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For generations, record companies have dominated the music industry. Artists were unable to get their material to the masses without label backing, meaning that the path to stardom inevitably involved artists having to sign exploitative record contracts. These record deals were profoundly one-sided, and usually imposed brutal, predatory terms on artists. Fortunately, times have changed and artists no longer need labels. It is a new music business, and it is time for a new kind of music business book. Break the Business is the musician's guide to achieving music industry success through embracing an independent, entrepreneurial, and artist-centered business model.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ryan Kairalla is a lawyer, writer, teacher, and podcaster. Ryan advises clients in the music industry on a wide range of entertainment and business matters including recording agreements, publishing agreements, management agreements, music licensing, media appearances, live performances, entertainment litigation, copyright and trademark counseling, and corporate matters. He has represented chart-topping hitmakers and up-and-coming musicians alike. Ryan is a graduate of New York University School of Law where he received the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award for Excellence in Entertainment Law. He is also a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Business. He is licensed to practice in Florida, New York, and California. He writes frequently on legal subjects, with his work being featured in the Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law and on his Break the Business blog. He also hosts the Break the Business Podcast, a weekly discussion of entertainment law, independent music, and popular culture. Ryan is also an education advocate. In addition to his entertainment law practice, Ryan advises education companies in intellectual property law, corporate law, and contract issues. His passion for education is not limited to the legal world, as he also teaches part-time at Doral College in South Florida. Ryan lives in Miami, Florida.

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