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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | The Indie Band Survival Guide is the ultimate resource for musicians looking to record, distribute, market, and sell their music for less than most rock stars spend on green M&M's. Musicians and web gurus Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan cover every step of the process. With nothing but creative talent and the Web, they've gotten tens of thousands of fans for their band, in addition to being hired to write music for film, television, theater, and other media. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Randy Chertkow | | Paperback: | 352 pages | | Publisher: | St. Martin's Griffin | | Publication Date: | August 05, 2008 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0312377681 | | Product Length: | 8.26 inches | | Product Width: | 5.72 inches | | Product Height: | 0.94 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.72 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.2 inches | | Package Width: | 5.4 inches | | Package Height: | 1.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 17 reviews |
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| | Features | ISBN13: 9780312377687Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
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12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Much more than a survival guide... Jan 12, 2009
By S. Wolfcale
Wow! This books speaks to so many audiences. If you are a musician, someone who loves music, an information technologist, a marketeer, or perhaps a sociologist who wants to understand why the Internet profoundly changes society, this book is for you. Did I mention the book also covers the intellectual property rights and issues surrounding the music industry? Written in a rational, concise manner, the authors cite sources and experience backing up their conclusions and recommendations and then follow up with step-by-step instructions on how to navigate your indie band to success.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
It had everything I needed Sep 18, 2008
By Rene I. Ferrer
"rf"
The book does exactly what the author set out to accomplish. It is a compilation of knowledge and useful tips, usually spread out all over the internet, for all us small bands trying to take the next steps to a more professional level.
Everything is presented in a logical order and progresses from band promotion, gigs, experience and then into recording, production and music distribution, from CD (yuck) to digital
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Surviving Indie Style! Apr 08, 2010
By S. Elwood
I bought this book to aid in helping me get my band up and running. I was pleasantly surprised at the thoroughness of the topics and the author's insights on each. Real world experience pays dividends and the author really makes his case. I give this book 5 stars for content and delivery. My only gripe is the lack of an index. I am using highlighters and Post-It notes and have kind of created my own. Easily a third of the book deals with internet topics and should be very helpful to those musicians who are not web designers. And while this book provides a comprehensive look at the world of indie band business and details what you need to consider, it does not provide the legal underpinnings of that business. I would strongly recommend 2 other books to complement this one. The first is "Music Law" by Richard Stim, an indispensable legal guide that explains copyrights and many other legal issues surrounding the music business. The second is "All You Need to Know About the Music Business" by Donald Passman. This book details just about every way a musician can get screwed by the music industry and how to avoid or at least deal with it. All three books complement each other beautifully. Highly recommended!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
I'm a competing author and I dig this book Sep 11, 2008
By Richard
"Conned-sumer"
I'm the author of a book that competes (in a way) with this book and I have to say I am totally into "The Indie Band Survival Guide." It has a very fresh view of what it's like to be in an indie band -- so fresh that it should be called "Indie Band 2.0." It throughly analyzes the revenue streams for indie bands in this post-music biz blowdown era and provides lots and lots of realistic and helpful info.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Wow. Color me impressed Dec 27, 2010
By Dane E. Forst
"Dane Forst"
Have you ever read a "How To" book and it wasn't much of a "how to" at all? I've been duped before. I picked up a book once on writing lyrics and it read more like a playlist of songs that have good lyrics, not how to actually construct a good lyric yourself. Just copy what others are doing! This book, however, is the opposite. I was almost expecting a simple run down of the obvious. "Make sure you have a MySpace profile and some pretty pictures!" I was pleasantly surprised when it went in to ULTRA DETAIL as to how to do something they just told you to do. If they recommend a way of doing things, they take the time to list websites to help and the actual way to do-it-yourself. What a novel concept!
I also found that it is incredibly up-to-date, it makes mention of current trends including Twitter, etc. It isn't written from the perspective of a couple of old dodgers just kicking around horror stories from the music biz. That's a book anyone could have written. This has REAL TIPS. This is coming from someone who can be incredibly jaded sometimes, especially in the subject of music and musicians.
I have to be honest and mention that I am only half way through but I wanted to give my opinion now before I forgot. Already it is pretty indispensable for me just starting my first serious band right now. I can only hope the second half is as good. I read through the first part last night and should be done by tomorrow.
If you are looking for a real way to get your music in front of people buy this book now! Again, in all caps, BUY THIS BOOK NOW!!!!
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