The rise and fall of Some Bizzarethe label that introduced the world to Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, and The Theis the great untold story of alternative music.
'Hugely entertaining history' - MojoBetween the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time.
The Music Producer's Handbook, Second Edition reveals the secrets to becoming a music producer and producing just about any kind of project in any genre of music.
'Patterson is one of the great comic writers of the last quarter century' THE HERALD'Unsparing but ultimately uplifting, every sentence cuts a caper' MOJO'A thoroughly engaging, life-affirming book' MAIL ON SUNDAYHow does the big stuff in life truly change us?
Once conduits to new music, frequently bypassing the corporate music industry in ways now done more easily via the Internet, record stores championed the most local of economic enterprises, allowing social mobility to well up from them in unexpected ways.
Once conduits to new music, frequently bypassing the corporate music industry in ways now done more easily via the Internet, record stores championed the most local of economic enterprises, allowing social mobility to well up from them in unexpected ways.
Whether you're an aspiring artist, a new college grad, or a seasoned professional, Scott Brickell's The Business Behind the Song is a must-have handbook for helping you navigate the often-confusing, seemingly unapproachable world of the music industry.
Andrew Lauder is one of British record business's most significant and highly influential figures but outside the music industry few people will probably know his name.
Throughout the history of popular music, the careers of many culturally significant artists and groups began on the small stages of local bars clubs, pubs, and discotheques.
Throughout the history of popular music, the careers of many culturally significant artists and groups began on the small stages of local bars clubs, pubs, and discotheques.
As a constantly evolving and developing industry, the music business environment continues to establish new standards in terms of operational efficiency, dynamics between the different parties involved in the professional cycles, and constructing and performing methodologies in the process of achieving the desired results that all the participants in the music world have to adapt to in order to establish a sustainable career.
The music and mayhem behind the seminal sounds of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Models, The Go-Betweens, Hunters & Collectors, Cold Chisel, The Saints, The Cruel Sea and so many more The most obsessive, single-minded character I've ever seen, outside of the mirror Nick CaveI first met Nick Cave at Richmond Recorders in January.
The complete lyrics from cultural icon and bestselling author Nick Cave, spanning his entire career to date, with a new foreword by Andrew O'Hagan From Nick Cave's writing for The Birthday Party, through highly acclaimed albums like Murder Ballads, Henry's Dream, DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today.
During the early days of rock and roll the mob used every tactic they could, from creating their own record labels, bribing radio DJs and stacking jukeboxes with their own artists, to exploiting and intimidating performers, and creating their own black market of bootlegged records, to make millions.
Punkbands mit provokanten Namen wie Böhse Onkelz, Cotzbrocken, Oberste Heeresleitung oder Stosstrupp sorgten bereits in der Frühphase der wohl kontroversesten deutschen Schallplattenfirma medial für reichlich Zündstoff: Tonträger wurden indiziert, zensiert oder staatsanwaltschaftlich beschlagnahmt.
Punkbands mit provokanten Namen wie Böhse Onkelz, Cotzbrocken, Oberste Heeresleitung oder Stosstrupp sorgten bereits in der Frühphase der wohl kontroversesten deutschen Schallplattenfirma medial für reichlich Zündstoff: Tonträger wurden indiziert, zensiert oder staatsanwaltschaftlich beschlagnahmt.
In dem Band werden die Grundlagen der Wahrnehmungstätigkeit der Gesellschaft für musikalisches Aufführungs- und mechanisches Vervielfältigungsrecht - GEMA umfassend dargestellt, fachkundig erläutert und wissenschaftlich durchdrungen.
