How To Make It in the New Music Business: Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician Audiobook (Free)

In the last decade, no industry has been through as very much upheaval and turmoil as the music industry. If you are looking for quick popularity and instant success, you’re in the incorrect field. It’s today a democratic, “DIY” business, and any guide to achievement in these fresh waters must be informed by someone who’s already survived them. Giving today’s aspiring music artists the practical tools they need to build and keep maintaining a lifelong career, Steps to make It in the New Music Business turns into not just a brilliantly compiled tutorial on how best to accomplish specific tasks?routing a tour, negotiating deals, getting payed for Spotify and Pandora plays, as well as licensing music to commercials, film, and television?but also a manifesto that promotes music artists to pave their own path. Written in obvious, easy-to-follow chapters, Ari Herstand’s necessary and definitive handbook promises to redefine what this means to “make it” in the fearless new world of professional music.