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Author:Harvey Lee
Backstage Pass: A Business Book That's Far From Conventional
It started with Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll and finished in a well-cut suit.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...- $19.99
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Author:Matthew Walt
Reality Check: A Common Sense Guide to Breaking into the Music Industry
"Matt has always offered great insight when it comes to artist development. We've had many long conversations about what the right move is for many of my acts." - Nick Storch, The Agency Group "Matt understands it all. My work experiences with him have...- $14.95
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Author:Corey Dixon
Maximizing Profits: A Music Producer's Guide to Success in the Music Industry
"Maximizing Profits: A Music Producer's Guide to Success in the Music Industry" is an invaluable resource for music producers at all stages of their careers. This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of the music industry and provides clear, practical advice to help you navigate...- $9.99
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Author:Paula Moore
A&R Scout: The Book on How to Get the Most Coveted Job in the Music Industry
This book will help you understand how to start a career as a talent scout, and use proven techniques to develop skills that will be valuable in a number of creative jobs in the music industry and beyond. Paula Moore is a trailblazer in...- $23.95
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Author:Ken McLeod
Driving Identities: At the Intersection of Popular Music and Automotive Culture
Driving Identities examines long-standing connections between popular music and the automotive industry and how this relationship has helped to construct and reflect various socio-cultural identities. It also challenges common assumptions regarding the divergences between industry and art, and reveals how music and sound are...- $170.00
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Author:Beth Gigante Klingenstein
The Independent Piano Teacher's Studio Handbook: Everything You Need to Know for a Successful Teaching Studio
(Educational Piano Library). This handy and thorough guide is designed to help the independent piano teacher in all aspects of running his/her own studio. Whether it be business practices such as payment plans, taxes, and marketing, or teaching tips involving technique, composition, or sight...- $44.99
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Author:Bobby Borg
Business Basics for Musicians: The Complete Handbook from DIY to the Majors
Unleash your music career and conquer the dynamic new music industry! In a high-tech world overflowing with ever-changing information, don't let the business side of music be your downfall. Business Basics for Musicians is the ultimate layperson's handbook to mastering the industry. The third...- $36.00
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Author:David Arditi
iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Digital Era
iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Digital Era sheds light on the way large corporations appropriate new technologies related to recording and distribution of audio material to maintain their market dominance in a capitalist system.Author: David ArditiISBN-10: 144224013XISBN-13: 9781442240131Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished:...- $95.00
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Songwriting Secrets: Mastering the Art of Songwriting
Meet Dr. Aulsondro "Emcee N.I.C.E." Hamilton, a true music industry luminary that has captivated audiences for over three decades with his songwriting. Emcee N.I.C.E. is one that still continues to grace the Billboard Charts, iTunes, and Amazon Charts with over 20 Number 1 songs...- $19.99
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Author:Mary Jane Phillips
Making Sight Reading Fun!: Choral Games for Students and Teachers
(Methodology Chorals). Making Sight Reading Fun - is that even possible? This creative resource book by veteran middle school choral director Mary Jane Phillips provides many different games to motivate upper elementary and secondary students to not only work harder on perfecting their sight...- $16.99
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Author:Emily Dollman
Opening Doors: Orchestras, Opera Companies and Community Engagement
What is the role of classical music in the 21st century? How will classical musicians maintain their relevance and purpose?This book follows the working activities of professional orchestral musicians and opera singers as they move off stage into schools, community centres, prisons, libraries, and...- $170.00
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Author:Helen Rusak
Women, Music and Leadership
Women, Music and Leadership offers a wide-ranging survey of women in musical leadership and their experiences, highlighting women's achievements and considering how they negotiate the challenges of the leadership space in music.Women have always participated in music as performers, teachers, composers and professionals, but...- $48.95
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Author:Amy T. Waldman
We Had Fun and Nobody Died: Adventures of a Milwaukee Music Promoter
The entertaining and inspiring story of a stubbornly independent promoter and club owner This irreverent biography provides a rare window into the music industry from a promoter's perspective. From a young age, Peter Jest was determined to make a career in live music, and...- $28.95
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Author:Larry Lee Hensel
Caring for the Whole Musician: Awareness and Mindfulness: CMS Emerging Fields in Music
Caring for the Whole Musician brings together insights from two expert musicians and educators to consider the relationship between mental and physical health and artistic practice for musicians. Offering a holistic perspective that encompasses the whole being - body, mind, and heart - this...- $64.95
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Author:Jaye J. Elster
How to Swing in Musical Theatre: A Guide to Covering the Ensemble
How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members who, in response to absence, can perform multiple roles across an ensemble.This entertaining guide can be used not only to build a step-by-step understanding of what...- $42.95
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Author:Bill Gibson
The Bruce Swedien Recording Method [With DVD ROM]
The Bruce Swedien Recording Method is an incredibly timely and timeless reference for anyone interested in capturing and mixing the best possible music recordings. From the Michael Jackson albums (Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, Invincible, and HIStory), to many Quincy Jones hits (The...- $48.00
