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- Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Music
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Publisher's Summary
If you learn the secrets in this book...you will succeed in the music business!
This book is created for artists, singers, songwriters, managers, producers, record labels, students, music fans, and anyone who wants to learn how to win in the lucrative music and entertainment business. This book was written by a Grammy-nominated entertainment industry insider, who spent over a decade studying and learning the tricks you will need to know to be successful in the new digital media era. This book will teach you everything you need to know about viral marketing and online promotion, which will help you get more views and propel your brand to the top in the least amount of time! Learn how to be successful, even with limited funds and resources! With a laptop and the skills taught in this book, you can rise to the top of the music industry, sell millions of records, and make millions and millions of dollars!
Music industry secrets and viral marketing secrets revealed. Learn how I sold millions of records, streams, and digital downloads. Learn how I made millions selling my music online independently.
- Learn how to use YouTube and social media to the fullest.
- Everything you need to know about how to go viral online.
- Learn viral marketing secrets from someone who has actually gone viral.
- Learn my viral marketing techniques that have worked over and over.
- Learn how I got an unknown artist signed to a major label in less than three years.
- Learn how I created a multi-million dollar major label bidding war.
- Learn how I won a Grammy award.
- Learn from real-life, hands-on experience.
- Learn how to get your own RIAA gold and platinum plaque.
- Learn what pitfalls to avoid.
- Learn how to build a huge social media following.
- Learn from someone who already succeeded in the music business.
This book will teach you how to successfully start marketing your brand online. This book covers all aspects of being successful in online branding, not just the music business. Various topics are covered such as: starting a LLC, getting your music in all digital music stores, 360 record deals and contracts, entertainment lawyers, split sheets, online marketing, advertising and going viral, publishing, building successful YouTube channels and gaining millions of subscribers, getting major record deals, starting a record label, publishing deals, royalties, pros, Instagram and Twitter marketing, how to properly use social media, the rise of streaming, and more!
Learn how to stay relevant in the new age of digital music and entertainment world by listening to this book!
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- AQ
- 10-13-19
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Excellent book. Relevant well read and inspiring for new artists. Thanks for the book. Loved it recommended it
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- Aaron C. Padgett
- 07-21-20
Great audio production!
This book was a solid introduction to the music industry.The audio-book allowed me to work around the office and still absorb the knowledge.
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- Sir James
- 04-30-20
Get this Book to get updated for real
Packed full of Up-to-date information. The reader was awesome too. There are a lot of books on the market that speak on this topic, but this book gets deep into the nuts and bolts of doing good business and going into business for yourself.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-23-20
5 stars
This was the first book I’ve read in a long time. A lot of good information for me to further my music career!
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- Johanan YIsrael
- 02-24-20
One of the Most in-depth Music Business Books!,
What I liked about this book was the author, was able to discuss his mistakes. I have always wanted to start an Indy Music & Film Company. I have read many business books, but this was audio book was laid out step by step.I definitely will follow what I learned in this book and go over the key principles again. I’m glad I took a chance on this book above the many on the subject of Music Business.
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- D. Chapple
- 12-10-19
Thank you!
Thank you again for sharing your story, your tips and best practices! Much peace and success to you moving forth! Please google QGODFEAR for more on who I am. God Bless!
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- Minnie
- 10-07-19
Refreshingly practical and actionable
Not a book for casual readers, but for serious individuals looking to take their career to the next level. I found it refreshingly practical and concise, and loved how it cut out the bullshit new age buzz words and catch phrases you see in so many self improvement books. It was like Robert Greene for the music biz. Great narrator too.
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- David Hearn
- 08-23-19
The worst qualities of the music business.
This guy is a thug. A rich thug, I’ll give you, but still a thug. What he is promoting in this book is the worst qualities of the music business today. In encouraging artists to copy and plagiarize other’s work, it diminishes the creative aspect of the music business, and does not add to the substance of the universe at all. he is interested in making money, and nothing else. In several instances he contradicts himself, Encouraging new artist to copy others successes, but then later in the book emphasizes it’s important to be original. There are very few actionable steps in this book. There is strategy, and a high-level advice, but very little information on how to proceed in detail to get your music out there and market it well.
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- Nick Warner
- 07-07-19
Amazing read
Anyone wanting to be in the music buisness this is a must have very easy and clear ro understand he is very knowledgeable!
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- Thad McCullough
- 07-02-19
Great Book! Very informative.
I have listened to a few books about the music industry and so far this is by far the most informative. With actually situations that I can verify, This is a must have if you are going to be involved in this crazy thing call the music biz.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-10-19
Some interesting Info but very repetetive
How long does it take to drive home a point? I found this an OK listen and its well read. The info contained within isn't really anything groundbreaking and I think "secrets" is perhaps the wrong word. It could be summed up as a book that says work hard, use all social media, keep generating content and you'll be successful......now let me tell you all about how successful I am! The difficult part for me in the way that its written is that it does make some decent points sometimes but it then repeats it over and over ad nauseam.