"Making money, making music is an alternative music business text, providing an entrepreneurial toolbox, based on historical analysis, trends, and patterns in music enterprise. It begins by introducing core principles and processes and shows how to apply them adaptively to new contexts, so that students gain a deeper understanding not only of how things work in the music business, but why. By applying essential concepts to a variety of real-life situations,...

"There has neer been a greater need for musicians to understand the music business than now, when emerging technologies make it possible for artists to act as their own record labels, and new contracts are structured to grab the biggest slice of an artist's revenue pie. But in a digital age overflowing with confusing and ever-changing information, musicians need trusted business advice from a veteran artist who can break down the basics in a language...

A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.

Rachel feels like she doesn't fit in -- until she finds heavy metal and meets Fern, a kindred spirit. The two form their own band, but the metal scene turns out to be no differenct than the misogynistic world they want to change. Violent encounters escalate, and the friends decide there's only one way forward... A bloodstained journey into the dark heart of the music industry, Boring Girls traces Rachel's deadly coming of age, Fern at her side. As...