I Don't Need a Record Deal! Your Survival Guide for the Indie Music Revolution |
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| Author:
| Schwartz, Daylle Deanna |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8230-7948-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
| Publisher: | Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Billboard Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Thousands of people want to be recording stars, but lack a deal with a record label. While today's musicians have all the tools they need to build a recording career on their own-pro-tools for inexpensive recording and home recording, marketing on the Internet, and opportunities to license their music for use in films, television, advertising, and video games-they don't always have the skills to use them.
I Don't Need a Record Deal! is a completely comprehensive step-by-step...
More DescriptionThousands of people want to be recording stars, but lack a deal with a record label. While today's musicians have all the tools they need to build a recording career on their own-pro-tools for inexpensive recording and home recording, marketing on the Internet, and opportunities to license their music for use in films, television, advertising, and video games-they don't always have the skills to use them. I Don't Need a Record Deal! is a completely comprehensive step-by-step guide to the new world of independent recording. Drawing on interviews from over 150 musicians and industry pros, Schwartz shows readers how to put out a CD and market it through the media, radio, clubs, and retail. But more importantly, she shows musicians how to create a business around music and to develop opportunities for earning a living. Truly a survival guide for novice and professional musicians alike, I Don't Need a Record Deal! brings information on developing one's own independent music career together, adding new resources and taking the reader into the future of music.