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Molly-Ann Leikin You've written what you think is a great melody, what you hope is a strong lyric, and you've cut what sounds to you like a killer track. But how do you know if it's a hit? And what do you do with it if it is? Your only option is " How to Be a Hit Songwriter" , essential reading for advanced songwriters. Molly-Ann Leikin is the award-winning songwriter/songwriting consultant who helps good songwriters all over the world become hit songwriters. Whether your work just needs a little rewriting, polishing or some strong connections, Leikin offers expert advice and exercises, including Seven Easy Steps to Writing Hit Lyrics. The book features inside information that can turn your song into a potential hit. What's more, she's interviewed music industry power players who share tips that are essential to all developing artists.

John Braheny Discover the secrets of successful songwriting with this essential guide! Cofounder of the Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase John Braheny teaches you the craft of songwriting while going behind the scenes of the music business to reveal insider secrets that will make your work stand out. Dozens of exercises, examples and anecdotes from songwriters such as Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, TLC, Lenny Kravitz and Paul McCartney will you show you how to: develop a songwriter's consciousness overcome barriers in the creative process write in all musical styles, and for film and TV and skillfully manage the business of demos and contracts.

Drawing on his unique professional experience, as well as many humorous and illustrative anecdotes, Passman gives you the music business from the ground up. You'll learn how to select and hire a winning team of advisors - personal and business managers, agents, and attorneys - and structure their commissions, percentages, and fees in a way that will protect you and maximize your success master the big picture and the finer points of record deals, including demos, compact discs, and music videos understand the ins and outs of songwriting, music publishing, royalties, advances, and copyrights maximize concert, touring, and merchandising deals and secure the rights to your band's name - and find out if someone else is using it. You will also learn about the multimillion-dollar megadeals new developments regarding sampling how a company called SoundScan is changing the music business and the 1992 Audio Home Recording Act, which taxes digital tapes and recorders. The New Material covered in this edition includes the most up-to-date financial information about royalties, advances, etc. the use of music on the Internet on-line services, CD-ROMs, and other new media classical music the Digital Performance Act and new industry trends in all areas.

A guide to planning and producing a complete marketing campaign for selling music to the listening public, with sections on the music marketing environment, hands-on music marketing and promotion, and music marketing and promotion on the Internet, plus interviews with professionals. For musicians, managers, record executives music publishers, entrepreneurs, and students of the entertainment industry. An appendix lists resources and organizations in areas such as marketing, manufacturing, audience research, retailing, and radio.

A clear road map to guide musicians traveling as solo performers band members, this comprehensive book covers every aspect of preparing for and going on tour. Urging musicians to take control of their careers, the author shows how to apply sound business practices to band travel by evaluating assets, creating an action plan, researching, negotiating, and booking venues, arranging transportation and hotels, managing personal and tour finances, and garnering publicity.

Booking, Promoting and Marketing Your Music: A Complete Guide for Bands and Solo Artists

For anyone interested in starting their own record label -- because they want to make a career from scouting signing, and marketing new talent, or because they want to produce and promote their own music -- now is the time! As veteran author Daylle Deanna Schwartz reveals in this new, updated and expanded edition of Start & Run Your Own Record Label, today's market offers more opportunity than ever before to make money as an independent record label. Start & Run Your Own Record Label is the perfect guidebook to building your own record business from the ground up. Written from the perspective of an industry insider who started and ran her own record label, and packed full of A-Z advice, tips, and solid how-to information from industry pros, this indispensable reference offers useful strategies for novices and professionals alike.

If you want to be a success in today' music world, you'd better become a promotion fanatic. Here's all you need to learn about how to get new business. You'll discover the real strategies that let you leverage your success and status to keep bringing in more business. Prepare your mind for self-promotion and master the technical aspects. Create an image and learn to clarify what you are trying to say. Fisher will teach you to gather marketing information about your segment of the music industry and how to understand and use many promotional tactics such as networking to establish and maintain your efforts. Ruthless self-promotion is about making your music business stronger by building upon the success you've already achieved. By the author of the MixBooks favorite How to Make Money Scoring Soundtracks and Jingles.

This exciting new title is your complete guide to making, keeping, protecting and expanding your music business fortune. Veteran MixBooks author Jeffrey P. Fisher brings more of his career-making and profitable tips to you in Moneymaking Music. With this book, you will learn a detailed, proven method for starting your own music business and succeeding. You no longer need to be a cog in the record-label machine. This title will teach you the specific business-building techniques that will help you map your musical journey and pave the way to financial success in the music industry.

The authors of this perennial classic take their responsibilities seriously. Their thorough revision of this industry bible fast-forwards musicians and composing into the future, preparing them for the rapidly-changing realities of their business. It answers questions that we haven't even learned yet to ask: What are the possibilities of Internet sales? What must I know about digital record performance rights? What are the new markets emerging from WIPO and GATT treaty enforcement of copyright protection against counterfeiters and bootleggers? Will the further merging of powerful companies help you or hurt you? Whether you're a starving guitarist or a world-renowned composer, This Business of Music still keeps perfect pitch.

This hands-on guide is essential for any musician who wants to build a fan base and increase profits through the Internet. Peter Spellman, Director of the Career Development Center at Berklee College of Music, guides the self-managed musician through successful strategies to promote music on-line, reach rew audiences, and maximize income!