All
You Need to Know About the Music Business
by Donald S. Passman, Randy Glass (Illustrator)
Our band is about to get beyond the local scene and start wrestling
with the industry for record deals and national tours, so I practically
jumped out of my skin when I finally found this book. It completely demystifies
the workings of the entire music industry--in a musician-friendly way.
A tiny, selfish neuron in me hesitated for a moment about telling the world
of this book--but hey, we musicians are all in this together. If everyone
negotiating with record companies read and used this book, we'd collectively
be better able to get the sort of financial rewards our art deserves.
Each and every chapter is full of wisdom, humor, and support, written
by an actively practicing Harvard Law grad who has also been teaching music
law at UCLA (a stone's throw from the heart of darkness) since 1978. Amazon.com
Hardcover: 448 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.33 x
9.48 x 6.41
Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0684870649; Rev&Updtd
edition
Behind
the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits
by Howard Massey
Book Description: In this prime collection of first-hand interviews,
37 of the worldÕs top record producers share their creative secrets
and hit-making techniques - from the practical to the artistic. George
Martin reveals the technical and musical challenges of working with The
Beatles, while Phil Ramone, producer for such artists as Billy Joel, discusses
studio wall treatments. Offering real-world advice on everything from mics
to mixing to coaching a nervous singer, producers interviewed include Arif
Mardin (Aretha Franklin), Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Alan Parsons (Pink
Floyd) and more.
Paperback: 224 pages
Backbeat Books; ISBN: 0879306149; (October 30, )
Exploding:
The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group
by Stan Cornyn, Paul Scanlon (Contributor)
(Hardcover)
How
To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands Of Dollars
by Jeri Goldstein, Kari Estrin (Editor)
(Paperback)
How
I Make $100,000/year in the Music Business (Without a Record Label, Manager,
or Booking Agent)
by David Hooper, Lee Kennedy
(Paperback)
Joel
Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1999: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's
Pop Singles Charts, 1955-1999
by Joel Whitburn
(Hardcover)
Suge
Knight: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Death Row Records: The Story of Marion
'Suge' Knight, a Hard Hitting Study of One Man, One Company That Changed
the Course of American Music Forever
by Jake Brown, Suge Knight
(Paperback)
This
Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry (8th Ed)
by M. William Krasilovsky, et al
Hardcover: 558 pages
Watson-Guptill Pubns; ISBN: 0823077578; 8th Bk&cdr
edition
This
Business of Music Marketing and Promotion
by Tad Lathrop, Jim Pettigrew
(Hardcover)
Music
Money & Success
by Jeffrey Brabec, et al
(Paperback)
Recording
Industry Sourcebook 2002 (Recording Industry Sourcebook, )
(Spiral-bound)
Start and Run Your Own Record Label
by Daylle Deanna Schwartz
(Paperback -- December )
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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 (Ring-bound)
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Tim Sweeney's Guide to Releasing Independent Records
by Tim Sweeney, Mark Geller
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