Books You Need to Read
if you want to be a successful musician

I've read 'em all, so you can ask me about them if you want.

Music & Creativity:

The Listening Book
W.A.Mathieu. ISBN: 0877736103

The Inner Game of Music
Barry Green & Timothy Gallwey. ISBN: 0385231261

A Whack on the Side of the Head
Roger von Oech, Ph.D. ISBN: 0446389080

Dictionary of Word Origins
John Ayto. ISBN: 1559702141

Music Producers conversations with today's top record makers
from the editors of MIX Magazine. ISBN: 0793514185


Music Business:

Life is a Contact Sport by Ken Kragen

Making it in the New Music Business
James Riordan. ISBN: 0898793068

Everything You'd Better Know About the Record Industry - by Kashif, Gary Greenberg

How to Make & Sell Your Own Recording
Diane Rapaport. ISBN: 0134023145

The Platinum Rainbow
Bob Monaco & James Riordan. ISBN: 0940018004

How You Can Make $30,000 a Year as a Musician Without a Record Contract
James Gibson. ISBN: 0898792142

Successful Artist Management
Xavier Frascogna, Jr. & Lee Hetherington. ISBN: 082307689X

The Billboard Guide to Music Publicity
Jim Pettigrew, Jr. ISBN: 0823075753

 


Marketing & General Biz:

Guerilla Marketing Excellence
Jay Conrad Levinson. ISBN: 0395608449

Guerilla P.R.
Michael Levine. ISBN: 088730608X

6 Steps to Free Publicity
Marcia Yudkin. ISBN: 0452271924

Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Al Ries & Jack Trout. ISBN: 0446347949

If it Ain't Broke.. Break It
Robert J. Kriegel and Louis Patler. ISBN: 0446393592

You Can Negotiate Anything
Herb Cohen. ISBN: 0553234552

Guerilla Selling
Jay Conrad Levinson, Bill Gallagher, Orvel Ray Wilson. ISBN: 0395578205

Guerilla Advertising
Jay Conrad Levinson. ISBN: 0395687187

The Success System that Never Fails
W. Clement Stone. ISBN: 0671524623

Unlimited Power
Anthony Robbins. ISBN: 0449902803

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey. ISBN: 0671708635

Wishcraft - How to Get What You Really Want - by Barbara Sher, Annie Gottlieb


Legal & SelfProtection:

The Business Planning Guide
David H. Bangs, Jr. ISBN: 0936894393

Trademark: How to Name Your Business & Product
Kate McGrath & Stephen Elias with Sarah Shena. ISBN: 0873371577

Protecting Your Songs & Yourself
Ken J. Klavens. ISBN: 0898793645