Vol. 5, No. 1 2005  (155 pgs)

Credits

• Record Labels, Artists, and Finance: A Contribution to the Economic Analysis of Costs and the Equity of Recoupment Practices in the Music Industry Peter Alhadeff, Berklee College of Music, Barry Sosnick, Earful.info, Five Towns College
• Financial Risk and Return in the Music Recording Industry Theo Papadopoulos Victoria University
• Decentralization and Growth in the U.S. Music Industry, An Emerging Paradigm: A Longitudinal Comparative Analysis Phillip A. Terrell Alabama State University
• Taking the Shirt Off Your Back’ and Other Desperate Measures Used to Ambush the Ambushers in Sports and Entertainment Tonya D. Butler University of Memphis
• Music Industry Mentoring: An Evaluation of the FReeZACentral Program Theo Papadopoulos Victoria University Rachel Crossthwaite Victoria University
• Artists and Their Managers Take Control: The Evolving Role of the Artist in Today’s Music Industry Ava Lawrence Northeastern University
• Using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards Program Criteria to Determine Business Practices that Differentiate Successful and Unsuccessful Bands Michael M. Pearson Loyola University New Orleans Caroline M. Fisher University of Missouri-Rolla Jerry R. Goolsby Loyola University New Orleans Marina H. Onken Touro University International
• Viewpoint: Do Recording Artists Deserve a Greater Share of Revenue in the Emerging Digital Age? John P. Kellogg, University of Colorado at Denver
• Viewpoint:  Curriculum Reform, A Perspective.  Angela Myles Beeching, New England Conservatory.

ReviewsAn Educator’s Perspective on the Film, Tom Dowd & The Language of Music, produced and directed by Mark Moorman, Keith Hatschek, University of the Pacific; Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE, a documentary by David Leaf, Dave Tough, University of North Alabama; Robin Meloy Goldsby. Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian, Jacob Slichter; So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life, Blair Tindall; Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music, Dick Weissman, University of Colorado at Denver (Emeritus)