Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: Realizing Your Marketing Potential

Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: Realizing Your Marketing Potential
ISBN-10
0634099248
ISBN-13
9780634099243
Category
Music
Pages
207
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Author
Dick Weissman

Description

You can survive happily as a musician in your local music market. This book shows you how to expand and develop your skills as a musician and a composer right in your own backyard. Making a Living in Your Local Music Market explores topics relevant to musicians of every level: Why should a band have an agreement? How can you determine whether a personal manager is right for you? Are contests worth entering? What trade papers are the most useful? Why copyright your songs? Also covers: * Developing and packaging your artistic skills in the marketplace * Dealing with contractors, unions, club owners, agents, etc. * Producing your own recordings * Planning your future in music * Music and the Internet * Artist-operated record companies * The advantages and disadvantages of independent and major record labels * Grant opportunities for musicians and how to access them * College music business programs * Seminars and trade shows * Detailed coverage of regional music markets, including Austin, Atlanta, Denver, Miami, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon.

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