A comprehensive guide to getting the best paying gigs for musicians and singers, from local to international stages – with or without an agent! A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career performing music from local clubs to international cruise ships. This new updated edition includes interviews with successful musicians and entertainment directors who share their secrets in landing the best paying gigs. Also includes directories of resources for furthe...

Werewolves... vampires... swamp beasts... zombies... even a Jersey Devil... all of these chilling creatures and more await you in this haunting collection of 11 contemporary horror fiction stories by Mark Wesley Curran. Uniquely set 'down the shore' in South Jersey's Cape May County, these scary tales are sure to terrify and entertain both adult readers as well as young adults.The spooky offerings include:- An abrasive radio talk show host is stalked by an angry werewolf in...

Learn to Sing Like An Idol! True Vocal Power Can Be Yours With This Easy To Read ManualLet professional vocalist Mark W. Curran show you how to learn vocal techniques that will make you sound like a pop idol. Whether you aspire to become a singing pop star or just want to learn to sing better in the shower, this manual will help you to learn to sing better using proven vocal techniques that command attention and get results.This book explores live vocal performance techniqu...

Author Marketing 101 returns to the basics of a strategic marketing plan and reinterprets corporate terminology so that it applies to novelists and small business owners. Through interactive exercises and demonstrative case studies, new and established authors will learn how to:oDevelop a professional and engaging author personaoIdentify overarching themes and colors for their storiesoApply these colors and themes to their marketing collateral,web design, and p...

Haters are not your problem. . . .Ignoring them is.Eighty percent of companies say they deliver outstanding customer service, but only 8 percent of their customers agree. This book will help you close that gap by reconfiguring your customer service to deliver knockout experiences.The near-universal adoption of smartphones and social media has fundamentally altered the science of complaints. Critics (“haters”) can now express their displeasure faster ...

Part memoir, part business manual, and 100% juicy—the inside story of Juicy Couture, one of the most iconic brands of our timesWhile working together at a Los Angeles boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became fast and furious friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela’s one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever they did, they bo...

Your wedding is one of the highlights of your life, a day to be remembered and cherished forever. A wedding is a very complex event requiring precise coordination and diligent planning. It is also an event that more often than not will challenge you financially as well as logistically. The Wedding Planner Book was written with these issues in mind. Join us as we discuss all phases of planning a wedding from selecting a venue to hiring entertainment and catering. You’ll learn about ...

Ian Anderson started recording music when he was thirteen and launched his own successful label, Afternoon Records, in 2003, when he was just eighteen. Now this wunderkind of the indie music scene has written the ultimate guide for all those aspiring to a career in the record industry. Here Come the Regulars covers territory ranging from a label's image to its budget, focusing on the importance of blogging culture and how to use new media like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, a...

A collection of music marketing ideas and anecdotes to help musicians achieve success. My brother and I have achieved many of our musical goals of getting our original music out and selling, using Youtube as a marketing tool, start several music festivals, sell sheet music online, start a successful record label, record with many famous musicians, and more.

An Open Letter to Any Musician Who Wants to Make $100,000 (or More) in the Music Business You're in a career where it's considered "normal" to be broke. If you were doing anything else for a living, you'd have given up by now. And I'm sure there are people in your life who wish you'd do just that... They want you to settle down, get a "real" job, and make music a hobby. Screw 'em. The truth is, if you know what to do, you can make a lot of money as a musician. This book shows you what to d...

(Berklee Press). Sell more music! Learn the most effective marketing strategies available to musicians, leveraging the important changes and opportunities that the digital age has brought to music marketing. This multifaceted and integrated approach will help you to develop an effective worldwide marketing strategy. Step by step, you will develop an active marketing plan and timeline tailored to your unique strengths and budget. You will learn to time your marketing campaign effectively, p...

A down-to-earth, detailed guide to every aspect of establishing and running a small, local talent booking agency, written by someone who has done so successfully for over 30 years. You dont need any particular background or a fancy college degree or even much money, just a desire to own and operate one of the most fun businesses you could ever imagine.Its all herehow to find the talent, how to build up a clientele, how to promote yourself, the contracts youll need, and a fascinatin...