Download or read book The Self Promoting Musician written by Peter Spellman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). Take charge of your music career with crucial do-it-yourself strategies. If you are an independent musician, producer, studio owner, or label, you should own this book! Written by Peter Spellman, Director of the Career Development Center at Berklee College of Music, this guide will teach you everything you need to know to become a success in the music business. Filled with empowering tips and resources for self-managed musicians, you will learn to: create a goals-driven plan to help you fulfill your musical passions; multiply the power of every gig you play using 15 proven methods; turbo-charge your social media strategy; get radio airplay online and offline; protect your creative works; keep your career organized and growing, using the best low-cost practices; and more!
Download or read book The Self Promoting Musician written by Peter Spellman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). This updated second edition will teach you how to take charge of your musical career with crucial do-it-yourself strategies. Filled with empowering resources and tips for self-managed musicians, including: How to write a business plan, create press kits, sharpen your business chops; Using the Internet to promote your music; How to customize your demos for maximum exposure; Secrets to getting your music played on the radio; 12 things you can do to get the most out of every gig; The most comprehensive musician's resource list on the planet, updated continually online!
Download or read book The Self promoting Musician written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take charge of your career with these do-it-yourself strategies for independent music success! Peter Spellman, the Director of the Career Development Center at Berklee, gives tips on how to: write a business plan, create press kits, use the Internet to boost your career, customize your demos for maximum exposure, get better gigs and airplay, network successfully, and create the industry buzz you need to succeed. A must-read for every aspiring musician!
Download or read book Strategies for Success Self Promotion Secrets for Musicians written by Michael Gelfand and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book for professional and amateur musicians is an inspired cross between Stephen Covey’s wildly popular Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and Debbie Allen’s Confessions of a Shameless Self Promoter. Musician and rock journalist, Michael Gelfand (of the band, Fuller), shoots from the hip and tells his fellow musicians the straight truth about this business: It will chew you up and spit you out... all before breakfast... unless you’ve got a solid plan of attack. This advice is for every struggling musician out there who wants their band to gain momentum and break through the noise.
Download or read book Indie Business Power written by Peter Spellman and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a handbook of best business practices for today's musicians who understand they are entrepreneurs of their own careers.
Download or read book Ruthless Self promotion in the Music Industry written by Jeffrey Paul Fisher and published by ArtisPro. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be successful in today's highly competitive music industry, you must be a promotion fanatic. Promotion is the key to getting your music heard or securing a music industry job, and "Ruthless Self-Promotion in the Music Industry, Second Edition," provides the tools and strategies needed to succeed. The completely revised and updated content features new promotional approaches that work effectively in today's music industry. The author defines ruthless self-promotion as the unrelenting pursuit of new business and the book teaches the reader how to concentrate their promotions on reaching the greatest number of people who want what the reader has to offer. Extensive detail of every aspect of promotion ? from relationship building to sales tactics ? is included as well as step-by-step action plans for implementing the many strategies in the book. This book is written for anyone looking to succeed in the music business, from the professional, to the amateur, to the student.
Download or read book Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook written by Bob Baker and published by Bob Baker. This book was released on 2013 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guerrilla music basic training - Guerrilla music marketing online - Guerrilla music publicity - Guerrilla music money & sales - Guerrilla music promotion tactics - Final guerrilla music marketing thoughts.
Download or read book Guerrilla Music Marketing written by Bob Baker and published by Bob Baker. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Musician s Internet written by Peter Spellman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berklee Book Trade This hands-on guide is essential for any musician who wants to build a fan base and increase profits through the Internet. Peter Spellman, Director of the Career Development Center at Berklee College of Music, guides the self-managed musician through successful strategies to promote music online, reach new audiences, and maximize income. Readers will learn how to: create a professional website; share music downloads; sell and license music online; broadcast on Internet radio; webcast live concerts; create streaming audio; get an online record deal; and much more. Includes an invaluable listing of more than 300 music-related websites!
Download or read book Six Figure Musician written by David Hooper and published by MusicMarketing.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hooper explains the ins and outs of the music industry, explaining how to make a six-figure income.
Download or read book Getting Noticed written by James R. Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I d Rather be in the Studio written by Alyson B. Stanfield and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how to develop one's art career by selling and showing more of one's work, covering how to get organized, assemble a portfolio, create marketing materials, use a Web site to one's advantage, and speak confidently about one's identity as an artist.
