Entertainment Business

In The Entrepreneurial Artist: Lessons from Highly Successful Creatives, Aaron Dworkin offers an engaging, practical guide to achieving artistic fulfillment, both personally and professionally. Based on the accomplishments of Shakespeare, Mozart, and several contemporary creatives, these lessons will help you realize your goal - no matter your medium. Dworkin personally interviewed Emmy-winning actor Jeff Daniels, Tony-award winning choreographer Bill T. Jones, Grammy award-winning musician Wynton Marsalis, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, among others.

Your thoughts are so powerful that they can move you forward or hold you back. They drive your actions, feelings, and habits. You may praise yourself or criticize yourself. You could just think about finishing that half-written song - or you can use the power of your mind to imagine the outcome, then take focused steps to finish it. Everything you manifest in your life is the direct result of what you think about on a consistent basis. This includes your success as a songwriter!

Most musicians dream of making professional-sounding music. But in order to create great music, they need to understand the steps and tools involved. With proper skill development, creativity, and knowledge, anyone can reach that professional level. This audiobook will show you how, whether you want to build a studio, work in one, start a label, or to make better music. Inside, you will find up-to-date, practical, and well-explained techniques in a professional guide for 2024 and beyond.

Are you passionate about music and entertainment? Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business, providing joy and excitement at parties and events? Starting a karaoke rental business could be your perfect opportunity. But how do you go from a great idea to a thriving company? 'Sing and Profit' is your comprehensive guide to launching and growing a successful karaoke rental business. This book addresses the most pressing challenges potential entrepreneurs face, from understanding the equipment needed and managing initial costs, to marketing your services and building a loyal customer base.

Dive into the world of independent music with The Independent Artist Blueprint audiobook, narrated by author Eric Leo (aka Eric Leo 108). Whether you’re crafting your first verse in a bedroom studio or negotiating beat contracts, this guide delivers a hands-on playbook for turning passion into profit. You’ll learn how to develop a signature style, craft lyrics that resonate, choose and license beats without overspending, and record tracks both at home and in the studio.

The Marketing Campaign Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Small Business Owners is your comprehensive guide to crafting successful digital marketing campaigns that drive growth and impact. In this audiobook, Sharon Lee Thony, founder of award-winning agency SLT Consulting and digital marketing expert, shares proven strategies that have helped global brands and emerging businesses scale.

In the executive offices of the four major networks, sweeping changes are taking place and billions of dollars are at stake. Now Bill Carter, bestselling author of The Late Shift, goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the television industry, capturing the true portraits of the...

This books talks about my journey as an artist and how you can re-create what I've done in the past to have a successful career like I did. I give many tips and tricks on how to find success as an Indie artist. If you follow this book, you will most definitely achieve success as an artist. This book is not only for aspiring music artists but for any type of creator.

What magical mushroom could have turned an unassuming playing card company into one of the dominant cultural forces of the twenty-first century? “Keza MacDonald pulls back the curtain on the Nintendo dream factory.” —Walt Williams, author of Significant Zero Super Nintendo is an exuberant...

Six Second Stories: Maximize Your Impact in Minimal Time with Video Storytelling was written with you in mind -- the beginner storyteller, entrepreneur, small business owner, nonprofit director, content creator, or influencer. Filmmaker and storytelling expert, Rain Bennett, will walk you through how to utilize the power of storytelling via video as a key marketing technique to help boost your overall audience engagement, and keep them engaged for the long haul.

Music is like no other business. It's about being at the right place at the right time, following your nose and diving in feet first. It's about being plugged into the mystical electricity and about surfing on the wild energy. And no one captures this wild feral spirit better than Alan McGee whose helter-skelter career through music has made him a major force. His ability to start a raw power ruckus brought the visceral danger back to a moribund mid-eighties music scene.

En "Conversaciones con Billy Wilder" el legendario director, ya nonagenario, accedió por primera vez a hablar extensamente sobre su vida y obra. Entrevistado por Cameron Crowe, en sus páginas habla de su experiencia en el mismo corazón de Hollywood, así como sobre guiones, fotografía y...

What you'll learn: Why marketing starts when the pad hits the paper! How to create engaging marketing images for FREE. How to create lyric cards and videos to promote your music. Sell your music without sounding like a salesman. Four secrets to hitting the Billboard Charts without getting signed or being a household name! How to create a marketing plan that ensures your song is successful.

Side Hustle Glow Up – How to Turn Your Creativity into a Bankable Design Business is your ultimate guide to cashing in on your creativity like the true boss you are. Nikki Stiles Baker delivers a bold, no-fluff, slightly sassy blueprint for turning your passion into a profitable, scroll-stopping brand.

A brutally honest look at the systemic exclusion of women in film—an industry with massive cultural influence—and how, in response, women are making space in cinema for their voices to be heard. Generation after generation, women have faced the devastating reality that Hollywood is a system...

A wealth of proven technical, practical, and theoretical knowledge in one book, this comprehensive collection will take your music production to the next level.

Music managers and artists will learn the secrets of successful management with scenarios from a manager’s work life, along with the legal and business skills to master them. The book teaches future music managers and artists how to acquire clients, negotiate contracts, develop image, administer taxes and finances, and deal with promoters, media, attorneys, and unions. Packed with industry guidelines and sure-fire career tips from industry icons, this book is a professional springboard for music managers, recording artists, singers, and rock bands alike.

“Whatever you have read or heard about me through articles or gossip, forget it. I am nothing like that Warren Beatty. I am nothing like what you have read.” —Warren Beatty Warren Beatty guarded his privacy even before he became a movie star, when he burst onto the screen in 1961 as the...

As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has worked as a consultant empowering artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding.

"Thirty-Two Ways to Get Exposure for Yourself, Your Band, or Your New Music Release" - this chapter is packed with real-world, creative promotion strategies that songwriters and musicians have used to get noticed. By the end of this section, you'll have an endless list of ways you can attract attention to your own music.