Entertainment Business

Che cos'è esattamente un promoter discografico? È un amico, un confidente, un "motivatore" e a volte anche uno psicologo: insomma, chi conosce gli artisti meglio di chiunque altro. L'autore, manager e promoter da anni sulla scena musicale italiana, ci racconta cinquanta aneddoti inediti, curiosi e spesso divertenti su cantanti famosi incontrati nel corso della sua carriera. Abitudini, piccole manie, scheletri nell'armadio.

Any music professional can tell you that there’s more than one way to have success in the music industry. Jermaine Morgan simply compiled 10 ways that by using your musical skills and resources, any up-and-coming or established musician can become a music success. Drawing from his own experiences working in the music industry, Jermaine shows that it’s possible to have a successful musical career without necessarily becoming famous.

Help and advice for new buskers and seasoned street musicians. Narrated by a full-time industry professional with more than 10 years' experience of busking across the country. Alton has had three UK top 10 self produced EPs in the iTunes singer-songwriter charts, all funded through busking. This audiobook is jam packed with handy tips and recommendations to help you learn the craft of busking, develop your skills, and maximize your profits.

This is a guide for the music business and solid musicianship in general. This is for the working musician who may play on the weekends for a hobby but aspires to do more.

This audiobook is a survival guide for emerging talent navigating the music industry and searching for a path to sustainability.

Never be confused about music marketing again! This is the foundation upon which all your music marketing activities should be built.

A gifted young man endured a tormented childhood at the hands of his mentally troubled adoptive mother. Told that his birthmother had died to give him life, he shouldered the blame yet still found the strength to attempt the impossible. With a week’s worth of clothes and a guitar, he left his small town for New York City to make his mark as a singer/songwriter.

Debra Wanger knows how difficult it can be to pursue your dream of acting without compromising your health or your sanity. She drew wisdom from decades of working as an actor, talent manager, and wellness coach to write The Resilient Actor and give emerging and experienced actors a holistic approach to their profession that marries mind, body, spirit, and craft. Sustaining a healthy and satisfying career requires more than just talent - go beyond the skills you learned in your BFA program.

What if you could steal the bulletproof formula to grow 1,000 superfans across Instagram or TikTok...while you sleep? It doesn't matter how many followers you have! You can use this exact blueprint that viral musicians apply to gain a huge audience and get your music ahead as soon as tonight...without spending a penny on paid ads. Inside this new book, you’ll find a decade of game-changing strategies that I’ve built for hundreds of independent musicians, record labels, artist managers, and music brands.

An easy guide to understanding the basics of Spotify, playlisting, and making money on streaming platforms, covering topics like utilizing Spotify for artists, choosing a digital distributor, Spotify best practices, the different types of playlists, the anatomy of a release, pitching music to playlists, marketing and promoting your new releases, managing royalties from streaming, and more. Also includes frequently asked questions, additional resources, bonus content, a glossary, and bonus tools to help you build an effective Spotify strategy for your record label!

Unlock the secrets to achieving success in character entertainment licensing with this comprehensive guide. Learn effective strategies for maximizing revenue, utilizing intellectual property, and successfully navigating licensing agreements. Our focus is mastering brand licensing, creating captivating consumer products, and staying at the forefront of industry trends.

The music world has changed, and there’s no coming back. The absolute majority of people now prefer to stream their favorite music, and 94 percent use playlists for this purpose. In fact, playlists replaced the radio, and now every artist has a chance to become a newborn music star just from a successful placement in a top Spotify or Apple Music playlist. But what do you need to become “playlist” worthy? What music do you need to record? And, most importantly, how do you get on such playlists?

The key to success can be summed up in three words, and they're not what you think. This book details my frustrating financial journey, but making it a journey is what led to success. By learning from my mistakes, you might have the opportunity to reduce the time, energy, and money required to achieve financial success. And you can laugh at me along the way.

Studies show that today, the line between being a musician, a businessperson, and a salesperson have become largely blurred. Not only is this a risk for you if you’re trying to succeed in this business, but it also creates an empowering opportunity for you to master the industry. Are you ready to learn how?

挫折しても、大丈夫。つきまとう不安が自分を強くする。―― 元宝塚トップスター柚希礼音。幼いころ内気だった彼女が、6年間もトップを務めるまでになった過程とは。宝塚での経験を織り交ぜながら、次の扉を開くための「心の整え方」「コミュニケーションする力」「生き方」を伝えます。 宝塚退団後初の著書「夢をかなえるために、私がやってきた５つのこと」(KADOKAWA)をダイジェストにして、オーディオブック化しました。

Using humorous and insightful anecdotes, Lance Allred, the first deaf player in NBA history and TEDx star, takes any aspiring fan of TED Talks, "TEDsters", on his journey of hubris, awkwardness and catharsis that was his TEDx experience. Lance walks you through how you find the best odds of where you will be selected to give a TEDx talk, how to prepare and what worked and didn't work as far as: script writing, body language, drafts submitted, post-talk marketing, along with many other details and inside information that allowed him to become a TEDx Star with One Million views within two months.

In the 1990s, amidst the chaos of grunge and boy bands, one young woman was at the epicenter of musical mayhem. In this uproarious memoir, join Lisa as she navigates life in a quirky record store, armed with her encyclopedic music knowledge and a vinyl penchant. Lisa's adventures are a harmonious blend of humor and nostalgia, from the eclectic customers with peculiar tastes to her eccentric but memorable co-workers.

This book chronicles the rise of the internet’s most recent flash in the pan celebrity, Lil Tay. Though she temporarily vanished from the internet on June 4, 2018, she still boasts more than 2.5 million followers on Instagram, and each of her YouTube videos had millions of views despite the fact that her first videos only appeared in December of 2017. Very little is known about her personal life, and much of what is known has the potential to be fact as well as fiction.

In 2004 Dom Joly wrote a spoof autobiography called Look At Me, Look At Me. In Here Comes the Clown, he takes up the story of his life from 14 January 2000 when the very first episode of Trigger Happy TV aired on Channel 4 and everything changed for him. Suddenly he was famous; reality was weirder than any fiction he could conjure up. This is the story of what happened next, through snippets of recollections from his adventures in show business....

What’s your story? It’s a question human beings have been asking each other since we first gathered around a campfire. Millennia later, this human need for storytelling hasn’t changed. We communicate most effectively through our personal stories - and our professional success depends on it. This groundbreaking guide shows you how to tap into the timeless power of storytelling to transform your business.