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Today’s music business is more challenging than ever, but music’s availability and the consumption of this powerful force offer unprecedented opportunities for those with the desire to succeed. Music Business Essentials: A Guide for Aspiring Professionals takes musicians and beginning business students on a journey full of vital nuts-and-bolts knowledge as well as practical wisdom from a veteran industry professional.

This book is an honest, easy-to-understand book on royalties. It’s written for musicians and artists to help them better understand the basic mechanisms of the record industry, and how they can better their chances of letting music do what it should.

Saving Your Soul is a labor of love from coach Rho. It offers sound guidance and practical tools from her years of experience in the entertainment industry and beyond. Every creative person can benefit from these insights, as well as anyone looking for solid support in their life’s journey. This book tackles important subjects that are vital to creatives’ ability to thrive. It covers exploring how to diversify, how to protect your work, overseeing the business of art, learning the key players in the industry, getting to grips with contracts, and more.

RazorSharp audiobooks 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 information recording artists and music producers need to know. Making Money with Your Music covers what you need to know, to start making money with your music today.

This is a guide for the music business and solid musicianship in general. This is for the working musician who may play on the weekends for a hobby but aspires to do more.

With the advent of the internet, releasing music has never been easier. The playing field has been seriously leveled, and musicians no longer have to rely on the power of record labels to get their music to the masses. Unfortunately, while this presents some incredible opportunities, it also comes with one colossal inevitability—getting heard is nigh-on impossible. Unless, of course, you know how to cut through the noise. In this book, you'll find everything you need to know to launch a successful music career, even if you've no experience putting your music out to the masses.

Chapter five of The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business. This chapter is regarding solo or band touring.

The Entrepreneurial Muse explores principles of entrepreneurship in a classical music setting, inspiring students, emerging professionals, and educators alike to gain the broader perspective and strategic understanding required to negotiate the complex and ever-changing landscape of a professional music career. Listeners will acquire strategic and observational tools designed to expand their view of possible career paths in classical music, stimulate creative thinking about how their unique skills can find value in the 21st-century marketplace, and realize their professional goals.

Become a DJ in 60 Days: And Get Paid Doing It! is the ultimate handbook for anyone interested in pursuing a career in DJing. Written by a seasoned DJ, the audiobook provides a comprehensive overview of the industry, from the basics of equipment and software to advanced mixing techniques and strategies for landing your first gig.

Chapter one of The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business. This chapter is regarding the music industry and you.

What if you could steal the bulletproof formula to grow 1,000 superfans across Instagram or TikTok...while you sleep? It doesn't matter how many followers you have! You can use this exact blueprint that viral musicians apply to gain a huge audience and get your music ahead as soon as tonight...without spending a penny on paid ads. Inside this new book, you’ll find a decade of game-changing strategies that I’ve built for hundreds of independent musicians, record labels, artist managers, and music brands.

No matter where you are in your career - from unemployed beginner to seasoned professional - this guide will help you find the best jobs in the music or entertainment industry right now. Quit your job, become educated, and make money in the music business today.

This is a technical guide, a "how to" guerrilla manual to help independent artists, bands, and other creatives to maximize their sound, visuals, performance, and online presence, using livestream gigs. It is also a spiritual or metaphysical guide of sorts, since we rely heavily on channeling moods and feelings, using all of our senses, in mind, body and spirit. Such is the medium of music. I detail what it takes to perform with consistency, to show up regularly with amazing new content - all of which can be reposted with outstanding organic engagement.

For generations, record companies have dominated the music industry. Artists were unable to get their material to the masses without label backing, meaning that the path to stardom inevitably involved artists having to sign exploitative record contracts. These "record deals" were profoundly one-sided, and usually imposed brutal, predatory terms on artists. Fortunately, times have changed and artists no longer need labels. It is a new music business, and it is time for a new kind of music business book.

Ask anyone with a dream: The road to success can be akin to riding shotgun on the Highway to Hell, as Harvey Lee, rebel turned Vice President of Product Marketing will testify... From modest beginnings in Northern England, to the promised land of the USA, Harvey recalls how he was forced to grab life by the horns, and embarked on a 40-year white-knuckle ride through the business world, establishing himself as an MBA-level trained and renowned product marketer.

Would you like your business......to burst into public awareness like Lady Gaga?...to have the long-lived success of Mick Jagger?...to demonstrate the creativity of The Beatles? We don’t normally think of the music business as a source of entrepreneurial insight, but we should. The best bands have longevity, a depth of customer loyalty, and a level of profitability that puts most businesses to shame. And what they know about marketing, partnerships, bartering, and overcoming obstacles isn’t taught in business school.

Alan Krueger, the former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry as a way in to explain the principles of economics and the forces shaping our economic lives. As economists recognise, the music industry is often a leading indicator of today's economy; it is among the first to be disrupted by the latest wave of technology, and examining the ins and outs of how musicians create and sell new songs and plan concert tours offers valuable lessons for what is in store for businesses and employees in other industries that are struggling to adapt.

Immerse yourself in a symphony of positivity as this book weaves together a tapestry of affirmations designed to nurture confidence, ignite creativity, and foster a mindset of success. With chapters dedicated to various facets of a musician's life, from skill cultivation to collaboration, mental well-being to gratitude, this book is a heartfelt companion for those who seek inspiration and empowerment in the pursuit of musical excellence.

The Music Agenda is a combination of the knowledge of the authors and their experiences working in the music industry. From managing and booking shows for bands, to dealing with having to fix a broken-down van at 2 a.m., or negotiating a deal for an artist with a major record label, the authors have come together to impart their knowledge on the reader in order to give them a distinct advantage in today’s music business. Throughout this book, you will learn the necessary skills and knowledge needed to operate in today’s fast-paced business.

Che cos'è esattamente un promoter discografico? È un amico, un confidente, un "motivatore" e a volte anche uno psicologo: insomma, chi conosce gli artisti meglio di chiunque altro. L'autore, manager e promoter da anni sulla scena musicale italiana, ci racconta cinquanta aneddoti inediti, curiosi e spesso divertenti su cantanti famosi incontrati nel corso della sua carriera. Abitudini, piccole manie, scheletri nell'armadio.