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"I want to make an album of real genius, to sit alongside the Stones' 'Exile On Main Street', and Big Star's 'Third'" (Peter Buck, R.E.M. 1991) The definitive biography of Big Star, the most influen……続きを見る

Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. 'Electrifying' New York Times 'A masterpiece' The Word 'Funny, poignant, brutally honest' Sunday Telegraph With the ……続きを見る

'The book is f***ing BRILLIANT! Just arrived NYC and wanked myself laughing. Literally tears. Irritated looks all around. What a great writer you are. It's a classic. You absolutely got the whole sh……続きを見る

The first official account of the iconic record label. An NME Book of the Year 2013 A Rough Trade Book of the Year 2013 A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2013 This Mortal Coil, Birthday P……続きを見る

Michael Gilligan is the owner of Fake Chapter Records. His work experience also includes over a decade at Sony Music and such indie labels as Matador and Gig Records. Along with contributions from r……続きを見る

How songs achieve commercial success on the radio Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. Climb……続きを見る

The first reference book all about the business side of gospel and urban music. Hip-hop and R&B hold 25 percent of the consumer music market. Another 20 percent is held by religious (gospel and Chri……続きを見る

Luciano Pavarotti’s longtime manager and friend tells all. All. The King and I is the story of the thirty-six-year-old business relationship between Luciano Pavarotti and his manager, Herbert Bresli……続きを見る

What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing ……続きを見る

Think BIGーcapture the global music market. Worldwide tours, internet downloads, international album distribution–the global market for music is expanding with lightning speed, and that means big op……続きを見る

In the early ‘80s, the music industry wrote off hip-hop as a passing fad. Few could or would have predicted that the improvised raps and raw beats busting out of New York City’s urban underclass wou……続きを見る

You Oughta Be Me: How to Be a Lounge Singer and Live Like One is the hilarious guide to becoming a lounge singer, by none other than Bud E. Luvーlounge singer extraordinaire. Learn how to properly c……続きを見る

How do you make it as a pop star? Why does one boy band make it big and another disappear off the pages of the magazines altogether? Why do girls cost more than boys? And who should you sleep with t……続きを見る

The Kardashian family is a contemporary cultural touchstone, recognizable throughout the world connoting warrantless celebrity, voluptuous beauty, and social media savviness. Amanda Scheiner McClain……続きを見る

This book describes the emergence of DIY punk record labels in the early 1980s. Based on interviews with sixty-one labels, including four in Spain and four in Canada, it describes the social backgro……続きを見る

Locating Migrating Media details the extent to which media productions, both televisual and cinematic, have sought out new and cheaper shot locations, creative staff, and financing around the world.……続きを見る

The Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Tingler, the Mole Peopleーthey stalked and oozed into audiences’ minds during the era that followed Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein and preceded terrors like Fre……続きを見る

An incredibly wide-ranging critical account of popular music. The book is an essential resource for all staff and students in the field′ - John Storey, Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Stud……続きを見る

"The fact is, you will teach." from the Foreword by Stephen Clapp, Dean Emeritus, The Julliard School. Whether serving on the faculty at a university, maintaining a class of private students, or ful……続きを見る

Beethoven, Bach oder Boulez sind schwierig. Im Kulturbetrieb gilt diese Musik als »E« wie ernst und anspruchsvoll - und damit fast schon als unzumutbar. Jedenfalls für ein Publikum, dem man jede Ans……続きを見る

Actors and Performers Yearbook is an established and respected directory that enables actors to find work in stage, screen and radio. It is the only directory to provide detailed information for eac……続きを見る

iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Digital Era sheds light on the way large corporations appropriate new technologies related to recording and distribution of audio material to maintain their……続きを見る

Chronicles the journey from a small family business to an Australian music stalwart. Its a story of constant innovations, extreme loyalty and the struggle - and triumph - of business families. 続きを見る

The story of Chicago's rise and fall as a national music center. A history of Chicago's contributions to the American songbook. 続きを見る

A history of Chicago's magazine publishing industry and how it impacted the American publishing industry. 続きを見る

The story of how Chicago became America's first radio program production center only to see it industry collapse at the beginning of the television era. A history of entertainment program production……続きを見る

The story of how Chicago businessmen helped create a motion picture production monopoly and how other Chicago businessmen led the revolt against the monopoly but when the war was over all the Chicag……続きを見る

Extras, bit players, and stand-ins have been a part of the film industry almost from its conception. On a personal and a professional level, their stories are told in Hollywood Unknowns, the first h……続きを見る

Completely revised and updated, this new edition of the standard music industry textbook includes everything that you need to know as a music manager in the today’s fast-changing musical environment……続きを見る

The story of how Chicago won "the Vaudeville Wars" only to see its stage industry collapse. A history of the commercial stage industry in Chicago. 続きを見る