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What if you could steal the bulletproof formula to grow 1,000 superfans across Instagram or TikTok...while you sleep? It doesn't matter how many followers you have! You can use this exact blueprint that viral musicians apply to gain a huge audience and get your music ahead as soon as tonight...without spending a penny on paid ads. Inside this new book, you’ll find a decade of game-changing strategies that I’ve built for hundreds of independent musicians, record labels, artist managers, and music brands.

With the advent of the internet, releasing music has never been easier. The playing field has been seriously leveled, and musicians no longer have to rely on the power of record labels to get their music to the masses. Unfortunately, while this presents some incredible opportunities, it also comes with one colossal inevitability—getting heard is nigh-on impossible. Unless, of course, you know how to cut through the noise. In this book, you'll find everything you need to know to launch a successful music career, even if you've no experience putting your music out to the masses.

This book teaches you how to become a successful professional musician, a tried-and-true career musician. What exactly does being a career musician mean? You will earn a living from playing your instrument, writing songs, composing, producing, teaching...you name it....You will learn how to capitalize on your creative talents! Through the author's 30 years of experience as a career musician himself, Nomad walks you through Ethos, a system of guiding life principles that every pro musician should adhere to.

During his time as managing director of Fierce Panda (a role he holds to this day), Simon was responsible for discovering bands such as Coldplay, Keane, Placebo and countless other acts of independent hue—some of whom have gone on to achieve earth-shattering musical superstardom, while others have merely packed out the Bull & Gate in north London on a wet Wednesday evening. Now, Simon's fascinating memoir tells the unfiltered story of his time at the indie coalface.

In his first book Tracks That Sync, award-winning composer Graham Barton shows you how to unlock an unfair advantage in music licensing with 10 simple principles. Combining creativity, advertising, psychology, and business, he gives you the real-world tools you need to level up your tracks and supercharge your income. From creative choices to productivity hacks, Barton shares his lessons learned over the last decade in the business. He collects them into a powerful manifesto that inspires the modern composer on the path to break through their income ceiling.

Are you ready to learn what it takes to shred? Do you want to make music more than just a dream or a hobby? If you’ve ever tried to learn an instrument before and it felt was too hard, you aren’t alone. But Rob’s unique method will give you all the mental, emotional, and physical tools you need to make music more than a wish or a hobby: You’ll be able to make music a lifestyle. And the difference is, you need an overall approach that can be customized to you. Learn what shredding takes today and get your copy now.

An easy guide to understanding the basics of Spotify, playlisting, and making money on streaming platforms, covering topics like utilizing Spotify for artists, choosing a digital distributor, Spotify best practices, the different types of playlists, the anatomy of a release, pitching music to playlists, marketing and promoting your new releases, managing royalties from streaming, and more. Also includes frequently asked questions, additional resources, bonus content, a glossary, and bonus tools to help you build an effective Spotify strategy for your record label!

Secrets of the Music Business: How Not to Get F--ked as an Entrepreneur with a Dream is an informative how-to book about bringing your dreams to fruition. Tony M. Fountain, a.k.a. TMF Precha, founder and EIC of Now Entertainment, walks you through the entertainment industry's ins-and-outs, what to do and what not to, sharing secrets of success. He reveals where to spend your money in start-up costs and how to avoid being scammed by snakes. This book doesn't waste your time with the basic information you'll find performing a quick web search.

Sync Licensing for Record Labels is a quick and dirty guide to navigating the intricate world of sync and music licensing, covering topics like preparing your audio files, the different types of sync royalties, finding unique licensing opportunities, learning what songs are hard to get licensed, understanding performance rights organizations, and building a music network. It also includes frequently asked questions, additional resources, bonus content, and a glossary!

Before you start reaching out to labels, you have to get clear on what you want from a prospective deal. You also have to understand what partnering with a label can do for you - and what it can’t. That way, when you’re offered an opportunity you’ll be able to advance towards your dream from a truly informed place. If you’re offered a deal and what you want isn’t included - you’ll now know how to ask for it, or you’ll have the confidence to walk away. As the artist Manafest, Chris Greenwood has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and millions of singles worldwide.

This is a technical guide, a "how to" guerrilla manual to help independent artists, bands, and other creatives to maximize their sound, visuals, performance, and online presence, using livestream gigs. It is also a spiritual or metaphysical guide of sorts, since we rely heavily on channeling moods and feelings, using all of our senses, in mind, body and spirit. Such is the medium of music. I detail what it takes to perform with consistency, to show up regularly with amazing new content - all of which can be reposted with outstanding organic engagement.

This book is an honest, easy-to-understand book on royalties. It’s written for musicians and artists to help them better understand the basic mechanisms of the record industry, and how they can better their chances of letting music do what it should.

The Dark Side of Indie Survival is informative, entertaining, and a pleasure to listen to. In this book, I examined indie music's evolution and the differences between a record label artist and an independent artist. This book also examines the sometimes overwhelming challenges of an indie artist. The various emotional, professional, and marketing strategies that an artist may face by himself or herself are extensively discussed and analyzed.

The realities surrounding the music industry can be exciting, glamorous, and desirable, but also dark and destructive. In an environment where narcissistic behaviors thrive, a craving for power challenges personal leadership. Yet, it creates a platform that can change the world like no other. As a woman maneuvering the world of music, you may soon encounter unique needs at many levels.

John Denver said, “I have a producer who looks like an accountant, and an accountant who looks like a producer”. Soberly dressed, unflashy, and a trained classical musician, in the golden age of the music business, Milt Okun stood out by not standing out. His legacy does that for him. He discovered and launched John Denver, and mentored him throughout his career. He created arrangements for Peter, Paul and Mary that the trio performed for half a century. He brought Placido Domingo a crossover career that made him an international star beyond the world of opera.

Indie Survival is a new, acclaimed handbook for independent music artists and musicians looking to record, write, and promote without a label. More indie artists are recording, distributing, marketing, and selling their own music now than ever before in history. Indie Survival is the critically acclaimed, do-it-yourself modern classic that has been telling them how for years.

The Pen Game Portfolio is a handbook made specifically for independent musicians ready to learn the business of music and earn more money from your talent. From music publishing, royalty collection, the world of sync licensing in TV and film, to offering valuable services to other artists - you'll be equipped to turn your talent into a full-scale business.

For the Record: The Best in the Music Business Tell It like It Is is the ultimate compendium of insights and wisdom covering every aspect of today’s music business - from the fundamentals of songwriting to the cutting-edge of marketing and digital distribution - direct from the mouths of the artists, executives, and entrepreneurs who walk the walk.

Are you an artist or band looking to get featured online and in print? Do you wonder how other artists get reviews and interviews in your favorite magazine, newspaper, blog or websites? Are you in a band? A solo artist? A rapper? A DJ? This book is for you! Public Relations for Musicians will help you understand and run your own PR campaign. Crack the code and earn yourself some well-deserved media coverage!

This is an instruction manual for indie artists, labels, and managers who want to understand the necessary steps to save time and make money in the music business. This instruction manual shows you the what has to be done and has checklists, forms, and is hyperlinked to facilitate learning. If you love music and want to earn money, just dropping music and hoping for success rarely works. You need to understand and have a strategy to maneuver in this industry.