Booking & Touring...

These books focus on booking your own shows and the touring aspects of a music career. There are many helpful resources for you here whether you want to attract a booking agent, or act as your own booking...

Songwriting...

These books focus on the craft of songwriting and its related companion books. This listing does not cover books which deal in the technical aspects of writing (theory, counterpoint etc.). Look for a section...

Blogs...

Cool music related blogs and sites! I admit to being a blogaholic. These are some of the coolest and most useful blogs I’ve found in the blogosphere. MTT- Music Think Tank Blog Author: Various Blog...

Music Publishing...

These books focus on the business of music publishing and selling songs. Is there a great book that you’ve read on music publishing and selling songs that’s not listed here? Email us and tell us...

Management...

If you are in a band and have a manager or you are a self managed artist, there is only one book out there that I HIGHLY recommend you read. In a nutshell, this book is the definitive guide to managing an...

Rejection is just an invitation to r...

By Marc Blatte, Author of Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed: A Novel I started writing songs when I was seventeen. This was in the Sixties when life seemed like one opportunity after another, waiting to be fulfilled. I...

When You Make A Mistake – How ...

Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, treated the Pop!Tech audience (and Nikolai, his lucky student) to a transformative music lesson. Now you can view the Pop!Cast and watch as Ben...

How Do You ‘Unleash’ You...

by Bob Baker Let’s talk about artist empowerment — one of my favorite topics lately … Not long ago I presented one of my first Unleash the Artist Within workshops. While promoting the event,...

Be Committed! You’ll Never Be ...

By Sheena Metal Everyone wants to be famous: live in a mansion, drive a sports car, tour the world in your private plane, date a model, float around in the pool while collecting royalties for CD sales, and...

A Secret to My Success...

by Bob Baker Would you like to know one of the secrets to my success? I learned long ago that positive, successful, empowered people do certain things a little differently than the majority of people. One of...

A Data-Driven Artist and Fan Perspec...

By james.lamberti I was fortunate to attend the Digital Music Forum West conference this week and help set the table for 2-days of discussion with Eric Garland from Big Champagne and Russ Crupnick from The NPD...

The Difference Between You & an...

by Kevin English I speak to musicians everyday who desperately want to become famous, sell millions of records and pack arenas. Once in awhile I have a chance to chat with entertainers who have been to the...

How To Survive The New Music Industr...

by Kevin English Every time you crack open a new book, read an indutstry blog or attend a music business seminar, you hope that something will be said to make your life as a musician better. Unfortunately,...