This is a vibrant and engaging book for aspiring young musicians who want to learn the ins and outs of being in a band. This book looks at recording, releasing, and promoting your music, including how it all works in the digital age."

While many dream of a career as a singer/songwriter, few know how to go about getting bookings, copywrighting and protecting their songs, making promotional recordings, getting radio and print coverage and negotiating contracts for appearances. This book covers all of these topics and more, aimed at everyone from the absolute beginner to the more seasoned performer, to help them avoid the common pitfalls and problems encountered along the road to success. The authors draw on years of experience as songwriters and performers. They have conducted interviews with many singer/songwriters who share their experiences, both good and bad, as they’ve worked their way up from local gigs to full-time careers. Throughout, practical tips are highlighted and real-life stories help illuminate common issues faced by all performers/songwriters.

Save thousands of dollars in PR agency fees, this book will tell you which digital promotion tools & marketing techniques music publicists are using themselves!101 Ways To Market Your Music On The Web is a great book for independent artists, bands and labels seeking to market and promote their music via the web at little or no cost. Written by MyMusicSuccess Co-Founder Simon Adams, he shares his 25 years of music industry experience as an artist, producer, publicist and promoter to help independent musicians around the world harness the power of internet music promotionThis 256 page book is the most comprehensive and practical manual ever compiled on digital music marketing. With interviews and quotes from music industry executives, promoters and successful independent artists you'll also gain an insight into some of the ways others have successfully used the world wide web to build their fanbase, collaborate in new projects, and increase the exposure of their music.

Interested in promoting, selling, and distributing music online? Have the website but not sure what to do next? Web Marketing for the Music Business is designed to help develop the essential Internet presence needed for effective promotion, sales, and distribution. Author Tom Hutchison provides instructions on how to set up a website, as well as how to use the Internet to promote you or your client, and the website. Includes information on maximizing your site to increase traffic, online grassroots marketing tactics that will advance your career and how to best utilize social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The accompanying website will keep you up-to-date, with online resources for web support. The author's blog is continuously updated to include the latest breaking techniques for promotion.

Tune in to this fun and friendly guide and get great sounds! If you're ready to record your own musical masterpiece, then you need this fun and friendly guide. Updated to cover the latest technologies and recording techniques, this new edition shows you how to set up a home studio, record and edit your music, master it, and even distribute your songs. Experienced musician, recording engineer, teacher, and author Jeff Strong provides easy-to-understand explanations of figure out mic placement, adjusting compression, and recording a variety of instruments. With this guide, you'll learn how to compare studio-in-a-box, computer-based, and stand-alone recording systems and choose what you need. You'll gain the skills to manage your sound, take full advantage of MIDI, do overdubs and replace missed notes, understand the mastering process, and prepare your music for duplication. You'll also get up to speed on tools that let you record on the go or lay down tracks on a tablet computer. Reviews the equipment you need to get started and have "plug and record" capability Blends tried-and-true recording techniques used in studios with affordable options you can use at home Presents recording advice for working with a mixer, connecting electronic instruments, and choosing the best microphones Walks you through laying down tracks, working with multitrack recordings, capturing audio, and more Features tips for editing tracks, mixing, mastering, and adding effects Whether you're a beginning musician or a pro, Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies teaches you home recording basics so you can begin recording music at home and create great sounds.

Over 300 DIRECT links + WAYS TO MARKET, PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC AND MAKE YOUR PRESENCE KNOWN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY !!! "Links to sites to market and promote your Music, Artist, Bands, Management, Publishing and Record label Companies..., Social media, Blogs, Video sites and much more...,"

Written for professional musicians, music educators, and music hobbyists who want to explore the world of digital recording

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.

Independent musicians in 2012 find themselves more confused than ever before and finding good information can be a challenge. This guide gives information on advocating and presenting the right product to the world, timing a release properly, promoting music blogs and publications with a personal touch, outsourcing and freelancing, and thinking outside of the box.