How to Be Your Own Booking Agent: The Musician's & Performing Artists' Guide to Successful Touring

by Jeri Goldstein

Book Overview

The award-winning, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent THE Musicians & Performing Artists Guide To Successful Touring is one of the top selling music and performing arts business books. It is regularly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0960683038
• ISBN13: 9780960683031
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: New Music Times, Incorporated
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Essential!

No one in the music industry, be they a musician, club owner, festival manager, booking agent, band manager, merch salesman, etc. has any good excuse NOT to read this book. It's essential for those who are just starting out, and useful for those who have been in the game for many years. Goldstein's writing is clear and concise, and the book is organized well and peppered with real-life examples and "hot tips", which keep it interesting. There are dozens of fabulous books on the music industry, from how-to guides to high-level marketing strategy books, but no one should bother reading any of them until they've read this book. It's absolutely essential.

Gold standard for Music Business books

Review written by Kerry Dexter Dirty Linen Magazine Dec.2004/January 2005 Issue Jeri Goldstein fairly well created the gold standard for music business books that are both practical and wise when the first edition was released in 1998, offering succinct ideas on setting goals, planning for a long-range future as a musician, when to quit your day job, and when to rethink your music career. Along with those came big-picture straight forward advice on negotiating with venues, planning tour routing, how to set up an office, what to include in a letter of intent, and what to look for in a contract, among other things.The latest edition includes all that, organized into bite-sized chapters packed with information and seasoned with sidebar quotes and tips from music industry professionals...There are updates to the resources sections included with each chapter, added information about immigration issues for artists and about creating and using electronic press kits, and materials on web design. New edition or old, it's a book that belongs on the shelf of anyone who wants to know more about the many-faceted business of performing arts, touring and presenting, and integrating that part of a musician's life into a successful career.

Best book on Music Business

Jeri Goldsteins book has replaced an entire shelf of other books for me. The information is accurate, concise and easy to understand. For me it's like taking the best chapters out of all the other music business books I own and putting them all together in one easy to digest presentation. For me it was inspiring. I'm planning on making it required reading for all my students. BUY THIS BOOK...NOW!Todd JohnsonInstructor Cal Arts, College of the Canyons, The Masters College Yamaha clincianBassist w/ The Ron Eschete trioSolo Artist

The Bible For Independent Musicians!

I have bought several books about the music industry, but not one has compared to the welth of information contained in this book. Ms. Goldstien tells you how to do everything from setting up your office to booking tours, and how to be effective in your marketing stragities. Before I bought this book all I knew was is that I wanted to play music for a living. I made a few costly mistakes and learned that I was going to have to do something to make my business succeed. After reading, and rereading "The Book" I now have the tools I need to develope a solid marketing plan, book tours that pay, promote my album, and create a buzz on a nation wide level. No other book out their even comes close to this one. Thank you Jeri Goldstien!

New tricks for old dogs!

As a touring professional, my only gripe with this book is that it was not written 20 years earlier -- it would have saved me a LOT of money, time and heart-ache. Concise, thorough, well-organized, I can't recommend this book highly enough. There is not a question I've had in the past 2 years that hasn't been answered by this book. Now that it's available, anyone who knows about it and tries to begin a career without it ought to have their head examined. Honest.