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  • C'mon, Get Happy . . .

    Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus

    This memoir by David Cassidy tells the real story behind his phenomenal ’70s stardom—and the sadness that shadowed it. Includes photos and a new afterword.Barely out of his teens, David Cassidy landed a role on a new sitcom about a musical family that toured in a psychedelic bus. The critics blasted it—but TV viewers loved it! And the young female audience especially loved Keith Partridge. Not ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sound Man

    A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles , Eric Clapton, The Faces . . .

    by Glyn Johns ...
    **A ROCK AND ROLL MEMOIR FROM GLYN JOHNS, THE LEGENDARY PRODUCER FEATURED IN THE NEW DOCUMENTARY SERIES The Beatles: Get Back“Few figures in rock history have a more impressive résumé than Glyn Johns...[Sound Man] is full of amazing anecdotes from his fifty-year career.”—Rolling Stone“A fantastic romp through the pages of rock and roll history.”—Sir Paul McCartney, the Beatles**In 2012, legendary ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Tunesmith

    Inside the Art of Songwriting

    by Jimmy Webb ...
    Webb brings his insider's knowledge, experience, and star power to the ultimate guide for aspiring songwriters. With a combination of anecdotes, meditation, and advice, he breaks down the creative process from beginning to end--from coping with writer's block, to song construction, chords, and even self-promotion. Webb also gives readers a glimpse into the professional music world. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring

    A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts

    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 business aspect, from creating a show, to selling a show, to organizing the show, to staging the show. Working with venues, personnel, booking, promoting, marketing, publicity, public ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Tori Amos: Piece by Piece

    A Memoir

    An intimate, eye-opening look inside the life of one of the most unique and adored performers of contemporary rock musicFrom her critically acclaimed 1992 debut, Little Earthquakes, to the recent hit, Scarlet’s Walk, Tori Amos has been a formidable force in contemporary music, with one of the most dedicated fan bases in the industry. In Tori Amos: Piece by Piece, the singer herself takes readers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • How Music Got Free

    A Story of Obsession and Invention

    by Stephen Witt ...
    **Soon to be a Paramount+ documentary series, narrated by Method Man and produced by Marshall Mathers, LeBron James, and moreOne of Billboard’s 100 Greatest Music Books of All TimeFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, and the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New York Times Editors’ ChoiceONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: The Washington ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • La Administración Eficaz del Tiempo

    Aumenta tu productividad y aprende cómo organizar mejor tu tiempo

    ¿Buscabas un buen libro sobre gestión del tiempo para mejorar tu productividad personal y ser efectivo en la administración de tus proyectos?En este libro aprenderás estrategias ya probadas, simples pero efectivas para administrar tu valioso tiempo.El autor te mostrará cómo realizar tus tareas de una manera más eficiente, con el fin de que puedas ser más efectivo y productivo en todas tus ... Read more

    $3.11 USD

  • Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Third Edition

    Winning Marketing Strategies for Today's Music Industry

    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 for a fraction of traditional costs. Veteran author and music-business consultant Daylle Deanna Schwartz (who started and ran her own label) has rewritten and expanded her classic, Start & Run ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Music Marketing for the DIY Musician

    Creating and Executing a Plan of Attack on a Low Budget

    by Bobby Borg ...
    Series series Music Pro Guides
    Do it yourself and succeed! More and more artists are taking advantage of new technologies to try and build successful careers. But in this expanding competitive marketplace, serious do-it-yourself musicians need structured advice more than ever. In Music Marketing for the DIY Musician, veteran musician and industry insider Bobby Borg presents a strategic, step-by-step guide to producing a fully ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor

    What You Won't Learn at Most Music Schools

    Lessons from a Streetwise Professor: What You Won’t Learn at Most Music Schools was first published in 2011. It’s a book that discusses contemporary issues in the real world of music, and the fact is, much has changed since then. An update was needed, so voilà—the second addition. For this edition, I asked Steve Danyew to contribute. He’s a former colleague at the Eastman School, and as a young ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Make Your Own Rules

    Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age

    by Andrew Huang ...
    USA TODAY BestsellerYouTube sensation Andrew Huang offers practical tips and hard-won advice for creatives seeking financial stability while staying authentic.How does a musician with acute hearing loss, a refusal to perform live, and no industry connections carve a path to millions of followers and lucrative royalty checks? In Make Your Own Rules, Andrew Huang shares stories from his two decades ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Here Come the Regulars

