Download or read book A musician s guide to the road written by Gary Burton and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Musician s Guide to the Road written by Susan Voelz and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-access pass to what goes on backstage, onstage, and on the way to the stage. What's a tour bus like? What are the band members saying to each other on stage? Exactly how much sex, how many drugs, how much rock 'n' roll are we talking here? The Musician's Guide to the Road answers all these questions and many, many, many more. Both a valuable primer designed to prepare young musicians for life on the road and an entertaining memoir of the touring life written by a seasoned musician, this is the book that reveals the scene behind the scenes. Chapters focus on preparing to tour, touring by van and bus, the day of the show, the afternoon before the show, the night of the show, and the morning after, life on the road, and the end of the road.
Download or read book Road Rat s Tips written by Pete Cook and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Road Rat's Tips - The musician's guide to keeping comfortable, safe, sane and employed on the road' is as informative as it is hilarious. Drawing on 20 years as a professional musician, author Pete Cook gives an exclusive backstage look at the perils and pitfalls of life as a journeyman. In the real world, being able to play well doesn't necessarily guarantee you'll get work as a musician - in fact, playing well is only half the story. Road Rat's Tips deals with the other half. A valuable read for music students, semi-pro musicians and seasoned pro's alike, the book is packed with good advice and contains hundreds of tips. It works equally well as a cover-to-cover-read, something to be dipped into or, indeed, as a quick reference guide. Road Rat's Tips also provides a hilarious insider's look at the 'glamour' of the music business from the journeyman professional's viewpoint.
Download or read book The Touring Musician written by Hal Galper and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Touring Musician helps performers at all levels of experience to take control of their careers. Packed with practical information, this invaluable handbook guides musicians in applying sound business practices to band travel by evaluating assets, creating an action plan, researching, negotiating, and booking venues, arranging transportation and lodgings, managing personal and tour finances, and getting publicity. The Touring Musician includes: * Point-by-point advice about how to set up a small business * Eleven sample worksheets and checklists, in a ready-to-photocopy format, that will help keep you and your information organized * Samples of the major types of legal documents involved in booking a band * A step-by-step chapter showing you how to book and route a sample tour, including five calendars and five budgets * Plus solid advice about how to research your venue contacts, negotiate gigs and fees, manage your band finances, coordinate your promotional activities, and much, much more.
Download or read book The Road Book A Musician s Guide How to Navigate The Road Before You Even Leave The Driveway written by Jeff Coffin and published by Jeff Coffin. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The road isn't an easy place to thrive and survive - there are many things to think about before (and after) you leave the driveway with your band. The purpose of this book is to address the 'before' parts. Jeff Coffin covers 40+ topics with insight, humor, practicality, and lots of road wisdom!
Download or read book Indirect Procedures written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented. And yet many musicians are able to surmount these looming obstacles with grace and balance, to find satisfaction and artistry in their music and build productive and lasting careers. Indirect Procedures will guide you around these obstacles and along that path to becoming a balanced and successful musician. Based on the work of Frederick Matthias Alexander, this book is a thorough and practical approach to the issues of musicians' health and wellbeing. Author Pedro de Alcantara introduces concepts and exercises for musicians to let go of excessive tensions, stay focused, and direct their energies as they handle the challenges of practicing, rehearsing, and performing. Complemented by an extensive, easy-to-use companion website, and working alongside Integrated Practice, this new edition of Indirect Procedures is an invaluable and essential resource for today's musicians to learn to sing, play, and conduct with less effort and stronger results.
Download or read book Lost Highway written by Peter Guralnick and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterful explorationof American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to music-making and that kept them determinedly, and sometimes almost desperately, on the road.
Download or read book Musician s Survival Guide written by Stella Hemmings and published by . This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to give you all the information you need to survive life on the road, including detailed advice on how to cope with everything from van breakdowns, lost passports, gear crushed in transit, surviving, terrible sound systems and more.
Download or read book The Saxophone Book written by Jeff Coffin and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SAXOPHONE BOOK comes from the innovative and creative mind of 3x Grammy winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band/Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, the Mu'tet). This 3-volume set is an extraordinarily thoughtful dissection and presentation of the musical fundamentals that Jeff calls "The Big 5 ."
Download or read book The Touring Musician s Survival Guide written by Ross Leslie Craib and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by pro musician, Ross Craib (dodie, Gabrielle Aplin), The Touring Musician's Survival Guide aims to educate younger, aspiring and existing musicians about the realities of a life on tour and in today's music industry; What to expect, to watch out for, to do, to learn; All with the aims of making them a more equipped and employable musicia
Download or read book Music USA written by Richie Unterberger and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 1999 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal handbook for every rock-n-roll pilgrim, Music USA tours the musical heritage of America, from New York to Seattle, stopping at all the shrines of sound in between. Coverage includes background on the development of local music styles, with details on clubs and venues, radio stations and record stores nationwide.
Download or read book The Tour Book written by Andy Reynolds and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to enhance one's musical career by integrating live music, with practical advice, tips, tricks, and hints on every aspect of putting on a live show, essential equipment and technology, the practicalities of touring, the art of working behind the scenes, the future of live music, and other essential topics. Original. (Beginner).
Download or read book The Musician s Journey written by Dr. Jill Timmons and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Musician's Journey escorts musicians, performing artists, music teachers, and advanced music students along the road toward a successful career, offering a vast array of resources to guide them from envisioning the process to achieving the practical details. Jill Timmons provides key tools throughout the journey, from sources as diverse as the world of myth to current brain research, which illuminate compelling real-world examples of music entrepreneurs who forged their own paths to success. Included are chapters on careers in higher education; guidance in how to develop a business plan; general tips on grant writing and financial development; a separate section exploring the stories of other successful musicians; and personal narrative taken from the author's work as a professional musician and consultant. The book includes an extensive bibliography of additional resources, and the companion website offers downloadable worksheets and questionnaires to help readers along their way.
Download or read book Solo Acoustic Musician written by Michael Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Nichols shares personal experiences and technical know-how from over 30 years as a live performer. In a straightforward conversational voice, he lays out a dynamic vision for how to make a living and have fun being a solo musician.
Download or read book Guide to the Road for the Touring Musician written by Dave Liebman and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lessons from a Street wise Professor written by Ramon Ricker and published by Soundown Inc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor" sheds light on what every successful musician knows but most music schools don't teach--that a musician, regardless of instrument or specialty, is a small business and with that comes the need for entrepreneurial savvy.
Download or read book The Rabbit the Carrot the Crow the Quarry written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lovely bedtime tale told by a momma bunny spins the story of a bunny rabbit named Davey and how, during a daily hop, he mistakenly drops his carrot into a deep quarry. The story unfolds when a big black crow sees what happened and Davey implores him to rescue his 'jewel'. The crow is far wiser and knows it's a carrot and tells Davey he will take it and fly away unless he tells the truth about what it really is and how it happened. It's a story of friendship, honesty, wisdom, and caring for others. Written by Jeff Coffin (saxophonist of Dave Matthews Band), and illustrated by Augie Haas (Little Augie And His Trumpet) this story will not only delight children and parents alike, but is also fun to read aloud with its whimsical musical rhyme scheme."I can't fall asleep, Mommy," said the young bunny to his mother. "I can't either," said the bunny's younger brother."Well, if you'll both close your eyes, I'll give you a lovely surprise.Here's a story-it's not about you, but another..." A long time ago, in a time far from today, There lived a young bunny who wore a beret. His first name was Davey, His fur was quite wavy, And he loved to go outside and play.
