Kick Out the Jams
A Music Industry Guide
Business & Careers
100 Careers in the Music Business
Tanja L. Crouch, 2008
780.23 / CRO
“David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists—and Megastars”
David Byrne, 2007
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_byrne
Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital Technologies
Steve Gordon, 2008
780.23 / GOR
The Girls’ Guide to Rocking: How to Start a Band, Book Gigs, and Get Rolling to Rock Stardom
Jessica Hopper, 2009
781.66 / HOP
Music Law: How to Run Your Band’s Business
Rich Stim, 2006
780.23 / STI
Music Power Network
www.musicpowernetwork.com
Music Smarts: The Inside Truth and Road-Tested Wisdom
from the Brightest Minds in the Music Business
Compiled by Mr. Bonzai, 2009
780.23 / MUS
The Musician’s Business & Legal Guide
Compiled and edited by Mark Halloran, 2008
780.23 / MUS
The Musician’s Handbook: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Music Business
Bobby Borg, 2008
780.23 / BOR
National Assoc. of Record Industry Professionals
www.narip.com
“The Problem with Music”
Steve Albini, 1993
www.negativland.com/albini.html
Secrets to Success in Country Music: The Insiders Guide to Launching Your Career
Gabriel Farago, 2007
780.2373 / FAR
Songwriter’s Market 2009
Edited by Greg Hatfield, 2008
R 782.4213 / SON / 2009
This Business of Artist Management
Xavier M. Frascogna Jr. & H. Lee Hetherington, 2004
780.23 / FRA
This Business of Music
M. William Krasilovsky & Sidney Shemel, 2007
780.23 / KRA
This Business of Urban Music: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Industry, from Gospel to Funk to R&B to Hip-hop
James L. Walker, Jr., 2008
780.2373 / WAL
Concerts & Touring
Bandalism: The Rock Group Survival Guide
Julian Ridgway, 2008
780.23 / RID
Basic Live Sound
Paul White, 2003
621.3893 / WHI
Crank It Up: Live Sound Secrets of the Top Tour Engineers
Clive Young, 2004
621.3828 / YOU
The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician
Randy Chertkow & Jason Feehan, 2008
780.23 / CHE
IndieGuide.com
www.indieguide.com
My First Time: A Collection of First Punk Show Stories
Edited by Chris Duncan, 2007
781.66 / MY
The Show I’ll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive
Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience
Edited by Sean Manning, 2007
781.64 / SHO
This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts
Ray D. Waddell, Rich Barnet, Jake Berry, 2007
780.23 / WAD
The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road
Andy Reynolds, 2008
780.23 / REY
Tour:Smart and Break the Band
Martin Atkins, 2007
781.66 / ATK
DJing
DJ
www.djmag.com
DJ Skills: The Essential Guide to Mixing and Scratching
Stephen Webber, 2007
781.49 / WEB
DJ Times
www.djtimes.com
DJing for Dummies
John Steventon, 2006
781.49 / STE
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, 2000
786.49 / BRE
Mobile Beat
www.mobilebeat.com
The Pocket DJ: Ultragrrrl’s Guide to Building the Best Music Library
Sarah Lewitinn, 2005
781.49 / LEW
Scratch (DVD)
Doug Pray, 2002
DVRO / SCR / 6630
Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ
Stephen Webber, 2003
DVD / 786.7 / TUR / 524
URB Magazine
www.urb.com
Magazines
- Billboard
- Dirty Linen: Folk & World Music
- Downbeat
- Mojo
- Piano Today
- Sing Out!
