What You Should Know About Music Business Books
Have you ever tried to find music business books? Its hard, but you know how important it is to educate yourself about this part of the business. If you are reading this article you are probably a very serious artist, producer or manager who has their head on straight. You are probably very talented as well or you would not be taking this step.
In my experience, if you don’t have the business end of your career under control, things are sure to fall apart at some point. Most musicians need to spend the majority of their off stage time rehearsing, but there are some other areas that need to be dealt with. Booking performances is important whether you do this yourself or work with an agent and it takes some of your time. You must also promote yourself (sometimes this is the fun part of your job), and this takes a large part of your schedule. Your time is limited, but you still need to educate yourself and if you could find some good music business books, you could study in any time you have left.
An advantage that we have these days is that there are instant downloads and templates available on the internet that will greatly reduce the time that it takes for you to get material and to educate yourself. With all of the demands on your schedule you will appreciate the time savings. Some products are oriented to specific areas of the business, but still contain information that is relative to other areas.
What is something that you can learn from music business books? You can learn about how to present the music business as a normal business model. You need to look at your business just as a normal business person looks at their business. It is only after you do this that you will have more control over your destiny and you won’t just be dreaming about “the big deal”, you will be seriously working towards it.
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I don't know of any e-books really but I can suggest a few regular books. Try Donald Passman's "All you need to know about the music business" and the lists of books at the Amazon link below.
Best of luck,
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Sorry I had to do that…It seems like every time someone asks about a book, an entire squadron of preteen little girls all start typing Twilight.
Seriously though, you can get a good insight into the music indusrty by acually reading biographies about artists…Cash, Dylan, Motley Crue…..these guys have had wild lives, but their books have also shed a lot of light onto the inner workings of the music scene..
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While nothing will replace speaking to an entertainment lawyer a good place to start is a book called "All you need to know about the music business" by Donald Passman.
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The really big season for touring in the music industry is the Summer, so the odds of something coming up for fall are already slim. Your wisest way to go is this:
1) Get some college time – maybe you don't need to go full time, but getting some advanced skills will make you more valuable. The way life works is the more valuable skills you have, the more money you make. I would especially take some accounting and management courses so you can set yourself up to eventually advance into positions like Production Manager or Tour Manager.
2) Keep working and saving money.
3) Keep doing local shows as a stagehand. Start keeping records of your contacts with various bands – who you met and when. It is always possible that one of those bands might be impressed enough to grab you and take you with them – but you better be really good. Which leads me to:
4) Specialize. Find a "department" and learn it backwards forwards and upside down. Lighting, Sound, Staging, Bandgear. Pick whichever one of those most interests you and start to learn it so that you become as valuable as possible.
5) Lock in your people skills. Touring is tough, you'll work in close quarters with a variety of personalities. Learn diplomacy. Nobody wants to take a guy out on the road who can't play well with others, no matter how good he is at the job.
6) Plan for next Summer's tour season. Hiring usually starts up around Feb – May for the Summer tours, so you have some time to learn some more skills and make yourself as employable as possible. Look for local bands doing gigs around town as a way to beef up your experience. Working the big shows as a stagehand will give you experience with how the big boys do things, doing small shows will give experience on how to get the job done on a shoestring. Knowing both is valuable.
I would hope not – it's my favorite book store. Some stores in underperforming locations or older locations may be closing due to the economic situation, but the store I go to is usually quite busy, so they should be staying open. Other stores might be changing a little or remodeling, so might be having clearance sales or look like they are closing. As the other poster mentioned, just check with your favorite store to see what is going on.
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Is there a university near you? if so, their bookstore will have a large section related to study of law, and probably will even have several related specifically to the music business.
I am in Law School, but I study criminal law. You need books on copyright, and trademark law.
No I haven't heard of Borders or Barnes and Noble going out of business. Borders is considering selling itself though.
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As far as I am concerned the future of e-books is grim. Another e book publisher Chippewa Press recently went under. I think the future of books is the warehouse outlet store. Most authors these days are doing great business at Costco, Sam's Club, BJ Warehouse at discounted prices. Odd Hours just came out at 27.00 in retail stores. In Costco, it was 14.95 with a 2.00 instant rebate. They make up the difference in volume. That is a huge savings. Whenever possible, I buy at Costco or BJ.
Another thing the future is going to bring for agented authors is higher cuts of our royalties. So many amateurs are sending in material that is not requested and not worth reading that agents are having to hire more staff to handle the rejection letters and mail. And just where is that extra money going to come from? The pockets of the authors they represent. It is sad to think that real authors are going to have to pay for all the junk that gets sent to a publisher or agent. But agents are going to have to increase their profits in order to cover expenses.
If by the Good Old Days, you mean the end of e publishing and the return of books, as far as I am concerned, books never left. I have turned down e publishing offers before. Just not worth it. Someone buys a copy, then they share it with their friends and the author gets nada. Not for me. Pax-C
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