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The definitive guide to making it as a band without a record deal
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How do I get my music played on the radio? Do I really need my own website - can't I just use MySpace? How do I copyright and license my songs? The DIY Music Manual has the answers to these questions ... and more.
Over the last couple of years, the face of independent music has changed completely. With the rise of websites such as MySpace and iTunes, digital radio stations, podcasts, band websites and online music stores, it has made music much easier to make, promote and distribute outside traditional channels. Whereas before it was a case of sending your band's demo tape to a record label and hoping for the best, now it's possible to cut out the middle man and make a success of your band without being signed. Clearly, concisely and with a dash of wit, The DIY Music Manual tells you exactly how to do that.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been with many bands that have this concept that a record deal is the only goal if you want to make it as a successful musician. Wrong! As soon as I typed in the words DIY Music into amazon this book popped up. What can I say I brushed through the book and now I'm studying it, I have only got to the fans sections (tenth of the book) and I have started re-adjusting my focus to DIY. As a musician I had already been using my own studio equipment, website design, social networking websites, booking my own gigs etc etc. This book just sets in stone that you don't need a middle man to become successful, you can do it all yourself! Cheers guys for developing a book which I'll now carry around with me at all times until it's scarred in my head.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a brilliant book.
If you're planning to set sail on the stormy seas of a career in music, this book will tell you everything you need to know to do it on your own without a greedy, cumbersome and outmoded record label sucking up all your profits.
The book is very thoroughly researched. There are lots of interesting anecdotes and examples relating to people in the music business. And, most important of all, the authors are both working musicians with experience of doing it themselves.
This book is written with intelligence and wit and it's full of clear and concise practical advice. Through reading it I've realized how it's possible to make a decent living through music, and I've learned the practical steps needed in order to achieve it.
Empowering and inspirational.
If you're planning to set sail on the stormy seas of a career in music, this book will tell you everything you need to know to do it on your own without a greedy, cumbersome and outmoded record label sucking up all your profits.
The book is very thoroughly researched. There are lots of interesting anecdotes and examples relating to people in the music business. And, most important of all, the authors are both working musicians with experience of doing it themselves.
This book is written with intelligence and wit and it's full of clear and concise practical advice. Through reading it I've realized how it's possible to make a decent living through music, and I've learned the practical steps needed in order to achieve it.
Empowering and inspirational.
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I was reading All You Need to Know About the Music Business to understand the insight into the music business. The book is informative and useful. The boring part is it covers law, contracts, finance sides presuming you are already kicking in like you got a record deal. I really got bored, slowed down and stopped as it went in depth because I am not there yet.
From the Amazon recommendation page, I found this 'DIY Music Manual' where it says 'Without A Record Deal' catched my attention. I straight away clicked it. And now I am reading it like I'm gonna be there tomorrow and I can do something like 'Beatnik Turtle', the band which the authors of this book belong to.
Internet and today's technology are shaking the music business which is definitely not a good news for some. But it's a very good news for the artists never heard of. In the past, the road to audience was only by playing in your local bar or your music being played on the radio or music companies finding you. Today it's not always like that. Thanks to the Internet that we have platforms like youtube, myspace, facebook, twitter etc. where we can reach our audience directly.
This book focuses mainly on getting to your audience through your own music web site where there is no limitations. Not to be mistaken that it doesn't teach web designing stuffs. But web presence, branding, selling MP3s, CDs, merchandising, getting gigs and things like that. And to do this you don't need third party paying them half of your income. In another word, this book tells a story how 'Beatnik Turtle' did it without any record deal without signing any contracts making the most and the best of the web page. I can call it kinda their biography?
What says here, as the authors called it Manual, are not a new thing. Some points are, in my opinion, debatable. People are already there doing it. I am also preparing myself for doing it for long. But I just don't know where to start and how. DIY Music Manual gave me inspirations and showed me ways to do it. It's gonna be my reference. Different music projects by the band itself and other musicians are exemplified.
Beatnik Turtle may not be famous rock stars. Only from this manual I came to know about them. I visited their page, listened to the music and learnt more about them. At least the boys are doing good making money out of their music, doing gigs and built a fan base. I just joined. Beatnik Turtle rocks.
Long Live Beatnik Turtle
Rock 'N' Roll \,,/,
From the Amazon recommendation page, I found this 'DIY Music Manual' where it says 'Without A Record Deal' catched my attention. I straight away clicked it. And now I am reading it like I'm gonna be there tomorrow and I can do something like 'Beatnik Turtle', the band which the authors of this book belong to.
Internet and today's technology are shaking the music business which is definitely not a good news for some. But it's a very good news for the artists never heard of. In the past, the road to audience was only by playing in your local bar or your music being played on the radio or music companies finding you. Today it's not always like that. Thanks to the Internet that we have platforms like youtube, myspace, facebook, twitter etc. where we can reach our audience directly.
This book focuses mainly on getting to your audience through your own music web site where there is no limitations. Not to be mistaken that it doesn't teach web designing stuffs. But web presence, branding, selling MP3s, CDs, merchandising, getting gigs and things like that. And to do this you don't need third party paying them half of your income. In another word, this book tells a story how 'Beatnik Turtle' did it without any record deal without signing any contracts making the most and the best of the web page. I can call it kinda their biography?
What says here, as the authors called it Manual, are not a new thing. Some points are, in my opinion, debatable. People are already there doing it. I am also preparing myself for doing it for long. But I just don't know where to start and how. DIY Music Manual gave me inspirations and showed me ways to do it. It's gonna be my reference. Different music projects by the band itself and other musicians are exemplified.
Beatnik Turtle may not be famous rock stars. Only from this manual I came to know about them. I visited their page, listened to the music and learnt more about them. At least the boys are doing good making money out of their music, doing gigs and built a fan base. I just joined. Beatnik Turtle rocks.
Long Live Beatnik Turtle
Rock 'N' Roll \,,/,
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