Special Music Business Workshop in Eugene

Dear Friends,

If you work in the business of music, this is for you. Musician, author and educator Dick Weissman will present a workshop next Sunday, June 29 at Tsunami Books 2585 Willlamette Street in Eugene.

It’s a multi-faceted Music Business Workshop. Topics will include copyrights, publishing (self publishing and using music publishers), film and television placements, ASCAP and BMI, Union Bonus funds, pensions, guaranteed contracts, agents and managers and more.

Dick Weissman has been a professional musician for decades, has written 20 books (some of which are on various aspects of the business of music) and has taught at the college level. He was already a studio musician when he and John Phillips and Scott MacKenzie formed the Journeymen. He has worked in just about every aspect of professional music. Book titles include “Music Publishing: the Roadmap to Royalties,” “Promoting Your Music” and “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution: Music and Social Change in America.” He has composed music for plays and films and has had placements in TV and movies.

The workshop will be at Tsunami Books on Sunday, June 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The cost is $10 for the general public and it’s FREE to Local 689 members. Yes, you heard that right. Feel free to share this with your mailing list, songwriter group or professional network.

Hope to see you there!