- Rolling Stone
- Songlines
- Spin
- Vibe
- The Wire
Marketing
Art of Modern Rock Mini
Dennis King, 2007
781.66 / KIN
Band ID: The Ultimate Book of Band Logos
ZBodhi Oser, 2008
741.66 / OSE
Cult Rock Posters: Ten Years of Classic Posters from the Glam, Punk, and New Wave Era
Roger Crimlis & Alwyn W. Turner, 2006
781.66 / CRI
Facebook Fanatic: Explode Your Popularity, Buzz Your Band
and Secure Your Privacy on Facebook
Editors of BottleTree Books, 2007
004.678 / FACEBOOK
The Greatest Album Covers of All Time
Barry Miles, Grant Scott & Johnny Morgan, 2008
741.66 / MIL
Guerrilla Marketing: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business
Jay Conrad Levinson, 2007
658.8 / LEV
Indie Music Tech
http://indiemusictech.com
MySpace for Musicians: The Comprehensive Guide to Marketing Your Music Online
Fran Vincent, 2007
780.23 / VIN
MySpace Music Profit Monster!: Proven Online Music Marketing Strategies!
Nicky Kalliongis, 2008
780.23 / KAL
Punk Marketing: Get Off Your Ass and Join the Revolution
Richard Laermer & Mark Simmons, 2007
658.8 / LAE
The Self-Promoting Musician: Strategies for Independent Music Success
Peter Spellman, 2008
780.23 / SPE
The Social Media Marketing Book
Dan Zarrella, 2010
658.872 / ORE
This Business of Global Music Marketing
Tad Lathrop, 2007
780.23 / LAT
YouTube for Business: Online Video Marketing for Any Business
Michael Miller, 2008
658.8 / MIL
Music Gear & Software
101 Guitar Tips: Stuff All the Pros Know and Use
Adam St. James, 2003
787.87193 / ST
Basic Rhythm Programming
Mark Roberts, 2003
781.62 / ROB
Dance Music Manual: Tools, Toys and Techniques
Rick Snoman, 2009
781.49 / SNO
Electronic Musician
http://emusician.com
GarageBand Tips and Tricks
Keith Gemmell, 2007
781.34536 / GEM
Guitar Effects Pedals: The Practical Handbook
Dave Hunter, 2004
787.8719 / HUN
Guitar World Magazine
www.guitarworld.com
Harmony Central
www.harmony-central.com
Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8 (with DVD-ROM)
David Nahmani, 2008
781.34536 / NAH
Microphones & Mixers
Bill Gibson, 2007
621.3893 / GIB
The MIDI Manual: A Practical Guide to MIDI in the Project Studio
David Miles Huber, 2007
781.34535 / HUB
Modern Drummer
www.moderndrummer.com
Music Tech Magazine
www.musictechmag.co.uk
Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools (with DVD)
David Franz, 2007
781.34536 / FRA
Pro Tools for Musicians and Songwriters
Gina Fant-Saez, 2006
781.34536 / FAN
Recording Software & Plug-ins
Bill Gibson, 2007
621.3893 / GIB
Vintage Synth Explorer
www.vintagesynth.com
Music Mixing & Production
Audio Made Easy: Or How to Be a Sound Engineer Without Really Trying
Ira White, 2007
621.3893 / WHI
Engineering & Producing
Bill Gibson, 2007
621.3828 / GIB
Mastering Music at Home (with CD-ROM)
Mitch Gallagher, 2007
781.49 / GAL
Mix
http://mixonline.com
Mixing & Mastering
Bill Gibson, 2007
621.3893 / GIB
Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools
Roey Izhaki, 2008
781.49 / IZH
The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook
Bobby Owsinski, 2006
621.3893 / OWS
The Remixer’s Bible: Build Better Beats (with CD-ROM)
Francis Preve, 2006
781.49 / PRE
Sequencing Samples & Loops
Bill Gibson, 2007
621.3828 / GIB
Music Recording
Acoustic Design for the Home Studio
Mitch Gallagher, 2007
621.3893 / GAL
Audio Fanzine
http://en.audiofanzine.com
EQ Magazine
www.eqmag.com
Guerrilla Home Recording: How to Get Great Sound from Any Studio
(No Matter How Weird or Cheap Your Gear Is)
Karl Coryat, 2005
781.49 / COR
Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies
Jeff Strong, 2008
621.3893 / STR
Home Studio Clinic: A Musician’s Guide to Professional Recording
