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Showbusiness - The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Nobody
Hodder & Stoughton 2012; US$ 20.83Hilarious. One of the funniest books I've read all year' U Magazine 'Mark Radcliffe: the world of rock salutes you' Melody Maker more...
The Melody Man
University Press of Mississippi 2012; US$ 55.00Joe Davis, the focus of The Melody Man enjoyed a 50-year career in the music industry, which covered nearly every aspect of the business. He hustled sheet music in the 1920s, copyrighted compositions by artists as diverse as Fats Waller, Carson Robison, Otis Blackwell, and Rudy Vallee, oversaw hundreds of recording session, and operated several record... more...
Welcome to the Music Business
Soluble LLC 2012; US$ 4.99Unlike most music-industry books, this guide is a gritty, punky, and irreverent real-life look at what goes into being a musician. Removing the rose-colored glasses, Martin Atkins?a lifelong music-industry professional?delivers the truth about the music business and its struggles with razor-sharp wit. Potential pitfalls are laid bare among illustrations... more...
Monster Loyalty
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 11.99?WE IDENTIFY WITH EACH OTHER. I SEE MYSELF IN MY FANS AND MY FANS SEE THEMSELVES IN ME. I CALL THEM LITTLE MONSTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE MY INSPIRATION.? ?LADY GAGA Famous for her avant-garde outfits, over-the-top performances, and addictive dance beats, Lady Gaga is one of the most successful pop musicians of all time. But behind her showmanship... more...
Elgar's Earnings
Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 90.00This book investigates whether Elgar's complaints about a lack of money can be justified by the facts. It examines the relatively poor terms offered by music publishers to composers of serious music in general and Elgar in particular and explores the reasons why successful painters and authors could obtain much better terms. The comparative analysis... more...
The Last Sultan
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 17.00The Last Sultan is the definitive biography of a man who changed popular culture throughout the world. As the founder and head of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun signed and/or recorded many of the greatest musical artists of all time, among them Ruth Brown; Big Joe Turner; Ray Charles; Bobby Darin; Sonny and Cher; Eric Clapton; Buffalo Springfield;... more...
Document And Eyewitness
Orion 2010; Not AvailableThe official story of 25 years of Rough Trade Records. Part authorised biography of Geoff Travis, part history of punk and independent music and part an exercise in nostalgia, DIY: An Oral History of Rough Trade will be an essential music book for serious music fans. It tells the story of a phenomenally influential record label through the voices of... more...
Bad Boy
Atria Books 2001; US$ 25.00This is a tale of friendship, greed, and betrayal in the music industry -- and a definitive history of America's biggest rap mogul. No one knows more about creating hits than Sean "Puffy" Combs. For years he virtually ran hip-hop. It seemed the perfect arrangement: "Puffy" provided the sounds and obsessive attention to detail while the Notorious... more...
The Music and Recording Business
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 58.95The Recording Industry presents a brief but comprehensive examination of how records are made, marketed, and sold. The book opens with an overview of popular music and its place in American society, along with descriptions of key players in the recording industry. In the book's second part, the making of a recording is traced from production through... more...
Record Label Marketing
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 48.95Record Label Marketing provides clear, in-depth information on corporate marketing processes, combining marketing theory with the real world "how to" practiced in marketing war rooms. This industry-defining book is clearly illustrated throughout with figures, tables, graphs, and glossaries. Record Label Marketing is essential reading for current and... more...