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Author:Randy Jackson
What's Up Dawg?: How to Become a Superstar in the Music Business
Everything you need to know to make it big and take it all the way to the top, from the Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, musician, record exec, and American Idol judge. So you wanna be a superstar? You want the fans? The glitz? The...- $21.99
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Author:Brandon Farnsworth
Curating Contemporary Music Festivals: A New Perspective on Music's Mediation
Contemporary music, like other arts, is dealing with the rise of curators laying claim to everything from festivals to playlists - but what are they and what do they do anyway? Drawing from backgrounds ranging from curatorial studies to festival studies and musicology, Brandon...- $55.00
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Author:Gregg Akkerman
How to Be an Awesome Piano Bar Entertainer on Cruise Ships
Playing piano and singing is your passion... ...but can you make it your dream job?Yes, you definitely can, and one of the best piano bar entertainers on the high seas will show you exactly how. Your dream...his experience...you can make this happen. UPDATED FOR...- $12.99
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Author:Olivia Dunn
How to Market Your Music... on a Budget
New! Revised and expanded version - updated September 2023 This book is for up-and-coming musicians and solo acts who are keen to push their music up a notch or two and grab the attention of industry professionals who can help them. Learn how to...- $6.18
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Author:Robert Pace
Flash Cards: Lines & Spaces
Author: Robert PaceISBN-10: 0793529026ISBN-13: 9780793529025Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1988Pages: 62Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.30d- $6.95
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Author:Donald S. Passman
All You Need to Know about the Music Business: 11th Edition
Dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half...- $65.99
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Author:Barbershop Harmony Society
Arranging Barbershop, Vol. 3: Visions of Excellence
(Reference). Barbershop singing is often thought of as a genre of music when, in fact, it is a style of arranging. Any song can be arranged in the barbershop style, provided that the arranger be familiar with the tenets of this originally American--though now...- $29.99
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Author:Jory Farr
Moguls and Madmen: The Pursuit of Power in Popular Music
From Simon & Schuster, Moguls and Madmen is Jory Farr's guide to the pursuit of power in popular music. As Jory Farr describes in the prologue of Moguls and Madmen, this book is not for them [multi millionaire super scouts and corporate executives], however....- $21.95
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Author:Jeffrey Nytch
The Entrepreneurial Muse: Inspiring Your Career in Classical Music
The Entrepreneurial Muse: Inspiring your Career in Classical Music 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...- $34.95
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Author:T. Cvetkovski
The Pop Music Idol and the Spirit of Charisma: Reality Television Talent Shows in the Digital Economy of Hope
This book makes a case for the synergetic union between reality TV and the music industry. It delves into technological change in popular music, and the role of music reality TV and social media in the pop production process. It challenges the current scholarship...- $34.99
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Author:David Byrne
How Music Works
*Updated with a new chapter on digital curation* How Music Works is David Byrne's incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social or technological. Utilizing his incomparable career and...- $24.00
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Author:Ian S. Port
The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
"A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history" (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar's amplified sound--Leo Fender and Les Paul--and their intense competition to convince rock stars like...- $18.00
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Author:Matt Doherty
Production Management in Live Music: Managing the Technical Side of Touring in Today's Music Industry
Production Management in Live Music: Managing the Technical Side of Touring in Today's Music Industry is a handbook for the aspiring production manager looking to forge a career in the live music industry. This book outlines the role that a production manager performs and...- $160.00
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Author:Jane Savidge
Here They Come with Their Makeup on: Suede, Coming Up . . . and More Tales from Beyond the Wild Frontiers
"There were only a handful of people in the world who still really believed in Suede at the time, and five of them were in the band." - Brett Anderson, Suede "Suede were Marmite at the time, and I was expecting the press to...- $24.95
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Author:Richard Stim
Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business
How to make your band a huge business success Whether you're recording an album, budgeting a tour, or livestreaming concerts, you need solid information to make the right legal and business choices. Music Law is the all-in-one guide you need. Written by musician and...- $39.99
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Author:Angela Myles Beeching
Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music
Widely considered a classic, Beyond Talent is the "go to" guide for musicians. This newly revised and updated third edition cracks the code of how to build a creatively fulfilling career in music. With key insights into the mindset issues that often plague musicians,...- $29.95
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Author:Bobby Owsinski
Social Media Promotion For Musicians - Third Edition: The Manual For Marketing Yourself, Your Band, And Your Music Online
Learn how to efficiently use your online presence to promote your band, your music or yourself with the totally revised Third Edition of Social Media Promotion For Musicians. The updated book reveals the latest insider tips on how to use both the most popular...- $29.99
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Author:David Arditi
iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Streaming Era, 2nd Edition
The second edition of iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Streaming Era sheds light on the way large corporations appropriate new technology to maintain their market dominance in a capitalist system. To date, scholars have erroneously argued that digital music has diminished the power...- $39.99
