"The Live Music Business: Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals, Third Edition, shines a light on the enigmatic live music business, offering a wealth of inside advice and trade secrets to artists and bands looking to make a living in the industry. Previously published as The Tour Book, this new edition has been extensively revised, reorganized, and updated to reflect today's music industry. This practical guidebook examines the roles of the key players-from booking agents to concert promoters, artist managers to talent buyers-and the deals, conventions, and processes that drive this global business. Written by a touring professional with over 25 years of experience, and featuring interviews with figures from across the music industry, this book understands that playing live is crucial to the success of any musician, band, or artist, explaining issues like: What managers, promoters, and agents do and how they arrange shows and tours; How to understand and negotiate show contracts; How to ensure your show has maximum impact; How to appear professional and knowledgeable in an industry with its own conventions, language, and baffling technical terms; How to get bigger and better shows Intended for all music artists, The Live Music Business presents proven live music career strategies, covering every aspect of putting on a live show, from rehearsing and sound checks to promotions, marketing, and contracts. In an era when performing live is more essential than ever, this is the go-to guidebook for getting your show on the road and making a living from music"--
Explains how to enhance one's musical career by integrating live music, with practical advice, tips, tricks, and hints on every aspect of putting on a live show, essential equipment and technology, the practicalities of touring, the art of ...
Produced in a slick, glossy, full-color format these books will be housed in an attractive slipcase. It will be, without question, one of the truly essential books for any Beatles library.
Danko Jones collects ten years of onstage and backstage stories in this eye-poppingly funny rock-n-roll collection.
As a bonus, interviews with veteran touring musicians and techs provide an overview of touring with some of the biggest acts in the world. A DVD that covers tour preparation based on both personal and equipment needs accompanies the book.
This intimate account of life on tour with David Bowie, includes in-depth personal insights about touring, hotel life, groupies, fans and Bowies personal life, unpublished photographs of Bowie on stage and behind the scenes and insider ...
This is the behind-the-scenes story of Noel's biggest ever world tour with his band The High Flying Birds and the making of his critically-acclaimed album Who Built the Moon?
Rock 'n Roll Circus: The Illustrated Rock Concert
That you're not who you and everyone who matters thought you were? Mark Herndon refuses to slow down. So look back, look ahead, and join him on the trip. He's taking The High Road.
Loaded with hundreds of years' worth of collective hands-on experience from those steeped in the music business, this is a must-have resource for creating an unforgettable tour.
Photographs and text illustrate the Who's final U.S. tour in 1980.