Billboard Chart Books Pop Annual Top Pop Albums Top Pop Singles Country Annual Hot Country Albums Hot Country Songs

1955-2012 Country Annual 1944-1997 Hot Country

6 Company Histories

7 Executive Biographies

8 The Musician s Business and Legal Guide by Mark Halloran

9 The Music Business Contract Library by Greg Forest

10 IFPI Recording Industry in Numbers

11 Music Industry Trade Magazines Billboard Music Row Music Trades Music Week Pollstar

12 General Business Periodicals

13 General Business Periodicals

14 Directories Pollstar Artist Management Directory

15 Directories Pollstar Artist Management Directory Record Company Directory

16 Directories Pollstar Artist Management Directory Record Company Directory Booking Agency Directory

17 Directories Pollstar Artist Management Directory Record Company Directory Booking Agency Directory Concert Support Directory

18 Directories Pollstar Artist Management Directory Record Company Directory Booking Agency Directory Concert Support Directory Concert Venue Directory

19 Directories Pollstar Artist Management Directory Record Company Directory Booking Agency Directory Concert Support Directory Concert Venue Directory Talent Buyer Directory

20 Directories Pollstar Music Business Registry A&R Registry Film & Television Music Guide Music Publisher Registry Music Attorney, Legal and Business Affairs Guide

21 Directories Pollstar Music Business Registry A&R Registry Film & Television Music Guide Music Publisher Registry Music Attorney, Legal and Business Affairs Guide Indie Bible, 13th Edition

22 Online Resources Academic databases you may already have: Music databases Oxford Music Online IIMP Music Index Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive

23 Online Resources Academic databases you may already have: Business databases Gale Business Insights General BusinessFile ASAP EBSCO Business Source ProQuest ABI-Inform

24 Specialized Online Resources

26 AES Oral History Project Series of 99 DVDs Members: $15 each Non-members: $20 each Save $1 each for videos or $2 each for 20+ videos!

27 Databases for Professionals Celebrity Access

29 Databases for Professionals Celebrity Access Expensive Single User No IP Authentication Daily Password ed!

30 Databases for Professionals Celebrity Access Pollstar Pro ( Username: demo Password: ryman

31 Databases for Professionals Celebrity Access Pollstar Pro SoundScan RIAA Shipment Statistics

32 Billboard

33 AllMusic

34 RIAA.org Gold & Platinum Database

35 Archival Resources on the Music Business

36 Archival Resources on the Music Business Musicians Record executives and label owners Managers Tour managers and tour production professionals Radio deejays

37 Archival Resources on the Music Business Record labels Recording studios Concert venues Radio stations

38 Musicians

39 Letter from Thomas A. Parker to Scotty Moore, 1959 (Scotty Moore Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

40 Letter from Sam Phillips to Scotty Moore, 1964 (Scotty Moore Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

42 Contract, 1959 (Eddie Cochran Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

45 Royalty statement, 1958 (Eddie Cochran Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

46 Receipt, 1954 (Eddie Cochran Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

48 Recording contract, 1967 (Spooner Oldham Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

51 Session journal, 1965 (Hal Blaine Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

53 Press kit, undated (Louis Jordan Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

54 Record executives and label owners

55 Letter from Whitney Houston to Clive Davis, 1992 (Clive Davis Correspondence, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

57 Letter from Clive Davis to Whitney Houston, 1992 (Clive Davis Correspondence, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

59 Letter from Mick Jagger to Ahmet Ertegun, undated (Ahmet Ertegun Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

60 Letter from Henry Kissinger to Ahmet Ertegun, 1983 (Ahmet Ertegun Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

61 Notebook, 1988 (Joe Smith Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

62 Notebook, 1988 (Joe Smith Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

64 Photographs (Atlantic Recording Corporation Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

65 Photographs (Atlantic Recording Corporation Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

66 Photographs (Atlantic Recording Corporation Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

67 Appointment books (Mo Ostin Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

68 Appointment books (Mo Ostin Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

70 Contract between Richard Penniman and Cadet Records, 1973 (Modern Music Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

73 Contract between the Ramones and Sire Records, 1978 (Sire Records Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

74 Promotional materials (Specialty Records Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

75 Promotional materials (Specialty Records Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

76 Promotional materials (Specialty Records Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

77 Managers

78 Photograph, undated (Marv Heiman Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

79 Contract, 1973 (Marv Heiman Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

80 Letter from Jerry Wexler to Marv Stuart, 1978 (Marv Heiman Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

81 Canceled checks (Marv Heiman Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

82 Recording studios

83 Receipt, Dead Kennedys, 1982 (Hyde Street Studios Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

84 Booking calendar, (Hyde Street Studios Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

86 Architectural plans, 1956 (Gold Star Recording Studios Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

91 Concert industry

92 Photographs and documents, Aerosmith U.S. tour, 1977 (Rick Miller Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

95 Tour rider booklet, undated (Rick Taylor Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

97 Tour rider booklet, 1995 (Rick Taylor Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

99 Tour rider booklet, 1982 (Rick Taylor Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

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101 Tour itinerary, 1976 (Jules Fisher Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

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107 Letter regarding the Mothership, 1976 (Jules Fisher Papers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

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109 Contract between The Other End and Dr. John, 1982 (Bitter End Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

110 Radio

111 Top 30 list, CKLW, 1974 (Bob Moody Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

112 Playlist, KTIN, 1977 (Dusty Street Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

113 Program schedule, KOTN, 1969 (Bob Moody Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

114 Photograph, KMPX staff, 1967 (Dusty Street Collection, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

115 Aircheck, Casey Kasem, 1964 (Radio Airchecks, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

116 Interviews

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119 Seymour Stein interview, 2012 (Oral History Project, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

120 Libraries and archives with music business collections Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University Blues Archive, University of Mississippi Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, Tennessee Grateful Dead Archive, University of California, Santa Cruz Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Marr Sound Archives, University of Missouri-Kansas City Music Library & Sound Recordings Archives, Bowling Green State University Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

121 How to find archival collections

122 How to find archival collections WorldCat

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124 How to find archival collections WorldCat ArchiveGrid

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127 How to find archival collections WorldCat ArchiveGrid Krummel, D.W. Resources of American Music History. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.

128 Periodicals

129 Cash Box October 22, 1949

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138 Takin Care of Business: Music Business Reference Music Library Association March 1, 2014 Grover Baker, Middle Tennessee State University Marci Cohen, Berklee College of Music Andy Leach, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

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