Emile Menasché, 2007
621.3893 / MEN
How to Make Your Band Sound Great (with DVD)
Bobby Owsinski, 2009
781.49 / OWS
Instrument & Vocal Recording
Bill Gibson, 2007
621.3828 / GIB
Practical Recording Techniques
Bruce & Jenny Bartlett, 2009
621.3893 / BAR
ProRec
www.prorec.com
Recording
www.recordingmag.com
Recording Review
www.recordingreview.com
Sound on Sound
www.soundonsound.com
Studio Reviews Magazine
www.studioreviews.com
TapeOp
www.tapeop.com
Record Labels
Def Jam, Inc.: Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary
Story of the World’s Most Influential Hip-Hop Label
Stacy Gueraseva, 2005
781.649 / GUE
Here Come the Regulars: How to Run a Record Label on a Shoestring Budget
Ian Anderson, 2009
780.23 / AND
I Don’t Need a Record Deal: Your Suvival Guide for the Indie Revolution
Daylle Deanna Schwartz, 2005
780.23 / SCH
Little Labels--Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music
Rick Kennedy and Randy McNutt, 1999
781.63 / KEN
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label
that Got Big and Stayed Small
John Cook, with Mac McCaughan & Laura Ballance, 2009
781.66 / COO
RecordLabelRecource.com
www.recordlabelresource.com
Start an Independent Record Label
J.S. Rudsenske, 2005
780.23 / RUD
Start & Run Your Own Record Label
Daylle Deanna Schwartz, 2009
780.23 / SCH
See Also
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener’s Life List
Tom Moon, 2008
781.68 / MOO
33-1/3 Series (histories of landmark albums)
Continuum Publishing
781.66 / THI
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
Steve Knopper, 2009
781.66 / KNO
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (DVD)
Christopher Soos, 2009
DVRO / ANV / 813
Little Labels--Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American MusicAnvil: The Story of Anvil (DVD)
Christopher Soos, 2009
DVRO / ANV / 813
Computer Music
www.computermusic.co.uk
Encyclopedia of Indie Rock
Kerry L. Smith, 2008
781.66 / SMI
Future Music
www.futuremusic.co.uk
Garage Band
Gipi; translation by Spectrum, 2007
741.504 / GIP
The Greatest Music Never Sold: Secrets of Legendary Lost Albums
by David Bowie, Seal, Beastie Boys, Beck, Chicago, Mick Jagger, & More!
Dan Leroy, 2007
781.66 / LER
How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course
Rikky Rooksby, 2009
787.87 / ROO
I Hate New Music: The Classic Rock Manifesto
Dave Thompson, 2008
781.66 / THO
The Little Red Riders Book
Edited by Malcolm Croft, 2007
780.23 / LIT
Loud Quiet Loud: A Film About The Pixies (DVD)
Jonathan Furmanski, 2006
DVRO / PIX / 6556
Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture
Edited by Thurston Moore, 2004
780.23 / MIX
Noisy People, or, 7 Portraits of San Francisco Bay Area Musicians (DVD)
Tim Perkis, 2006
DVMS / NOI / 6575
Once
John Carney; with Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, 2006
DVD / ONC / 4060
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Lawrence Lessig, 2008
346.73048 / LES
The Rock Snob’s Dictionary:
An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge
David Kamp and Steven Daly, 2005
781.66 / KAM
Rock Star Babylon: Outrageous Rumors, Legends,
and Raucous True Tales of Rock and Roll Icons
Jon Holmes, 2008
781.66 / HOL
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (DVD)
David Leonard, 2007
DVRO / RES / 6554
Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture
Kaya Oakes, 2009
306.09 / OAK
Sound Unbound:
Sampling Digital Music and Culture
Edited by Paul D. Miller, 2008
781.6 / SOU
Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes
Leslie Simon & Trevor Kelley, 2009
781.66 / SIM
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