Music Industry

Whatever you do or don't know about being a musician, this no-holds-barred tour through the hilarious and brutal realities of life inside the music industry is as informative as it is entertaining. Written for musicians and general public alike, Byron Fry's story imparts hard-learned, hard-hitting truths from his wild ride through life as a musical pinball. His journey is a dizzying study of how many hats one person can wear, and he places each of them on your head.

Introducing You and the Music Business: Empowering Independent Artists, the ultimate self-care guide designed to help you find balance, joy, and success as a music creator in today's dynamic and demanding music industry.

How to Keep Your Dukes Up in the Music Business is the guide every musician needs to navigate the music bizz. This book includes eight essential contracts that all musicians need, and with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment business and a music attorney today, Miss Krystle Shares some of the best kept industry secrets you need to know. Having the advantage means managing all the business aspects of your career, and it is an investment of time that will pay off in a big way.

Well now you have that friend and he’s sick of artists like you getting screwed over.It’s time to put you in the driver’s seat. You are part of a generation who are more aware of inauthenticity and manipulation than ever before. You’re less interested in blindly following and more interested in being shown not only how to do something but in understanding why it’s important that it gets done.

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.

This audiobook is a survival guide for emerging talent navigating the music industry and searching for a path to sustainability.

The Dark Side of Indie Survival is informative, entertaining, and a pleasure to listen to. In this book, I examined indie music's evolution and the differences between a record label artist and an independent artist. This book also examines the sometimes overwhelming challenges of an indie artist. The various emotional, professional, and marketing strategies that an artist may face by himself or herself are extensively discussed and analyzed.

Do you want to know everything there is to know about the most influential bands since the 1970s? If you’ve read the odd book or article online that covers a couple of the most influential bands but are looking for a comprehensive guide on more than the top few, this is your audiobook! Maybe you’re in a band yourself and you are looking for some inspiration and motivation. Or perhaps you are simply a fan of everything about music and want one source where all of this information is available...Well, the good news is that you’ve found it!

Leading Australian Icons in Music covers several different genres of Australian music that have made the most significant impact on the music scene in the past 50 years. The profiles of these talented individuals are explored in greater detail than other books, focusing not only on their sales but also their upbringing and personal experiences. You’ll find that a lot of these musicians have similar values and morals, and these values are what helped them become the musical influences that they are today.

Leading Men in Music answers all your musical questions. This book is the only reference you’ll need for facts on the top influential male musicians since the 1970s. You’ll feel invested in each of these musical leaders as you learn more about them as real people, rather than celebrities.

Insight on the current state of the music industry and how to thrive successfully has an independent musician. The author speaks from his own experience as an independent artist and the owner of an independent record label.

Step 4 focuses on two aspects of working within the music industry – legality and that all important issue of making money. Should you choose to write all or even part of your own songs, we’ll take you through the principles of song writing, breaking it down into its various components of lyrics, melody, rhythm and harmony. We’ll give you some ideas of what to write about and look at how professional musicians come up with their ideas.

Continuing the ultimate guide to breaking into the music industry, welcome to Step 2 of our 4 step series. There can be no doubt that being signed to a record company can mean the difference between playing to a worldwide audience or only a dozen people in the local pubs and clubs. The competition to get that deal can be fierce, with unsigned bands and artists around the world vying for record company attention – with few actually achieving it.

One of the best ways to learn about what makes an artist or band successful is by going direct to the source and working within the music industry itself. This guide will teach you how to get your foot in the door of a record company and from there, make the most of the knowledge you’ll gain, finding out how to secure live gigs, discovering the best ways to promote yourself, or, best of all, learning what a record company looks for in a new act, and what you need to do to get a record deal.

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

Are you interested in learning about some of the most influential women in music? Perhaps you are an aspiring female musician searching for motivation from some of the best female musicians that have made it big? Or, maybe you are a musical historian trying to find an audiobook that goes into extensive and insightful details on the leading women in the music industry since the 1970s? These stories on female musical legends will empower and motivate you if you are looking for fresh inspiration to go after your own dreams...

Dive into this no-holds-barred group autobiography of the critically acclaimed feminist punk-rock group, The Lunachicks—featuring never-before-seen materials from the band's private archive. Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of the Lunachicks is a coming-of-age tale about a band of NYC teenagers...

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.

The untold story of a British institution ‘Brilliant.’ Alan Johnson ‘Compelling.’ David Kynaston ‘The beer drinkers’ Bill Bryson.’ Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazine’s Best Beer Book of the Year Pete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating...

Stafon shares their tumultuous journey through the music industry, battling betrayal and adversity while striving to find their own voice and independence. He also reflects on a tumultuous childhood marked by trauma, family struggles, and moments of resilience, revealing the complexities of growing up in a chaotic environment.