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This is the formal refereed proceedings of the fifth Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium. The symposium had a diverse range of contributions and development workshops, bringing together practitioners from aviation psychology and human factors, flight operations management, safety managers, pilots, cabin crew, air traffic controllers, engineering and maintenance personnel, air safety investigators, staff from manufacturers and regulatory bodies and applied aviation industry researchers and academics. The volume expands the contribution of aviation psychology and human factors to the aviation industry within the Asia Pacific region, developing the safety, efficiency and viability of the industry. It is a forward-looking work, providing strategies for psychology and human factors to increase the safe and effective functioning of aviation organizations and systems, pertinent to both civil and military operations. ... Read more

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This book will guide you through every aspect of building a music career in Australia. It identifies all the most common potential problems and offers practical solutions based on long legal experience. The Australian music business presents any musician with a minefield of tricky career decisions. Learn all about registering a name and choosing an agent, to getting a recording contract and understanding copyright. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

An Essential Resource
This book by Australian Entertainment Lawyer Shane Simpson is an absolute essential book for anyone working in the music industry whether they be a musician, promoter, band manager, record company suit or whatever you do. I highly recommend this book, and no Australian musician whose serious about their career should be without a copy.

I've worked in the Australian music industry on and off for over 30 years as a musician as well as working in Record Companies, Band Management, Music Retail, Music Production, Radio and in the musical instrument / Pro Audio wholesale trade and I only wish I had Shane's book a few decades back to help me with my career. Although many of the examples and references are from an Australian perspective, it would also be of value for other territories as well with its insightful and well grounded advice. This book has real depth and has been an valuable asset in my work and business in the media and entertainment industries.

I highly recommend it!

Getting ontrack with the business
While this book is written principally for Australia and from an artist's perspective, it gives so much information about the intricacies of the music business that any one who is intending to make a career out of music should read it, regardless of what role you intend to play.

Shane covers all the major players in depth, including artists, record companies, publishers, producers, session musicians. More importantly, Shane covers all the facets of the typical contract arrangements between them. The detail provided helped me to ascertain whether it is better or even feasable to do one's own marketing, label, publishing or contract them out. The book also helped me to understand that even if I do some of these activities myself, say through a company, contracts are still required to keep everything in order. The arrangements have to be clear and explicit for royalty accounting.

While the examples focus on the Australian situation, they are always compared to US or European practice. This only served to deepen the understanding of the concepts behind why the business is so complex.

This book conveys that the music business is full of complexities, but it is so helpful in making actual business decisions that I felt it was better than Tim Sweeney's books, which were more directed at the marketing and promotion side.

Overall, while not leisuretime reading, I would consider this book an essential reference for anyone who wants a career in the music business. ... Read more

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A book about Australian concert promoters and the myriad of wonderful artists they become involved with. Its the story of men who either spend their working life risking enormous amounts of money on international artists touring Australia or else struggle to bring out that very favourite cult artist of theirs who must be a success if others only had the chance to see him/her.Men whose life is wheeling and dealing on the phone, haggling with agents, lawyers, managers and other promotersto secure the services, albeit briefly, of the biggest names in international show business, or men who are a few steps ahead of the bank manager, and put their house and mortgage on the line to pay for the plane tickes. ... Read more