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may find helpful in your career.
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Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook:
201 Self-Promotion Ideas for Songwriters, Musicians &
Bands
by Bob Baker |
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This Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the
Music Industry
by M. William Krasilovsky, et al |
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101 Music Business Contracts - Updated Edition
Preprinted Binder / CD-ROM set containing over 100
contracts and agreements for recording artist, musicians,
record companies, managers, songwriters, labels, producers,
indies and any and all others in the music industry. Entertainment
law at it's best!
by R. Williams |
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Tim Sweeney's Guide to Releasing Independent Records
by Tim Sweeney, Mark Geller |
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Behind the Glass:
Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits
by Howard Massey |
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Start and Run Your Own Record Label
by Daylle Deanna Schwartz |
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Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business
(Music Law, 2nd Ed) by Richard Stim |
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Everything You'd Better Know About the Record Industry
by Kashif, Gary Greenberg 1885726031 |
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Your
First Cut: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting There (a book
for songwriters)
by Jerry Vandiver, Gracie Hollombe |
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How
To Be Your Own Booking Agent
by Jeri
Goldstein - FINALIST in the 1999 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK
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The Musician's Atlas 2007 (Musician's Atlas: The Ultimate Resource for Working Musicians)
the best-selling contact and networking directory, is created especially for musicians and others to connect with fans and music business professionals. |
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STAR TRACKS
Principles For Success In The Music & Entertainment
Business
by Larry E, Wacholtz, Ph.D. - Review: (by Ingram)
In "Star Tracks," Larry Wacholtz has indeed
written the next generation of indispensable music
industry literature. The acknowledged bible, David
Baskerville's "Handbook . . ." finally has
a fitting protege. Wacholtz has used the cream and
meat from works by the music business elite (Passman,
Krasilovsky, the Brabec twins and Baskerville himself),
contributed a ton of his own research data with practical
quotes by top professionals, and presented it in a
lively easy-reading style. The book is comprehensive,
with a wealth of charts and figures, but manages never
to be dull. --Alan Remington, Professor of Music,
Orange Coast College. |
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Note By Note - A Guide
to Concert Promotion
From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools
for Connecting the Community for Women; review by
PH - Whether you're a community organizer staging
a fundraising event, a fan bringing a favorite artist
to town, or a professional producer looking to expand
your audience, this book could mean the difference
beteween hosting a costly flop or a professional,
inspiring, income-generator. Written by the combined
efforts of many organizers and producers over the
years, this how-to for organizing concerts tells you
what you need to know about event planning (setting
production goals, working with artists, bookings,
halls, tickets and pricing); publicizing your event
right down to the concert program/adbook and actual
event production (staffing requirements, sound, lighting
and the day of the show). A final chapter addresses
everything else, from childcare accessibility to fundraising
visas. Special appendices include sample contracts
and accounting ledgers to keep everything legal, safe
and within budget |
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Make Money Performing
in Schools
by David Heflick - A comprehensive manual (190 pages)
providing complete information on program development,
marketing, and presentation. Presented in two parts,
Part One provides information relevant to all disciplines;
Part Two contains program descriptions and program
theme ideas in separate chapters for each of the major
disciplines. Included are interviews with national
arts-in-education authorities such as Larry Stein,
Director of Program Development for Young Audiences,
Inc., and Dorothy Sasscer of Chamber Music America |
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