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Industry specific resources for your continuing education Here I list the top resources that will help you while building your music business. I have read hundreds of books and almost everything online so you won't have too. I honestly cannot find too much on the net that qualifies as good information, yet I sift through tons of crap every month to find true wisdom...but when I do, it always increases our music income! Now you can spend your time gigging, not researching! :) |
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All...About Music Business
Art of the Deal
Go Getter
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...Success in Selling
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Win Friends, Influence...
All...About Music Business
Art of the Deal
Go Getter
Music Marketing Online
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
...Success in Selling
Website Builder, EASY
Win Friends, Influence...
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All You Need to Know About the Music Business: No one understands the music industry -- from the technology, to the
legalities, to the new industry practices better than veteran music
lawyer Donald Passman. In this completely revised and updated seventh
edition of All You Need to Know About the Music Business, which the Los Angeles Times
called "the industry bible" and which has sold hundreds of thousands of
copies over the last eighteen years, Passman offers executives and
artists, experts and novices alike the essential information they need
not only to survive in these volatile and exciting times, but also to
thrive. Jill's Sidenote - This book is the most truthful I have found about the music industry. From artist contracts, touring and promotion you will discover the reality of what record labels pay their artists. Donald has a great sense of humor, I found myself laughing out loud throughout this entire book. |
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Rich Dad Poor Dad argues that a good education and a secure job are not guarantees
for financial success, and describes six guidelines for making money
work for oneself. Personal finance author and lecturer Robert T. Kiyosaki developed his
unique economic perspective from two very different influences - his two
fathers. This text lays out Kiyosaki's philosophy and his relationship
with money. Jill's Sidenote - This book is like Money 101, yet you will never be taught these truths by our schools, colleges or our so-called financial experts. I won't even discuss specifics on money or investing with people who have never read this book. |
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How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling is for anyone whose job it is to sell. Whether you are selling houses or mutual funds, advertisements or ideas -- or anything else -- this book is for you. When Frank Bettger was twenty-nine he was a failed insurance salesman. By the time he was forty he owned a country estate and could have retired. What are the selling secrets that turned Bettger's life around from defeat to unparalleled success and fame as one of the highest paid salesmen in America? The answer is inside How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling. Bettger reveals his personal experiences and explains the foolproof principles that he developed and perfected. No matter what you sell, you will be more efficient and profitable -- and more valuable to your company Jill's Sidenote - This book contains all the info needed to become a top 1% salesman. If you are struggling to sell gigs, you must read this book, then try again. |
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The Art of the Deal gives us Trump in action. We see just how he operates day to day—how he runs his business and how he runs his life—as he chats with friends and family, clashes with enemies, efficiently buys up Atlantic City’s top casinos and changes the face of the New York City skyline. Donald Trump is blunt, brash, surprisingly old-fashioned in spots and always, always an original. This is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur and an unprecedented education in the art of the deal. It’s the most streetwise business book there is—and a sizzling read for anyone interested in money and success. Jill's Sidenote - Like him or not, Donald Trump is a master at promotion. I learned a lot of principles from this old book about getting free publicity while marketing our music business. |
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How to Win Friends and Influence People is more than sixty years and a rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now this previously revised and updated bestseller is available in trade paperback for the first time to help you achieve your maximum potential throughout the next century! Learn: fundamental techniques in handling people, six ways to make people like you, twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking and nine ways to change people without arousing resentment. Jill's Sidenote - all of the sales books I have ever read are based and formed from this one book. It is not about manipulating people, it's about being sincerely interested in other people. |
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The Go Getter In a time when jobs are tight and managers are too busy for mentoring, how can you maintain positive energy, take control of your career, and prepare yourself to ace the tests that come your way? By applying the timeless lessons in this compulsively readable parable, employees at all levels can learn to rekindle the go-getter in themselves. Ever since its first printing by William Randolph Hearst in 1921, The Go-Getter has inspired employees and entrepreneurs to take initiative, increase their productivity, and excel against the odds. Jill's Sidenote - The whole time I was reading this book, I couldn't understand why my business partner recommended it to me...until I finished it. It was a lesson I'll never forget! |
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Guerrilla Music Marketing Online has 201 self-promotion tips for songwriters, musicians and bands on a budget to help you sell your music on the Internet. In his latest book, Bob handily demystifies the maze of Internet music
promotion. Recording artists are given solid, hands-on advice, plans of
action, and savvy insider info that can turn online contacts into loyal
fans. "Amazing advice! If you do even half of the suggestions in this great book, you'll be ahead of most musicians, and on the right path to music success." -Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby. Jill's Sidenote - I just love Bob Baker's stuff. This book, my favorite of his, inspired so many marketing ideas for selling T's original music online, and those ideas carried into building our teaching and gigging income. |
| GoDaddy's Website Tonight Finally, a website builder that's easy to use. With WebSite Tonight, everything works just like you'd expect. Need to move a section? Just drag and drop it. Want to add some text? Just click and type. Need help getting started? Choose from over 2,000 design and color combinations in our template library, including 120 pre-built websites customized to fit your business or style – just replace the text and images and you're ready to go! Jill's Sidenote - Being technically challenged, I tried shortcuts like MySpace, Reverb Nation, HostBaby, etc. NONE of them got us financial RESULTS. Website Tonight is the easiest, cheapest, most effective way to build a proper website for marketing your music business...period! |
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