$30 Music School

Description

The author has actually proven the theories in the book himself. He is a starving artist and musician with a punk rock ethic who has a band, tours with it, and is making a living off of it. $30 Music School is a quick-start course on how to jump into making music, get it heard worldwide, make a living, and not compromise to the whims of the entertainment industry. This is a book for more realistic people: musicians who are artists, who make good music, and want to get their music out to the world, but don?t necessarily have to sell ten million copies to validate themselves. Packed with interviews from insightful, influential, and inspiring independent musicians, such as Henry Rollins, this book is an inspiration and motivational piece of work. A multimedia CD-ROM comes with the book and contains examples of the author?s music, music videos, electronic press kits, etc.

CONTENTS:

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Band Politics
Chapter 2: Songwriting Basics
Chapter 3: Guitars, Basses, and Amps
Chapter 4: Effects
Chapter 5: Microphones, P.A. Systems, and Troubleshooting
Chapter 6: Drums
Chapter 7: Electronic Music and DJ Equipment
Chapter 8: Operations--Practice Space and Human Resources
Chapter 9: Singing and Playing
Chapter 10: Finding, Playing, and Putting On Gigs
Chapter 11: Hardware Recording
Chapter 12: Software Recording
Chapter 13: Make and Promote Your Own CDs
Chapter 14: Business
Chapter 15: Starting Labels and Production Companies
Chapter 16: Touring
Chapter 17: Closing Arguments
Chapter 18: Interviews

Appendix A: Recommended Reading, Viewing, and Listening
Appendix B: The Problem with Music
Appendix C: What's on the CD-ROM?