Business Aspects

Now in its fourth edition, The Art of Music Production has established itself as the definitive guide to the art and business of music production and a primary teaching tool for college programs. It is the first book to comprehensively analyze and...

COWBOYS AND INDIES is the story of the 'record men' - the mavericks and moguls who have shaped the music industry from the first sound machines of the 1850s through to today's digital streams. Men like John Hammond, who discovered Billie Holiday, Bob...

The Live Music Business: Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals, Third Edition, shines a light on the enigmatic live music business, offering a wealth of inside advice and trade secrets to artists and bands looking to make a living in the...

Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business. Learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to manage and navigate a music-based career.Artist Management...

The first photographic celebration of the most famous recording studio in the world, publishing in its 80th year. Unprecedented access to the Abbey Road archive - from Edward Elgar to the Beatles, Kate Bush to Elbow the most famous artists in the...

The untold story behind one of the most controversial album releases in modern music history, for fans of the Wu-Tang Clan, hip-hop music, and all those interested in the music industry. Take a kid with a dream. A legendary hip hop group. 6 years of...

Traversing London's musical culture, this book boldly illuminates the emergence of Edwardian London as a beacon of musical innovation. The dawning of a new century saw London emerge as a hub in a fast-developing global music industry, mirroring...

The Music Industry Handbook, Second edition is an expert resource and guide for all those seeking an authoritative and user-friendly overview of the music industry today. The new edition includes coverage of the latest developments in music streaming,...

Music producer Sam Phillips and his landmark studio, Sun Records, hold a unique place in the history of rock 'n' roll - by many accounts, before Phillips recorded 'Rocket 88' by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats in 1951, rock 'n' roll as we know it...

In this valuable resource guide for both beginners and professionals, veteran songwriter, producer, arranger, vocalist, music director, and educator Larry D. Batiste shares practical advice and tips from his decades of experience in ways that are bound...

This book provides the authoritative history of salsa.Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive chronicle of the music - and the industry that grew up around it,...

The official story of 25 years of the legendary Rough Trade Records.'An essential purchase for anyone who was involved in or influenced by the punk maelstrom of 1976, a riveting evocation of a period in musical history that becomes more important the...

Everywhere you look, musicians are creating, recording, and selling their music without the help of big-name studios, producers, or labels. This book offers tangible-and visually stunning-proof that self-recording is a path to artistic freedom. Each...

Aristide Cavaille-Coll (1811-1899) is often referred to as the greatest organ builder of all time. The pipe-organ, being the most complicated musical instrument mechanically and tonally, as well as the most expensive, adds significantly to that world's...

The first major biography of Levon Helm, the legendary drummer and singer of the Band. Through rigorous research and interviews with close friends and fellow musicians, author Sandra B. Tooze (Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man) has written an original,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946182258Author Sara SchmidtFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Sara SchmidtPublisher Sara SchmidtWeight(grams) 1256gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316316538Author Zack O'Malley GreenburgFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767914710Author Jacob SlichterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458411198Author Bill GibsonPage Count 334Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 989gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Richard James Burgess draws on his experience as a producer, a musician, and an author in this history of recorded music, which focuses on the development of music production as both art form and profession. This comprehensive narrative begins in 1860...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876391358Author Jonathan FeistPage Count 406Imprint Berklee Press PublicationsPublisher Berklee Press Publications

LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZE 2017The coke-fuelled mania behind pop's greatest successes Tom Watkins is the famously entertaining pop Svengali with killer commercial instincts and prodigious talent for design. He propelled the Pet Shop Boys,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250784049Author Sir George MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550229493Author Dean BudnickFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 693g

From the 1980s through the early 2000s, a golden era for southern roots music, producer and three-time Grammy winner Scott Billington recorded many of the period's most iconic artists. Working primarily in Louisiana for Boston-based Rounder Records,...

Soul is the most powerful expression of American music -- a distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure. But if you thought the sounds of Motown or Stax Records died along with...

If I had a name like Wyndham Wallace I would not associate or correspond with anyone with a simple name like mine. However, since you have lowered yourself to such depths, how can my old Indian heart (west not east) not respond favourably. -Lee...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480355132Author Michael BeinhornFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911374008Author Mark ElliottFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Flood Gallery PublishingPublisher Flood Gallery Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909454866Author Stefan GranadosFormat PaperbackPage Count 470Imprint Cherry Red RecordsPublisher Cherry Red Records

For everyone in the music industry-record labels, managers, music publishers, and the performers themselves-it is important to understand the world music marketplace and how it functions. Yet remarkably little has been written about the music business...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999331620Author Emily WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint 9giantstepsbooksPublisher 9giantstepsbooksWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876391952Author Suzanne B. HanserPage Count 320Imprint Berklee Press PublicationsPublisher Berklee Press Publications

An intimate and readable account, filled with interesting and amusing anecdotes, of a highly creative period in English musical history Hubert J. Foss (1899-1953) is best known for his work as founder and first music editor for Oxford University Press...

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...

Howard Bloom-called "the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known" by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull-is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music. But he founded the biggest PR firm in...

Straddling the worlds of fashion and hip-hop, Nigo is a giant of streetwear culture. One of the pioneers of the highly influential Harajuku style movement, Nigo is the founder of *A Bathing Ape(R). Currently the creative director of Kenzo and a partner...

Widely considered a classic, Beyond Talent is the "go to" guide for musicians. This newly revised and updated 3rd edition cracks the code of how to build a creatively fulfilling career in music. With key insights into the mindset issues that often plague...

The music industry is one of the most exciting, glamorous and fun places you could ever work in. It's also a fiercely competitive world, both for jobseekers and those already on the inside. But opportunities arise constantly, and are within the grasp of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608423330Author David HooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Kathode Ray Enterprises, LLCPublisher Kathode Ray Enterprises, LLCWeight(grams)...