Making A Living In Your Local Music Market

by Dick Weissman, Ronny S. Schiff

Music

Genres: How To

1 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Dick Weissman is a musician, music historian, performer, composer, and recording artist who has written 18 published books about music, including How to Make a Living in Your Local Music Market. He is an associate professor of music at the University of Colorado at Denver and an adjunct professor at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon, where he lives."

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very cursory read for me since much of what it details is far ahead of where I'm at. I browsed the entire book and read the intro sections carefully. The most relevant section to me now is packaging the product.

One thing I liked about this book is that it covers a lot of ground in short sections or paragraphs with easy to navigate headings. So this book is perfect for browsing, as how-to's and technical manuals should be. Well-written in that sense.

Weissman has a lot of good advice for aspiring musicians, especially those outside the big 4 music markets: LA, NYC, Toronto, and Nashville.

Personally, I think Donald Passman's book on the music is better for more detailed information on the legal and monetary ramifications of the music business. Passman is a practicing attorney. I believe Weissman is a musician.

Weissman's book is good for young, inexperienced, or new musicians looking for a knowledge overview of the "biz."

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you are not in any music market, this is a great intro with a lot of ideas. I'd like to see an updated version of the 2010 one because there are so many more online music options in 2018.

[Justin Sims · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh, nothing i didn't know and I'm still broke.