Hal Leonard has released the fifth edition of veteran music publisher and industry expert Randall Wixen’s widely praised book The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing. The updated edition features an array of new topics pegged to the ever-changing music industry landscape. Previous editions of the book have made it the industry standard publishing guide and it is used frequently as a textbook in music industry classes.
Wixen explained the need for an expanded fifth edition, “This fifth edition of The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing constitutes the biggest change of any edition of this book since the first. There have been so many changes in music publishing over the past few years, including two CRB hearings and the results of various appeals to the rates which those hearings determined, the passage of the Music Modernization Act, the operation of the MLC, the conversion of BMI from a non-profit organization to a for-profit organization, the mania and hype for catalog sales and much much more. Anyone seeking to operate in or make meaningful decisions about music publishing matters needs the information this updated book contains.”
The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing explains essential information about protecting and profiting from music copyrights. It is written for the lay musician/songwriter but with enough substance to be worthwhile for those already holding positions within the business. The late, great Ray Manzarek of the Doors described previous editions of Wixen’s book as “Clear, lucid, tight, and concise.” With hundreds of reviews on Amazon, the fourth edition garnered a 4.6 star rating out of 5.
Randall Wixen, one of the most respected names in the music industry, founded Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. in Los Angeles. With a sister company, Wixen Music UK Ltd. in London, the companies administer the song catalogs of many top artists from the last 50 years, ranging from Santana, the Doors, Missy Elliot, and Al Green, to the Black Keys, Andrew Bird, Angel Olsen, and Sturgill Simpson.
The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing retails for $29.99 and is available to order by calling the Hal Leonard E-Z Order Line at 1-800-554-0626.
