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Million Dollar Mistakes - Steering Your Music Career Clear of Lies, Cons, Catastrophes, and Landmines (Softcover)

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I've made my living in the music business for my entire adult life. Many times I've walked away from total disasters scratching my head and wondering how something that looked so good could turn out so bad right before my eyes. Moses Avalon has a remarkable gift for explaining and illustrating why and how people make decisions they regret, and why and how music business relationships implode. His interviews are with very experienced industry professionals, and hearing what they have to say is unusual - they don't talk in public much. As I read the book I felt like I was reading the story of my life. I recognized many of the mistakes I make out of habit, and I began to grasp some of the bizarre baggage that I've detected in other people I've worked with. You will learn to identify some of the blind spots that can cost you dearly, and recognize the blind spots of others before you get involved with them. You will learn how some folks' behavior is a warning sign to steer clear. Most importantly, I think, you will have a much clearer idea of which career risks are worth taking and which are not. I wish I'd had this book twenty years ago.

Whenever I feel like adding some gas to the tank, I read this book. It does a great job of capturing the dark ugly mess we call the music industry. This is a great book for anyone thinking of joining the industry and provides real life examples of pitfalls that other artists have endured over time.5 stars!

A little bit of it seemed like common sense to me, but were things I had been thinking about for quite a few years; so it's not common knowledge.

Great stuff. I'll have to re-read the copyright chapter a few more times to fully understand it.

This book when combined with the other books on the subject by the same author, is an invaluable resource for musicians and others interested in the music industry.This book explores some of the psychological motivations behind business decisions that were made by artists and other key figures.The ramifications of those decisions are explained in the context of an experienced music professional.

I found this book quite informative and entertaining. It was recommended by one of my instructors when I went to recording school and I can see why. Working in the Post Production industry I got a couple of laughs when I related to things the author wrote about. Good read even if you're not an audiophile but just a music fan. Love the behind the scenes stuff.

The music industry is a very harsh world that punished and still punishes the weak and the ones that make mistakes. You must keep your head high and your spirit high if you want to have any chance here, a world in which evolution is speeding and the weak are eliminated in a blink of an eye. Moses Avalon's title has good background information coupled with witty explanations and additional breaking information about some of the more recent success stories. A definite buy for people involved in the business or for someone who wants to enter this world.

A great man once told me "The only good mistake is one you learn something from, and you don't learn unless you admit the mistake in the first place." I'm glad to see a book like this that contains first class mistakes and ways to avoid them. No one explains the dirty ways of the music biz like Moses. So get it, read it, highlight it and use it to avoid the pitfalls and side tracks that are coming your way.

First off I would like to say thanks to Moses and his staff for leading the way in the new music industry revolution!!! Once again Moses pulls off something that know one has ever done, he's changing the game!!! I bought myself this book as a Chritmas gift to me for all my hard work in 2005!!! During the year I had spent thousands on equipment and not any money on one book. I paid only 11.95 for the book and it's probably the best 11.95 I have ever spent!!! I have both of the two previous books Moses wrote and Million Dollar Mistakes is another gem. For the price of a pack of blank CDR's you will gain knowledge that 95%-98% of the people in this business don't have!!! I am a independent Hip Hop/Rap/R&B producer and I also run my own independent record label out of San Diego, South Psycho Cide Productions (southpsychocide.com). All I have to say is if you want to be in the game you have to know how to play the game, and if you wanna win the game you have to know how to beat the game!!! Moses Avalons Million Dollar Mistakes takes me and my company one step closer to reaching our goal and helps us dodge the bullets and win the game. A definite must for all up and coming and established industry professionals regardless of your genre of music and regardless of your status. This is the game exposed from real life mistakes, from people who learned from their own mistakes. Now get your head out your ass so you won't have to be a mistake...get the damn book homie or homegirl, haaa we out...see ya at the top!!!

Charles "Coox" aka Tha Mad Psycho

CEO/PRODUCER

South Psycho Cide Productions

http://www.southpsychocide.com

http://www.myspace.com/spcp

The book is an easy read as it is written very clearly. Any person who aspires to be in the music industry must pick up this book. This is their bible. People say that in order to succeed you got to be in it to win it but once the point if you don't even know how the game is played? Get this book, learn the system and play by your rules!

This book is another very insightful book from Moses. After reading "Confessions..." I had to pick this one up. So much useful info. about the music biz. A must read for anyone new or experienced in the biz.