Perfecting Sound Forever by Greg Milner Review

Title: Perfecting Sound Forever Author: Greg Milner Genre: Music History Page Count: 416 Pages THE CONTENT If I’m honest, Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music is not a book that I bought for myself. It was one that I discovered on U-Nam’s shelf – his interests in recording and sound are far …

Making a Living in Your Local Music Market Book Review

Title: Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: Realizing Your Marketing Potential (Fourth Edition) Author: Dick Weissman Genre: Music Business Advice Pages: 272 pages THE CONTENT Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: Realizing Your Marketing Potential (Fourth Edition) is a music business and career advice book written by Dick Weissman. It is …

The Self-Promoting Musician by Peter Spellman Review

Title: The Self-Promoting Musician: Strategies for Independent Music Success (3rd Edition) Author: Peter Spellman Genre: Music Business Page Count: 284 Pages THE CONTENT The Self-Promoting Musician is a Berklee Music Guide now in its third edition (2013). In the book, Peter Spellman offers readers advice on how to approach one’s music career with a do-it-yourself attitude. …

30 Days to a Better Music Brand Available Now!

Are you ready to give your music brand an extra boost? This 172-page workbook is a great way to get started. With 30 challenges to help you work towards a better brand, a collection of helpful resources, and a case study, you can give your brand the attention it deserves. Improve your music brand with …

30 Days to a Better Music Brand Community Page

Hey there! Thank you for supporting Teen Jazz and your own brand as an artist with your purchase of “30 Days to a Better Music Brand”. Don’t have it yet? That’s okay, you can get it here for just $2.99. Welcome to our community page where we can share our journey to better music branding, …

Succeeding in Music by John Stiernberg | Book Review

Title: Succeeding in Music Author: John Stiernberg Genre: Music Businees Book and Workbook with CD-Rom Page Count: 198 pages About the Book: Published by Backbeat Books in 2002, John Stiernberg’s “Succeeding in Music” is a user-friendly guide to the music business, finance, and marketing. “Succeeding in Music” teaches the reader how to create and implement …

Review of The Inner Game of Music by Barry Green

Author: Barry Green Publisher: Double Day Publication Date: February 21, 1985 Price: $9.99 (Kindle) $19.65 (Hardcover) Edition Read for Review: Hardcover, 225 Pages I have pretty mixed feelings about “The Inner Game of Music.” I wanted to like it, especially since it’s been such an influential book for a number of performers, but I just …

Top 10 Musician Biography Books

There are a ton of great books out that detail the lives of some of the most influential jazz musicians and one of our goals is to help you choose some of the best reading material available to you. So, we decided to take a look at Amazon to see what 10 of the most …

Review of Pocket Music Theory from Hal Leonard

Author: Keith Wyatt and Carl Schroeder Publisher: Hal Leonard Publication Date: September 1, 2002 Price: $6.15 on Kindle and $7.19 Paperback Edition: Paperback, 176 Pages I bought my first copy of the Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory: A Comprehensive and Convenient Source for All Musicians when I was in high school. I had signed up …

10 Popular Music Business Book

One of the most important things you can do for yourself both personally and for your career is to constantly look for new ways to grow, learn, and improve. And we’re not just talking about practice. There are two sides of music: the art and the business. So whether you are an up-and-coming artist, a …