Download or read book Successful Promotion by Musicians written by Richard Letts and published by Allen & Unwin Academic. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface If Music Be the Food of Love, then What's Eating Leonard Cohen? The Purpose of Music is to be Promoted 1Do this Questionaire 2What are you Selling? Some fundamentals of your position Your image as a performer Interpersonal relations You by proxy 3Who's buying? The Audience Directors of performing groups or organisations Presenters Middle-men: managers and agents Record companies Funding bodies, foundations, sponsors Competitions 4Promotional strategies Promotional attitude Your promotional kit Finding out Getting the audition, getting the gig Attracting and building an audience Publicity Public relations Advertising Mail campaigns More on the core audience Helping your presenters Promoting yourself to record companies Promotion of the recording The CD-ROM Using the Internet Synergy Your international career Record company support 5Appendices
Download or read book Five Star Music Makeover written by Coreen Sheehan and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). In order to achieve success in today's music industry, artists must first do a great deal of work on their own. Learning the required skills can take years of real-life experience, and hiring personal coaches, studio professionals, and consultants can be costly. But now, for the first time, there's an invaluable resource to help you meet these challenges. Five Star Music Makeover is an engaging all-in-one guide designed specifically for aspiring artists. Written by five experts with over 100 years of collective experience, both on and off the stage, this unique book covers five key skills every musician needs to succeed: (1) improving vocal production/technique; (2) writing memorable and marketable songs; (3) recording your ultimate EP; (4) navigating the publishing world; and (5) promoting music effectively. Also included are insiders' stories and anecdotes, helpful tips, creative exercises, celebrity interviews, and all the practical expertise necessary to develop a successful music career. Five Star Music Makeover is a complete and practical career guide a resource that transforms artists from good to great.
Download or read book Getting Noticed written by James R. Gibson and published by Writers Digest Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Be Your Own Booking Agent written by Jeri Goldstein and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Revised 4th Edition Now How To Be Your Own Booking Agent is available in its completely Revised 4th Edition. It offers current immigration regulations for touring artists, new scripts for contacting potential presenters, strategies for contact relation management, crowdfunding and a completely revised chapter on The New Recording Industry . Since 1998, the award-winning, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent has been among the top selling music and performing arts business books. It is regularly selected each semester by professors teaching music business and the performing arts and continually recommended by musicians and performing artists, worldwide. This unique step-by-step guide and resource book is artfully organized so that it's easy and fun to read with savvy advice, realistic methods and action plans geared for your success. Exciting new insights from experienced professionals in the entertainment business pepper each page. The 24 chapters are enhanced with completely updated resource sections following each chapter packed with recommended books, directories, websites, social media marketing resources and new conferences helping musicians and performing artists achieve their career goals.This Revised 4th Edition remains THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring. How To Be Your Own Booking Agent THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring tackles such topics as: The Art of Negotiating; How to Eliminate Cold Calls-Make Friendly Calls; Setting Long-Term Goals; New, more Effective Telephone Techniques; Creating An Effective Promotional Package; Contracts; The Art of Touring; Managing the Road; Conferences; Trade Shows and Industry Events; Funding Sources; Crossing Borders-U.S./Canada Touring; Marketing Your Act; Accessing the Media: Print, Radio, Television and Internet Marketing; The New Record Industry; Working with Managers and Agents; When to Quit Your Day Job; Hiring Help and Ethics and Attitudes. "As someone who has had the experience of climbing from the bottom to the top of the music industry, I find Goldsteins' book to be THE road map for taking a career from oblivion to stardom, on one's own terms while maintaining artistic integrity! By combining universal business practices with music industry savvy, HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BOOKING AGENT is your guide to success." - RAVI, Singer/Songwriter, Former Guitarist for Triple GRAMMY Nominee, HANSON The information in How To Be Your Own Booking Agent is visually accessible with worksheets and a variety of forms included throughout the book that may be copied for the artist's use and convenience. I've answered most of the burning questions, provided immediately usable methods and tackled many of the foreseeable problems. This is THE step-by-step guide to begin, create and maintain a successful touring career.
Download or read book Music Money and Success written by Jeffrey Brabec and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Industry. Millions dream of attaining glamour and wealth through music. This book reveals the secrets of the music business that have made fortunes for the superstars. A must-have for every songwriter, performer and musician.
