Entertainment Business

In his first book Tracks That Sync, award-winning composer Graham Barton shows you how to unlock an unfair advantage in music licensing with 10 simple principles. Combining creativity, advertising, psychology, and business, he gives you the real-world tools you need to level up your tracks and supercharge your income. From creative choices to productivity hacks, Barton shares his lessons learned over the last decade in the business. He collects them into a powerful manifesto that inspires the modern composer on the path to break through their income ceiling.

How to Score in Hollywood reveals the secrets to a movie’s success and profitability. Entertainment research expert Kevin Goetz, founder and CEO of Screen Engine, draws on almost four decades of experience to show how strategic decisions—from development to release—help minimize risks and maximize returns. Armed with audience insights and data-driven strategies, Goetz demonstrates how every film should make money when made and marketed for the right price.

Finally, a book that tells the truth about the pitching process in Hollywood. This highly detailed guide is intended for writers, producers and directors, or anyone who wants to work in the intensely competitive, creative side of the entertainment industry. Written is simple, direct language, it is intended for beginners or established Hollywood pros.

How to Keep Your Dukes Up in the Music Business is the guide every musician needs to navigate the music bizz. This book includes eight essential contracts that all musicians need, and with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment business and a music attorney today, Miss Krystle Shares some of the best kept industry secrets you need to know. Having the advantage means managing all the business aspects of your career, and it is an investment of time that will pay off in a big way.

Here is the rags-to-riches story of the man who sliced, diced, and julienned his way into our hearts and wallets—Ron Popeil—packed with hands-on, nuts-and-bolts guidance on how anyone with a product idea can make big money.

A deeply revealing memoir of big wins and hard lessons from a seasoned executive caught smack in the middle of the trillion-dollar soft power struggle pitting China against Hollywood, the NBA, and American business....

For filmmakers and video producers who struggle with sales and marketing. This book will help them build an automated marketing and lead generation system. Unlike DIY marketing efforts, which often rely on luck, this book offers a proven road map to building commercial confidence and attracting more clients. This book is for you if you run a small video production business and you want to position yourself to dominate your market, charge premium prices, and enjoy a six-figure video production empire!

This audiobook is a culmination of nearly 50 years of art sales and marketing experience. It is jam-packed with useful information, ideas, and advice that any artist can use to become more successful, particularly by selling their work to interior-design professionals.

In Booth Brilliance: Mastering the Art of the Photobooth Business in 60 Days, author Frank Jackson pulls back the curtain on the lucrative photobooth industry. This isn't your average business guide; it's a riveting journey from cubicle captivity to entrepreneurial freedom. Whether you're a photography enthusiast, a weekend DIYer, or someone itching to escape the nine-to-five grind, this book will guide you through every step to launching your own successful photobooth business.

This audiobook shows artists and musicians how to get more streams on Spotify plus featured in Spotify editorial playlists. Billboard charting rock and hip hop artists Manafest shows you the new way artists everywhere are getting more fans without a record label. This audiobook shows you a new way to get more fans streaming and buying your music, and teaches you step-by-step how to use it. In this audiobook, you’ll find the exact strategies we use to get 10x more fans and streams for independent artists without a label or having to tour.

Get step-by-step training of the five ways to monetize your videos, get more views.

Warner Bros. Studio is best known as a media conglomerate with a broad range of intellectual property, spanning movies, TV shows, and streaming content. Despite popular interest in the origins of this empire, the core of the Warner Bros. saga cannot be found in its commercial successes. It is the story of four brothers—Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack—whose vision for Hollywood helped shape the world of entertainment.

Allan Abbott ran the leading hearse, mortuary, and funeral services company in Hollywood and saw up close how celebrities really live and die. The Forrest Gump of the funeral industry, Abbott was everywhere celebrities died, from helping to prepare Marilyn Monroe's body for burial to standing next to Christopher Walken at Natalie Wood's funeral. This book tells the rags-to-shroud story of how a young man with a hearse became the funeral driver to the stars.

Media and law enforcement work at cross-purposes. Law enforcement want to solve a case as fast as possible and put the guilty behind bars. The media want a case to drag on as long as humanly possible and do all they can to extricate every last bit of drama, drop by bloody drop, in order to hold the attention of the millions of viewers who have gotten hooked. Law enforcement must abide by rules. The media make their own rules, and even then break them or find ways to work loopholes into them.

With student loan debt piling up and no lucrative gigs around the corner, Scott Bradlee found himself in a situation all too familiar to struggling musicians and creative professionals, unsure whether he should use the little income he had to pay the rent on his basement apartment on the fringes of New York City or to avoid defaulting on his loans. It was under these desperate circumstances that Bradlee began experimenting, applying his passion for jazz, ragtime, and doo-wop styles to contemporary hits by singers like Macklemore and Miley Cyrus - and suddenly an idea was born.

Entrepreneur, media mogul, celebrity and the ultimate sports fan... Mark Cuban is one of the most colorful and controversial billionaires of our time. A self-made man who has inspired millions to follow their own dreams. Mark Cuban: The Maverick Billionaire is the first in the Modern Moguls series of biographical profiles, spotlighting the men and women who shape our modern business landscape.

To continue doing business in Germany, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films attacking Nazis or condemning persecution of Jews. Ben Urwand reveals this collaboration and the cast of characters it drew in, ranging from Goebbels to Louis B. Mayer. At the center was Hitler himself - obsessed with movies and their power to shape public opinion.

As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has worked as a consultant empowering artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding.

Jake Stark. Hit songwriter for Nashville music publisher MegaMusic. Until he's not. When MegaMusic decides to not renew his contract over a lack of hit songs, Jake is at a loss. His creative energy is down, and the bills are piling up. Enter Sir Daniel Smith-Daniels, the young, enigmatic owner of the hottest music publisher in Nashville, The Row. During a compelling initial meeting, Sir Daniel introduces Jake to his unique approach to work and life, The Method.

50 Things to Know About Living a Life of Luxury on a Budget offers amazing facts that unfold the secrets of living a luxurious life on a budget with all practical tips.