“THE PASSMAN BOOK FOR THE 21ST CENTURY”
- Get out LA
THE BEST TOOL FOR AN ASPIRING ARTIST OR MANAGER THAT HAS EVER CROSSED MY DESK
- Inside Connection
A PROVACATIVE MAP FOR NAVIGATING THE MUSIC-BIZ WATERS. COMBINES INTELLIGENT AND HONEST TESTIMONY FROM SEASONED PROS WITH COMMON SENSE ADVICE.”
- Billboard
Confessions.
Shocking Revelations.
Heated Controversy.
Music Industry Survival.
Using his sense of humor and unbelievable industry anecdotes ranging from Jewel and Celine Dion to Jeff Buckley, music industry veteran Justin Goldberg delivers the truth about today's deeply tangled music business; telling musicians, songwriters, aspiring executives and anyone interested in music about the way it really works "behind the music" and how to succeed in TODAY’s music industry. The book features dozens of exclusive, insider interviews with today's top label and music publishing company presidents, a&r executives, attorneys, publicists, managers, agents, music supervisors, composers and legendary artists and songwriters such as Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, and Diane Warren.
From setting up an indie label to shopping songs and gaining airplay and getting signed (or not), these invaluable insights are meticulously documented in an informative guide to creating a career in music. Includes a CD-ROM (Mac and PC) with hundreds of pages of valuable business forms, recording and publishing-related contracts, and detailed contact information on thousands of record companies and other industry professionals.
This detailed, informative guide for being a winner in the music industry contains vital information about:
- How to effectively release independent albums, set up indie labels and publishing companies
- How to create revenue through licensing to overseas distributors, Film, TV, Video Game soundtrack opportunities
- How to get your music into major retail chains
- How to gain airplay on commercial and college radio
- How to set up songwriting copyrights and music publishing companies
- How to interest top managers and lawyers in your career
Justin Goldberg is a 15-year veteran of the music industry and has held executive positions with Sony Music, Tonos, Riffage, Laundry Room Records, and even Donald Trump’s Trump Organization. A well-known advocate for independent artists. He has worked with such artists as Dee Dee Ramone, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Martin Sexton and Rage Against The Machine.
“YOU’LL WANT TO READ THIS COVER-TO-COVER! READING THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY, ESPECIALY FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE A PESKY LIMITED ATTENTION SPAN. YOU’RE NO MORE THAN A PAGE OR TWO AWAY FROM SOMETHNIG NEW, WHETHER IT BE A GRAPHIC OR TOPIC… LEAVES NO STONE UNTURNED”
- BOOK REPORTER
“ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING BOOKS ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY---BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'VE READ SO FAR: WHILE MOST BOOKS ON MARKETING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM ARE WRITTEN BY FAILED MUSICIANS WHO COULDN'T MAKE A LIVING IN MUSIC, THIS BOOK CLEARLY IS THE LEADER IN THE FIELD!”
- GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA SUMMIT
CRAMMED WITH TIPS AND FACTS INTERSPERSED WITH ANECDOTES ABOUT, AND NTERVIEWS WITH, SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVES, MUSICIANS, LAWYERS, AND REPRESENTAIVES IN THS BUSINESS. ALSO INCLUDED INS A CDROM, WHICH CONTAINS AN ENCYCLEPEDIA OF INFORMATION – ADITIONAL INTERVIEWS AND BUSINESS FORMS THAT SERVE TO SUPPLEMENT THE ALREADY EXHUASTIVE COLLE CTION CONTAINSED IN THE BOOK”
- CARTER DAVIS, CITY MAGAZINE
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