Arts / Music / Business Aspects

Def Jam, Inc.: Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Inf

von Stacy Gueraseva & Brett Ratner

In the early ‘80s, the music industry wrote off hip-hop as a passing fad. Few could or would have predicted that the improvised raps and raw beats busting out of New York City’s urban underclass would one...

This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts

von Ray D. Waddell, Rich Barnet & Jake Berry

The only book that looks at the business of concert promotion. Concerts are part art, part party—and a big part business. This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring is the first to focus on that all-important...

Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Third Edition

von Daylle Deanna Schwartz

For everyone interested in starting a record label–to market new talent or to release and promote their own music–there has never been a better time to do it!

Music can be released, distributed, and promoted...

The Music Business: Career Opportunities and Self-Defense

von Dick Weissman

The Must-Have Guide for Breaking

into the Music Business

Completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, The Music Business provides essential career advice and information on how to get started...

Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business

von Danny Goldberg

A giant of the music industry grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of thirty0five years spent working with legends

Danny Goldberg has been a hugely influential figure...

Minding Your Business: A Guide to Money and Taxes for Creative Professionals

von Martin Kamenski

(Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). Martin Kamenski, a practicing CPA, unleashes years of tax experience on the creative community. He offers explanations in language that is easy for the most number-illiterate...

Welcome to the Jungle: A Success Manual for Music and Audio Freelancers

von Jim Klein

(Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). Thousands of people try to make it as freelancers in the music and audio industries. Most of them fail, and not because they lack talent or the will to succeed. They fail because...

Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed

von Jake Brown

(Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). The term "soundtrack of our lives" is one commonly tossed around by artists, fans, critics, and historians in discussing rock 'n' roll's timeless hits, spanning every subgenre,...

The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing: Foreword by Tom Petty

von Randall Wixen

(Book). Publishing is one of the most complex and lucrative parts of the music business. Industry expert Randall Wixen covers everything from mechanical, performing and synch rights to sub-publishing, foreign...

Rhythm Without Blues: The Dichotomy of a Music Genre

von Dr Syleecia Thompson

Synopsis: If you've ever felt the blues, sang the blues, or simply love rhythm and blues, Dr. Syleecia Thompson's tell-all book will make you appreciate this nearly 70-year-old music genre even more. This insider's...

Music and Copyright

von Lee Marshall & Simon Frith

First published in 2004

The Best Jobs in the Music Industry: Straight Talk from Successful Music Pros

von Michael Redman

(Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). The Best Jobs in the Music Industry is an essential career guide for those who love music and are exploring different areas of the music industry beyond the obvious performer...

50 Ideas to Train Your Sales Staff in 15 Minutes a Day: For Retail Music Businesses

von Bob Popyk

(Book). Many retailers don't have regular sales meetings. Sales people come and go, so ongoing training is necessary. A little training for even a few minutes a day can work wonders. It's amazing how much business...

Making Your Mark in Music: Stage Performance Secrets: Behind the Scenes of Artistic Development

von Anika Paris

(Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). Since the age of seven, Anika Paris has been playing piano and writing songs, as well as singing and performing. Making Your Mark in Music re-creates the nurturing approach that...

Making the Scene - Nashville: How to Live, Network, and Succeed in Music City

von Liam Sullivan

(Book). Nashville may be considered the epicenter of country music, but today, this thriving music industry town is home to a diverse array of musicians and musical styles. Combine that musical community with...

Zen and the Art of Producing

von Mixerman

(Book). Mixerman not only describes in detail the many important roles of an effective producer whether as product, manager, time, or personnel manager; organizer in chief; tour guide; psychologist; visionary;...

The Artist Within Me: A Teacher's Year of Creative Rediscovery

von John Jacobson

(Choral). John Jacobson, one of America's best-loved musical personalities, is known for sharing his passion, humor and insights with students and teachers, helping them to revitalize and re-energize. Now, he...

Worship Musician! Presents The Worship Band Book: Training and Empowering Your Worship Band

von Tom Lane

(Worship Musician Presents). Whether you're in a band yourself or part of a ministry involved with teams, this book can help you on your journey. For 30 years, musician, songwriter, and worshipper Tom Lane has...

Lonnie Donegan and the Birth of British Rock & Roll

von Patrick Humphries

When Lonnie Donegan first burst onto the scene early in 1956, his energetic brand of skiffle galvanised a generation and transformed the face of music. Before Elvis Presley, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones,...

Working In The Music Industry: How to find an exciting and varied career in the world of music

von Anna Britten

The music industry is one of the most exciting, glamorous and fun places you could ever work in. It's also a fiercely competitive world, both for jobseekers and those already on the inside. But opportunities...