E-Books →The Live Music Business Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals, 3rd Edition

This practical guidebook examines the roles of the key players - from booking agents to concert promoters, artist managers to talent buyers - and the deals, conventions, and processes that drive this global business. Written by a touring professional with over 25 years of experience, this bookelucidates why playing live is crucial to the success of any musician, band, or artist, explaining issues like:

• what managers, promoters, and agents do and how they arrange shows and tours;
  
• how to understand and negotiate show contracts;
  
• how to create a contract rider, and how the rider affects the money you earn from a show;
  
• how to appear professional and knowledgeable in an industry with its own conventions, language, and baffling technical terms; and
  
• athree-year plan using live performance to kickstart your music career
  

Intended for music artists and students,The Live Music Businesspresents proven live-music career strategies, covering every aspect of putting on a live show, from rehearsing and soundchecks to promotions, marketing, and contracts. In an era when performing live is more essential than ever, this is the go-to guidebook for getting your show on the road and making a living from music.