Business Aspects category: 650 books
Music Industry Forms
The 75 Most Important Documents for the Modern Musician
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
(Berklee Guide). Organize and manage your music projects! Whether you are a performer, writer, engineer, educator, manager, or music maker, these time-tested charts, plots, diagrams, checklists, and agreements will help make your work easier and better. These forms will help you clarify your work,...
Rock Star 101
A Rock Star's Guide to Survival and Success in the Music Business
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
A successful rock guitarist shares with musicians at every level firsthand knowledge of how to endure and triumph in the music industry. Rock-and-roll dreams become realities with this guide. Packed with advice and entertaining stories from life on stage and on the road, Rock Star 101 tells musicians...
by Terri Hendrix
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Terri Hendrix has always preferred to celebrate the light rather than wallow in the blues — but she’s no stranger to facing the dark head-on. On her new album, Cry Till You Laugh, the award-winning Texas songwriter spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with the poetic grace and uplifting...
by Audrey Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Audrey Ryan is a New Englander (originally from Maine, lives in Boston) who has performed all around the world, mostly as a “one man-band” multi instrumentalist, using electric guitar, accordion, ukulele, banjo, vibraphone, glockenspeil, drums, and a loop station. She decided to write about her experiences...
by Drew Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Technical Theater for Nontechnical People helps actors, directors, stage managers, producers, and event planners understand every aspect of technical theater-from scenery, lighting, and sound to props, costumes, and stage management. In this thoroughly revised new edition, the popular guide firmly...
The Perfect Stage Crew
The Complete Technical Guide for High School, College, and Community Theater
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Here is a must-have book for anyone producing a stage show without a Broadway-sized budget. Written by a technical theater veteran, The Perfect Stage Crew explains the pitfalls to avoid and provides solutions to the most common-and the most complex-stage performance problems, even for theaters with...
The Speed of Sound
Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The remarkable story of rising to the top of the music charts, a second act as a tech pioneer, and the sustaining power of creativity and art.
Thomas Dolby’s hit songs “She Blinded Me with Science” and “Hyperactive!” catapulted him to international fame in the early 80’s. A pioneer...
Beyond Talent : Creating a Successful Career in Music
Creating a Successful Career in Music
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2010
The first edition of Beyond Talent quickly became a favorite among classical and jazz musicians and has been used in courses at scores of conservatories and universities. This expanded second edition provides updated user-friendly advice inspiring examples and practical tools to advance a career in...
The Big Payback
The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
**“There has never been a better book about hip-hop…a record-biz portrait that jumps off the page.”—A.V. Club
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE VH1 SERIES THE BREAKS**
The Big Payback takes readers from the first $15 made by a “rapping DJ” in 1970s New York to the multi-million-dollar...
Ticket Masters
The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
“A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business.” —The Wall Street Journal
Your favorite band has just announced their nationwide tour. Should you pay to join their fan club and get in on the pre-sale? No, you decide to wait. But the on-sale date arrives, and the site is jammed. You...
Cowboys and Indies
The Epic History of the Record Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Cowboys and Indies is nothing less than the first definitive history of the recording industry on both sides of the Atlantic.
From the invention of the earliest known sound-recording device in 1850s Paris to the CD crash and digital boom today, author and industry insider Gareth Murphy takes...
Artist Management
Agility in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Artists are creative workers who drive growth in the creative and cultural industries. Managing artistic talent is a unique challenge, and this concise book introduces and analyses its key characteristics.
Artist Management: Agility in the Creative and Cultural Industries makes a major contribution...
1 Click Traffic
"How to get traffic from over 10,000 traffic sources with 1 click of your mouse! "
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
In This short report you will learn to easy ways to make $25 – $50 a day without selling anything, an optin list, or even a website. No Experience Needed!
by John Seabrook
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic
There’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they’re designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider’s look at the global hit...