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Music Management for the Rest of Us

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I've been reading this book for hours and I have really learned a lot about independent music management. If you're thinking about starting a management company this is an excellent resource. My one complaint would be that there is too little time spent on the "start-up" phase. Although the first portion of the book is dedicated to this matter, the rest of the book is more a guide of what to do once you've started. As such, for a comprehensive guide to the independent music management business it is an excellent read and had that been what I was looking for I would have given it 5 stars instead of 4. Still, the book is a good read and Joe Taylor Jr. is a master at cutting to the chase...I finished it in a day, and although some may view this as a negative, you don't get the sense that he skipped over things. Some books of this sort will fill pages with cliches about how "you can make it if you really try" or discuss issues only relevant to the big players (and although Taylor does temporarily delve into the topic of endorsements, he does so in the context of a local scale). This book does neither and although I can't say it fully prepared me to start my own company, it certainly put me on the right track and I am quite glad I picked it up.