Managing Artists in Pop Music: What Every Artist and Manager Must Know to Succeed

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Summary: IT'S ABOUT TIME!
Review: Finally! There is a book on artist management that deals with the "real" work of managing artists who want commercial success! Thank goodness and thank Mitch by buying this book. You'll be doing yourself (and your artists) a favor - especially if you are new to artist management. An absolute MUST HAVE and the ONLY book on the subject (thus far) that I recommend.

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Summary: A terrific guide, cleverly laid out---artists take note
Review: Hard to imagine a book doing a better job than this one does of walking someone through the world of pop music management. The authors have hit on a clever way to provide a wealth of detail, wisdom and rules, while keeping things entertaining: The narrative follows three days in the life of a manager of a band, using that story on which to hang the nuts and bolts. That way, you not only learn the tricks of the trade, but you get a sense of the life as well. This book would by no means be of interest only to someone who wants to get in strictly on the management side--I'm a (hopefully up-and-coming) musician, and almost everything in the book seemed potentially helpful to me, both in understanding what I can expect in a manager, and in learning approaches to self-management as well. This book is a tremendously valuable addition to my career-development library.