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The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business Dave Laing

The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business By Dave Laing

The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business by Dave Laing


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Summary

Containing interviews with industry experts in the US and the UK, this guide gives tips on almost every aspect of gigging. It takes you through the process of recording, from home-made demos to releasing your own finished product and radio promotion. It also explains what managers, publishers, PR people, accountants, and lawyers can do for you.

The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business Summary

The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business by Dave Laing

"The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business" is chatty and informal, and it's full of useful, hard-earned advice telling you how to get ahead in the music business. Through interviews with industry experts in the US and the UK, "The Guerilla Guide" gives priceless tips on every aspect of gigging - from rehearsals to foreign tours. It takes you through the process of recording, from home-made demos to releasing your own finished product and radio promotion. "The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business" also explains what managers, publishers, PR people, accountants, and lawyers can do for you, and when and why you will need their services. It's a book that will help you enjoy what you do, avoid too many pitfalls, and maybe even help you have a hit or two along the way.

About Dave Laing

Sarah Davies has worked in most areas of the music business over the past decade - as a musician, in an independent record label, in public relations, and as a journalist contributing to Melody Maker, Music Weekly, Songlplugger, and Future Music. Dave Laing is a Research Fellow at the University of Westminster where he conducts research on the music industry. He is on the editorial board of the Continuum's Encyclopaedia of Popular Music of the World.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Rehearsal; Finding the Gig; Touring; Using an Agent; Concert Promoters; Doing the Gig; DJs; Merchandising; Home; Recording; The Recording Studio; Putting Out Your Own Record; Distribution; Manufacturing; The Internet; Webcasting; Running Your Own Label; Professional Songwriting; Writing for a Music Library; Company Writing; Jingles; Writing for TV; Writing Music for Computer Games; Session Work; Education; Artist Management. Tax and Accounts; Legal Matters and Lawyers; Publishing; Collection Societies and Rights Organizations; Glossary; Contacts; Index.

Additional information

GOR001510542
9780826417916
0826417914
The Guerilla Guide to the Music Business by Dave Laing
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2006-11-15
400
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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