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Digital Book Release!

Bob Baldwin's
"You Better Ask Somebody,
It's the Friggin' Music Business"
A Quick Music Business Handbook
and 20+ year
expose' on the
musical life of Baldwin.

NY
native Bob Baldwin, Jazz Artist, Radio Host and Music Presenter,
is an unsung hero when it comes to the Contemporary/Smooth Jazz
genre and is on the move. With a vision to take his gift of
music to bless those less fortunate, and raise funds for
organizations in need of help, Bob Baldwin adds Arts Advocate
and Educator to his resume. He's unapologetic when holding
himself and his associates accountable for doing it the 'right
way", especially when it comes to doing business. His debut
book, "You Better Ask Somebody, It's the Friggin' Music
Business."

Bob Baldwin's
"You Better Ask Somebody,
It's the Friggin' Music Business"
(BOOK FORWARD)
WELCOME TO MY WORLD!
After 25 short years of being in the game, only to watch the
industry fall so quickly, gone are the label-funded recording
studios with their 20-foot sound boards, coffee runners and all
night physical tape edits.
Over the years, I studied the business and
observed those very few Execs sitting at the top of the pyramid
scheme, who built their mansions on your shoulders and the sweat
of your backbone, blinged you down to your Mercedes feet while
pushing their subliminal messages up on the big video
screen and at the end of the day, all you were left was a
quarterly bill written in
red
negatives. Believe it or not, back in the day, it was worse!
They used to buy your copyright for a dollar and fed their
grandchildren off the heels of your ignorance. At least you got
the 12 – carat gold necklace.
Maybe Ray Charles couldn’t see, but he had vision and smelled
the proverbial rat behind the desk. He cried out, “I want my
budget AND my copyright”. He proved to us that at the end of the
day, it really was up to the ‘percentile’ to collectively uphold
the industry’s original artistic culture and most of all, the
moral fiber of the business. Call us, “the 99-Percenters”.
Sounds more like America.
We were ignored because they thought the game was going
so good for them. They even decided to have a mp3
mass-industry giveaway for years……but then they fell asleep at
the wheel.
They let the Freedom Riders take over (Napster/Kazaa); however,
before they were eventually defeated, The Napsters of the
world left the industry depleted….kids stopped reading
credits, it was all about the dummy download. But now,
everything old is new again Oldie this, Oldie that, forget the
future, let’s just keep spinning these oldies!
Then Jobs finished the job, with the Big Apple
notwithstanding, and the stock was fat while the rest went flat.
There was no real counter-punch, every swing was futile, every
punch was inefficient and utterly painless.
So how and when did this happen? HEY! Stay out of the rear-view
mirror, or you may wreck yourself. Ladies and Gents, time to
look ahead, and protect the very thing that is yours, that you
worked so hard to make. Your brand, your art, you!
Take a break, come out the trenches for a minute.
Come…Let’s take this ride together, collectively devoid
ourselves of possible further self-destruction, leap past the
and mines….it’s time arm yourself with corporate intelligence,
the knowledge that you are so deserving to have.
You can agree or disagree with what’s written herein, but one
thing’s for sure, If you don’t know,
“You Better Ask SOMEBODY!”
Bob Baldwin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 -
WHAT TYPE OF ARTIST ARE YOU?
2 -
MANAGEMENT/ARTIST CONTRACT 101
3
- RECORDING CONTRACT 101
4
- CONCERT PROMOTIONS 101
5
- CREATIVE CONTROL 101
6
- PUBLISHING 101
7
- CD FOR FORMAT 101
8
- ARTIST ROYALTY ACCOUNTING 101
9
- RECORDING 101
10
- MUSIC 101
11
- SIDEMAN GIG 101
12
- UPHOLDING THE CONTRACT 101
13
- STAGE RIG CHECK 101
14
- ARTIST GIG 101
15
- AGENT/ARTIST CONTRACT 101
16
- DIGITAL MUSIC 101
17
- ROADKILL 101
18
- CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
19 - UNAUTHORIZED BOOTLEG
20
- THE TRUTH ABOUT CROTON
21
- ALLEN KWELA, A SOUTH AFRICAN TRAGEDY
22 - CHECK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU WRECK YOURSELF
GLOSSARY
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Bob Baldwin Presents:
"Betcha By Golly Wow"
The Music of Thom Bell
CD Bio by Jonathan Widran
Amazon Review
Grammy nominee and a bona fide hero of New Urban Jazz,
keyboardist and arranger Bob Baldwin makes his debut on Peak/eOne
with an all-killer, no-filler collection of classic tunes penned
by Philadelphia soul immortal Thom Bell. This set hits the sweet
spot from the first track and doesn't miss for a single minute
of the entire program.
An all-star cast puts the project over the top, a real who's who
of contemporary jazz and smooth R&B. It includes:
WILL DOWNING
VIVIAN GREEN
RAGAN WHITESIDE
GERALD ALBRIGHT
MARION MEADOWS
PAUL TAYLOR
RUSS FREEMAN (of THE RIPPINGTONS)
PAUL BROWN
To top it all off, the legend himself, Thom Bell, has written a
brand new song especially for this tribute, Gonna Be Much
Sweeter. And Bob Baldwin proves one more time that it doesn't
get any sweeter than his brand of soul and jazz.
Bob Baldwin appears courtesy of
Trippin N Rhythm Records
Available at:

Digital CD Release!
The Latest
and First
Gospel-Jazz Project by
Bob Baldwin
A Collection of Inspirational Hymns,
Classics and Originals

"Never Out
Of Season"
Featuring
Corvina Nielsen on Vocals
(sound clips below)
1 -
Ukuphila (New Johanesburg Mix) f/ Vusi Khumalo

2
-Third Coming

3 -
Speak To My Heart - f/ Marcus Anderson

4 -
The Lord's Prayer / Let The Church Say "Amen"
f/ Corvina Nielsen

5 -
In The Beginning

6 -
Oh Come, Oh Ye Faithful / Celebrate the Son
f/ Corvina Nielsen

7 -
We Three Kings - f/
Corvina Nielsen

8 -
Do You Hear - f/
Corvina Nielsen

9 -
I Surrender All

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