Rick Sanjek

Rick Sanjek is a former BMI Vice President of writer/publisher relations, national trustee and chapter president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, A&R director at Atlantic Records, artist manager, and independent publisher and producer. He learned the music business basics working directly with five Hall-of-Fame mentors: BMI's Frances Preston; Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler; the incomparable Willie Nelson; legendary Sun Records producer, publisher, and songwriter Jack...See more

Rick Sanjek is a former BMI Vice President of writer/publisher relations, national trustee and chapter president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, A&R director at Atlantic Records, artist manager, and independent publisher and producer. He learned the music business basics working directly with five Hall-of-Fame mentors: BMI's Frances Preston; Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler; the incomparable Willie Nelson; legendary Sun Records producer, publisher, and songwriter Jack Clement; and producer, label owner, and steel guitar legend Pete Drake. Over his career he has worked as a producer, music supervisor, publisher, songwriter, and/or licensing consultant on hundreds of music, film, and television projects. Preface Acknowledgments Illustrations Contents Prologue Part One: 1985 to 1995 Chapter One: The Game of Musical Thrones Chapter Two: Records, Retail, Radio, and the Charts that Bind Them Chapter Three: Publishing, Copyright, Legislation, and Litigation Chapter Four: The Creators of Music: Getting Paid Chapter Five: The Consumer: From Whom, How, and Where the Money Flows Part Two: 1996-2006 Chapter Six: From Big Six to Big Four Chapter Seven: Digital Technology Rocks the Record/Radio/Retail Relationship Chapter Eight: Publishing, Copyright, Legislation, and Litigation Chapter Nine: The Creators' Side of the Money Equation Chapter Ten: Emergence of the Digital Consumer: 1996-2006 Part Three: 2007 to 2019 Chapter Eleven: The Game of Musical Thrones: Riding the Digital Wave Chapter Twelve: Records, Radio, Retail, Streaming, and the Charts Chapter Thirteen: Publishing and Copyright: The Digital Effect Chapter Fourteen: The Creators: A Bigger Piece of a Bigger Pie Chapter Fifteen: The Consumer: Leading the Digital Transition Epilogue: 2020--Into the Future Acronyms Bibliography Index See less