Business Aspects category: 650 books
The New Business of Acting
How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
In an expanded and updated follow up to his popular first book, The Business of Acting: Learn the Skills You Need to Build the Career You Want, talent manager Brad Lemack offers both young, new-to-the-business and “working†actors a vital perspective on the changing landscape in which they seek...
by Susan Carr
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Photographers now have the ideal resource to build a solid foundation for success. The Art and Business of Photography takes an honest approach to the photography profession and is a guide to the artistic and business skills that are the foundation of a career in photography. Professional photographer...
American Popular Music and Its Business
The First Four Hundred Years, Volume III: From 1900-1984
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 1988
This volume focuses on developments in the music business in the twentieth century, including vaudeville, music boxes, the relationship of Hollywood to the music business, the "fall and rise" of the record business in the 1930s, new technology (TV, FM, and the LP record) after World War II, the dominance...
by Sahpreem A. King
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Multi-platinum music producer and author of Gotta Get Signed How To Become A Hip Hop Producer, Sahpreem A. King is back with his long awaited follow up, Surviving The Game How To Succeed In The Music Business. In this book, Sahpreem takes music business newcomers by the hand and teaches them how to...
Roadie Inc.
How to Gain and Keep a Career in the Live Music Business
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2018
“Finally a book that can give an honest and realistic approach to working in the live entertainment industry. Roadie**,Inc.breaks** down some of the myths of working in the live music business without making it sound demoralising.” - Steven Douglas, Show Designer and Lighting Director for The...
by Steve Grossman
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Business is business and the more you know about it, the more you’ll succeed.
You are pursuing a career in an industry just like Henry Ford did when he made the first Model T a century ago.
-Steve Grossman
Musicians have a problem. They believe in differences between the Creatives and the...
Recording Music on Location
Capturing the Live Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Recording Music on Location provides an exceptional collection of information regarding all aspects of recording outside of the studio. Featuring clear explanations on how to achieve professional results, this book is divided into two distinct sections: popular music and classical music. Whether you...
by Mike Read
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
A fascinating romp through the life of a broadcasting legend, Mike Read's autobiography offers an exciting insight into his three decades in showbiz. From ventures in radio, television and music, to tales of sport, romance and the royals, Mike writes with candour and humour in equal measure, including...
by Karleen Tauszik
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
In PAID TO PERFORM, professional ventriloquist, magician and juggler Lowell Tauszik shows you how you can build your own entertainment business. Yes, you can turn your talent into a profitable venture, getting paid to make people happy and to enhance their special events! Whether you want to be...
by Loren Weisman
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Start your music career off right with this fun guide to the music industry
Music Business For Dummies explains the ins and outs of the music industry for artists and business people just starting out. You'll learn how file-sharing, streaming, and iTunes have transformed the industry, and how...
Keeping Up the Kardashian Brand
Celebrity, Materialism, and Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
The Kardashian family is a contemporary cultural touchstone, recognizable throughout the world connoting warrantless celebrity, voluptuous beauty, and social media savviness. Amanda Scheiner McClain explores the Kardashians’ brand and celebrity via narrative discourse analyses of their hit reality...
This Business of Global Music Marketing
Global Strategies for Maximizing Your Music's Popularity and Profits
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Think BIG—capture the global music market.
Worldwide tours, internet downloads, international album distribution–the global market for music is expanding with lightning speed, and that means big opportunities for everyone in the music business. The main obstacle? Lack of knowledge. The...
Music Business Bastards
How to do well in the music business without getting ripped off
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Confucius once said ‘If you want to know what’s up the road ahead ask the man coming back down it’
Knowledge is both the key to not getting ripped off but it also unlocks the secrets of how to beat the opposition in a very competitive industry.
When you add tips on saving tons...
Starting Your Career as a Theatrical Designer
Insights and Advice from Leading Broadway Designers
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
In the first book of its kind to be published in twenty years, ten award-winning and current Broadway designers-five set designers, four lighting designers, and one projection designer-discuss the business aspects of the theatre world, sharing relevant insider information and strategies that will...