Author: Gunnar Erickson
Publisher: Schirmer G Books
Keywords: business, legal, sourcebook, guide, survival, film, producer, independent
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2010-01-15
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0825637236
ISBN-13: 9780825637230

In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent filmâfrom the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring directors and actors, securing location rights, acquiring music, calculating profits, digital moving making, distribution, and marketing your movie. This all-new second edition has been completed updated.

Authors:J.S. RUDSENSKE, J.P. Denk,
Publisher: Schirmer Books
Keywords: music, made, simple, business, label, record, independent, start
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0825673100
ISBN-13: 9780825673108

The second book in the Music Business Made Simple series, provides the tools needed to start and operate an independent record label. It offers useful, straightforward advice and information that apply to every person who is interested in starting a label, presently running a small label, or curious about how an independent record company operates. Includes chapters on as setting up a label, devising a business plan, preparing recording contracts, calculating royalties, promoting an artist’s record, and arranging distribution deals. SELLING POINTS: Offers a no nonsense approach to starti

Author: Craig Anderton
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Keywords: press, omnibus, insider, sonar
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-06
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0825673143
ISBN-13: 9780825673146

If you’re a sonar user, this is the book you’ve been waiting for. Regardless of your level of experience, these tips and techniques—from one of the world’s leading authorities on Sonar and musical technology—will improve your music-making, streamline your work flow, and put you in control of the power this program offers. Presented in an easy-to-read, technically-savvy manner and packaged with illustrations, the Sonar Insider isn’t just a rewrite of the manual. It represents the knowledge gained through years of experience working with this popular program. Get the most out of your

Author: Serene Dominic
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Keywords: song, press, omnibus, burt, bacharach
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0825672805
ISBN-13: 9780825672804

Best known as the composer (with lyricist Hal David) of such 1960s hits as Dionne Warwick s Walk On By, Dusty Springfield s The Look of Love, and the Carpenters’ Close to You, Burt Bacharach wrote the music for over 700 published songs, which have been recorded by some 2,000 artists - from Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to the Beatles and the Supremes. Song By Song is a witty, cheeky song-by-song journey through Bacharach s vast recorded oeuvre, from Nat King Cole s little-known 1952 version of Once in a Blue Moon to Burt s recent collaborations with Elvis Costello, Lyle Lovett and Chic

Author: Maynard Solomon
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Keywords: revised, beethoven
Number of Pages: 554
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0825672686
ISBN-13: 9780825672682

Softcover edition of this national bestseller! Hailed as a masterpiece for its original interpretations of Beethoven’s life and music. This edition takes into account the latest information and literature. Includes a 30-page bibliographical essay, numerous illustrations and a full-color pictorial biography of the composer.

Author: Albin Zak
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Keywords: decades, commentary, four, companion, underground, velvet
Number of Pages: 333
Published: 2000-12-22
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0825672422
ISBN-13: 9780825672422

Eighth in the Schirmer Companion Series, the Velvet Underground Companion collects important articles, reviews, interviews, and essays on this influential, avante garde band. Extensive interviews with the bands members, including Lou ReedArticles, reviews, and memoirs by Paul Williams, Ellen Willis, David Friche, and John Cale, among others.Alban Zak is a garduate student at CUNY Albany studying the history of contemporary popular music.

Authors:Jim Berkenstadt, Charles R. Cross, Music Sales,
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Keywords: albums, rock, classic, nevermind, nirvana
Number of Pages: 173
Published: 2003-09-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0825672864
ISBN-13: 9780825672866