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Sinatra. Streisand. Dylan. Pavarotti. McCartney. Sting. Madonna. What do these musicians have in common besides their super-stardom? They have all worked with legendary music producer Phil Ramone. For almost five decades, Phil Ramone has been a force in the music industry. He has produced records...

A collection of music marketing ideas and anecdotes to help musicians achieve success. My brother and I have achieved many of our musical goals of getting our original music out and selling, using Youtube as a marketing tool, start several music festivals, sell sheet music online, start a successful record label, record with many famous musicians, and more.

Modern Artist Development arms you with all the necessary skills and tools you need to be the very best fully formed ARTIST and get noticed by Labels, Investors, Managers, Agents, Publishers & Sponsors.

Included are the following essays: Post-Scarcity Superstar: Creating music in a world where there is an infinite amount of free music. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: How to make your own goddamn music and why nobody can stop you Two Weeks to An Album: How we did it, how you can...

The Gangnam Style - The Secret Of Modern Success by Aurel Goldman and Wiliam LOndon. When I started writing this book, about 2 million people liked the Gangnam Style video. Now before it had finished on YouTube, there were 437,190,986 views and 3,885,463 likes. These numbers grow day-by-day. It’s...

RazorSharp eBooks and Audio Books are written for the Recording Artist and Music Producer. The information contained in our books will help you to navigate some of the challenges you face as a music industry professional. Our books are short and to the point, containing only the necessary and most important...

Music Trivia from the beginnings of early Rock & Roll and Pop music. The book covers the pioneer record companies and the people behind the scene that made it all happen: Motown Records, Chess Records, Atlantic Records, and Sun Records. It also covers the Artists for these labels and how they created the genre of these early formative years on the music scene.

To most people, the music industry represents a source of harmless fun and entertainment. Beneath the glossy veneer, however, lies the devastating truth of who really controls these institutions, and the deeply malevolent agendas for which they're being used.Mark Devlin is a long-standing...

Roy Cape is a Trinidadian saxophonist active as a band musician for more than fifty years and as a bandleader for more than thirty. He is known throughout the islands and the Caribbean diasporas in North America and Europe. Part ethnography, part biography, and part Caribbean music history, Roy Cape...

The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell unveils the secrets to climbing the charts and reaching success in today’s ultracompetitive music industry. Eric Beall supplies his firsthand knowledge of today’s record business, as well as interviews with successful writers, producers,...

This book describes the emergence of DIY punk record labels in the early 1980s. Based on interviews with sixty-one labels, including four in Spain and four in Canada, it describes the social background of those who run these labels. Especially interesting are those operated by dropouts from the middle...

Everyone knows the success stories of the music industry – how Michael Jackson's Thriller blew the roof off and how Clive Davis helped orchestrate Carlos Santana's stunning comeback. But now you'll find out about people who were dead wrong. This book details some of the most expensive blunders ever...

Are you someone who simply loves to sing? Do you constantly find yourself humming or singing along to the music that is playing in your car, something that comes on your iPod or even the music that is being piped into your favorite shops and eateries? You may even be someone who is a more serious...