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Author:Bernhard Kerres
Be Your Own Manager: A Career Handbook for Classical Musiciansvolume 1
Be You Own Manager is a career handbook for classical musicians, singers, conductors, and others making music their profession. The book contains the basics in understanding the business side of the industry for both young as well as experienced classical musicians. It contains chapters...- $29.00
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Author:George Martin
All You Need Is Ears: The Inside Personal Story of the Genius Who Created the Beatles
In All You Need is Ears, legendary Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated record producer George Martin shares tales from his life and musical career with the Fab Four. George, he said, I don't know if you'd be interested, but there's a chap who's come...- $17.99
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Author:Sven Carlsson
The Spotify Play: How CEO and Founder Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance
The American edition of the revelatory Swedish book Spotify Untold, the basis of the new Netflix Original series The Playlist, out now! "Two excellent Swedish journalists recount the historic rise of the company that changed modern music not just as a riveting business tale,...- $17.99
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Author:Suzanne B. Hanser
The New Music Therapist's Handbook
(Berklee Guide). Learn essential concepts and practices for providing music therapy. This book has been an indispensable guide for music therapists worldwide since the 1990s. You will learn state-of-the-art, data-driven approaches to providing care in a wide variety of therapeutic contexts. These practices are...- $32.99
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Author:Nick Sadler
The Label Machine: How to Start, Run and Grow Your Own Independent Music Label
So, you want to start a record label? Then this is the resource you need. You are looking at the ultimate guide to starting, running and growing your independent record label. You will learn all about the music industry business and how to navigate...- $20.00
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Author:Richard Davis
Complete Guide to Film Scoring: The Art and Business of Writing Music for Movies and TV
(Berklee Guide). Essential for anyone interested in the business, process and procedures of writing music for film or television, this book teaches the Berklee approach to the art, covering topics such as: preparing and recording a score, contracts and fees, publishing, royalties, copyrights and...- $34.99
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Author:Miles A. Copeland
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life in the Music Business
"My real story starts with a disaster, an unmitigated, pull-the-rug-from-under-you, clean-out-the-bank-account disaster. But had it not happened, The Police would never have risen to become the biggest rock band in the world; Jools Holland would not have ended up on TV; The Bangles, The...- $22.95
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Author:Quincy Jones
12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world's most beloved musicians, producers, and mentors, Quincy Jones12 Notes is a self-development guide that will affirm that creativity is a calling that can and should be answered, no matter your age or...- $26.00
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Author:Alan Walden
Southern Man: Music & Mayhem in the American South: A Memoir
"We developed reputations real fast. We treated our entertainers right. We got them paid. Other agents and promoters and managers showed them the money. We got them the money. We brought respect to the African American artist in America. We brought them prestige. We...- $24.95
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Author:Jessica Lipsky
It Ain't Retro: Daptone Records & the 21stcentury Soul Revolution
Soul is the most powerful expression of American music--a distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure. But if you thought the sounds of Motown or Stax Records died along with 8-tracks and macramé, you'd be wrong....- $22.95
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Author:J. Scott Rudsenske
Start an Independent Record Label
An indispensable step-by-step guide to releasing your own records and beginning a working independent label. Since the boom of homemade records and independently-minded musicians in the 1980s, the alternative music industry has grown from strength to strength, driven by a policy that privileges the...- $17.95
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Author:Barney Hoskyns
Waiting for the Sun: A Rock & Roll History of Los Angeles
A classic, finally back in print British rock historian Barney Hoskyns (Hotel California, Across the Great Divide: The Band in America) examines the long and twisted rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles in its glamorous and debauched glory. The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield,...- $19.99
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Author:Pete Seeger
How to Play the 5-String Banjo: Third Edition
(Music Sales America). This basic manual for banjo players includes melody line, lyrics and banjo accompaniment and solos notated in standard form and tablature. Chapters cover material such as: a basic strum, the fifth string, hammering on, pulling off, double thumbing, and much more.Author:...- $19.99
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Author:Randall D. Wixen
The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing - 4th Edition, by Randall D. Wixen with a Foreword by Tom Petty
(Book). For more than 15 years, The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing has been the definitive guide to music publishing. Music publishing is one of the most complex parts of the music business, and yet it can be the most lucrative area...- $24.99
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Author:Jacob Slichter
So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life
After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were a vain illusion. Then he was recruited by two of his successful musician friends to form a band that became Semisonic. Who...- $14.99
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Author:Spencer Tweedy
Mirror Sound: The People and Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music
A visual portrait that delves into the people and processes behind self-recorded music, featuring some of the biggest names in music today. Everywhere you look, musicians are creating, recording, and selling their music without the help of big-name studios, producers, or labels. This book...- $40.00
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