The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business

The “Who, What, When, Where, Why & How” of the Steps That Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music

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The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business

The “Who, What, When, Where, Why & How” of the Steps That Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music

2nd ed., 1st Greenleaf Books ed.
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The second edition of Loren Weisman's guide to building a sustainable career in music, issued as an EPUB ebook by Greenleaf Book Group Press of Austin, Texas. Across eleven chapters it works through the music industry and the artist's place in it, working with other musicians, defining and refining a sound, managing, performing and booking gigs, solo and band touring, the music business plan, the recording studio, fundraising and investors, the band as a brand, music marketing and promotions, and a career in the music business of today. Foreword by Elliott Randall.

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First Sentence

"Imagine a junior high school kid in the back of science class, drawing his dream drum set on the back of a school folder."

Table of Contents

Foreword by Elliott Randall
Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Introduction
1. The Music Industry and You
Page 5
2. Your Band: Working with Other Musicians
Page 30
3. Defining and Refining Your Sound
Page 86
4. Managing, Performing, and Booking Gigs
Page 104
5. Solo or Band Touring
Page 152
6. The Music Business Plan
Page 171
7. In the Recording Studio
Page 189
8. Fundraising and Investors
Page 257
9. Your Band Is the Brand
Page 287
10. Music Marketing and Promotions
Page 315
11. Your Career in the Music Business of Today
Page 391
Conclusion
About the Author
Index

Edition Notes

EPUB ebook of the second edition, released 13 November 2013 by Greenleaf Book Group Press. The copyright page of the print edition states "Issued also as an ebook." The print edition of the same text is ISBN 978-1-60832-578-8, Library of Congress Control Number 2013936454, LC class ML3795 .W45 2013, Dewey 780/.23. An unabridged audiobook of the same edition, read by the author, was released 2 October 2020.

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Austin, Texas
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2014

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780.23

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Ebook

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL53293409M
ISBN 13
9781608325795

Work Identifiers

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OL20279292W
Wikidata
Q141392267

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The second edition of The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business by Loren Weisman, published on 13 November 2013 by Greenleaf Book Group Press of Austin, Texas. 456 pages, ISBN 9781608325788. The first edition was published in 2010 by Book Publishers Network, ISBN 9781935359333, and the author rewrote the majority of the book for this edition. Source: https://lorenweisman.com/artists-guide-to-success-in-the-music-business/

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