    How to Run a Record Label on a Shoestring Budget

    by Ian Anderson ...
    Ian Anderson started recording music when he was thirteen and launched his own successful label, Afternoon Records, in 2003, when he was just eighteen. Now this wunderkind of the indie music scene has written the ultimate guide for all those aspiring to a career in the record industry.Here Come the Regulars covers territory ranging from a label's image to its budget, focusing on the importance of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • DIY Music Marketing Basics

    by Martyn Wilson ...
    Are you struggling to grow an audience? Is it impossible to make people pay for your music?This book is for musicians like you. Martyn Wilson has years of experience as a DIY musician, working with industry professionals in multiple roles. In this book, he introduces the basic ideas behind music marketing on a budget in 2016/17.Learn how to grow your audience, step by step, creating a relationship ... Read more

    Free

  • The Big Payback

    The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

    by Dan Charnas ...
    **“There has never been a better book about hip-hop…a record-biz portrait that jumps off the page.”—A.V. ClubThe perfect read for music lovers and business aficionados alike, The Big Payback reveals the secret histories of the early long-shot successes of Sugar Hill Records and Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC’s crossover breakthrough on MTV, the marketing of gangsta rap, and the rise of artist ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Music, Money and Success

    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. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Birth of Loud

    Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll

    by Ian S. Port ...
    “A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history” (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound—Leo Fender and Les Paul—and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.In the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 44 Reasons Your Mixes Suck - A Mixing Engineer's Guide

    by Amos Clarke ...
    Let's face it: even after hours of sweat and anguish, your mix still isn't sounding like you want it. Perhaps it's nearly there, but there's something small that stops it from being a great mix. That 'something small' can be something big if it's the difference between a poor sounding mix and a pro sounding mix. Maybe you're simply missing some essential knowledge, or perhaps you've got into bad ... Read more

    Free

  • Music Marketing

    Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail

    by Mike King ...
    (Berklee Press). Sell more music! Learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians, leveraging the important changes and opportunities that the digital age has brought to music marketing. This multifaceted and integrated approach will help you to develop an effective worldwide marketing strategy. Step by step, you will develop an active marketing plan and timeline tailored to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Music | Make it , How to be the minority that archive Success in the Music Industry!

    by Elvis Jordan ...
    MAKE IT - HOW TO BE THE MINORITY THAT ARCHIVE SUCCESS AT THE MUSIC INDUSTRYThe Only eBook Produced for Aspiring,Minority Entertainment Professionals!Breaking into the music business is a difficult task made even more challenging when you're a minority.That's why you need specific strategies and direction to help you overcome the roadblocks on your way to becoming a superstar. It's time you ... Read more

    Free

  • Corporate Rock Sucks

    The Rise and Fall of SST Records

    by Jim Ruland ...
    A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, and more, by the co-author ofDo What You Want andMy Damage.Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners and transmitters. But when Ginn wanted to launch his band, Black Flag, no one was willing to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Songbook

    by Nick Hornby ...
    “All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do.” —Nick Hornby, from SongbookA wise and hilarious collection from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Just Like You, Funny Girl and About a Boy.Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Murphy's Laws of Songwriting (Revised 2013)

    by Ralph Murphy ...
    About the BookAchieving "hit writer" status has always been a formidable goal for any songwriter. Never more so however than in the 21st century. Catching the ear of the monumentally distracted, fragmented listener has never been more difficult. Getting their attention, inviting them in to your song and keeping them there for long enough for your song to become "their song” requires more than ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ted Templeman

    A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music

    by Templeman Ted ...
    Crafting smash hits with Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, and Van Morrison, legendary music producer Ted Templeman changed the course of rock historyThis autobiography (as told to Greg Renoff) recounts Templeman’s remarkable life from child jazz phenom in Santa Cruz, California, in the 1950s to Grammy-winning music executive during the ’70s and ’80s. Along the way, Ted details his ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Exit Stage Left

    The curious afterlife of pop stars

    by Nick Duerden ...
    **A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022****INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH****GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY****FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK**'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Entertaining.' - Telegraph'Most books about pop stars focus on the way we turn average human beings into dem... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD