The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry (Music Business) [Paperback]

Peter Spellman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2001 | Series: Music Business

This hands-on guide is essential for any musician who wants to build a fan base and increase profits through the Internet. Peter Spellman, Director of the Career Development Center at Berklee College of Music, guides the self-managed musician through successful strategies to promote music online, reach new audiences, and maximize income. Readers will learn how to: create a professional website; share music downloads; sell and license music online; broadcast on Internet radio; webcast live concerts; create streaming audio; get an online record deal; and much more. Includes an invaluable listing of more than 300 music-related websites!

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Berklee Press Publications (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 063403586X
• ISBN-13: 978-0634035869
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,419,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musician's Internet Opens New Doors, January 28, 2005

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Kristofer Rodgers (Standish, ME USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry (Music Business) (Paperback)

Through recent troubles with my band's free website account I decided I should check into getting a professional site. I wasn't exactly sure how to go about it, or if it would be anymore of an advantage to having an amateur site at geocities, so I decided to read The Musician's Internet by Peter Spellman to see what it was all about. Not only does Spellman explain how you can go about how to create a website, rent web space, expand your online presence, and become a standout site through search engines and online web groups, he also explains the importance of the internet and what it means to your band or business. Written in 2000, the book is a little out of date when it talks about the future being 2005, but Spellman's predictions are dead on. He explains that web based music and internet radio will become more and more of a dominating force in the media world, and they have. Nevertheless this book will serve as a strong foundation to the reader for years to come. He explains how to upload video and audio and make your site as professional as it can be. One extra perk of this book is a section on online radio and broadcasting live concerts. Spellman knows exactly what he is talking about, and his insight should really help musicians, and anyone for that matter, find out how useful the internet can be to bring extra revenue and publicity to your band or company.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Full of Good Advice That's Somewhat Out of Date, January 7, 2006

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alison lorraine (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry (Music Business) (Paperback)

This book was a quick, easy read done in one afternoon. The advice itself was not bad at all in a general, where-do-I-start sense, but judging by the pricing author Spellman used for domain names and hosting, this book is badly out of date.

When I went to its "sister website" at musiciansinternet.com, nothing showed up. A whois search revealed a registrant located in Malaga, Spain, so I don't know what's really going on here. Perhaps Berklee Press would be wise to keep its sites really up to date to expand on the book as promised within its pages.

All in all though, this book does contain valuable suggestions, including some rather obvious ones as well as the more obscure. And it is written and organized in a very easy to read manner with no circuitous technical jargon or other stuff to weigh things down.

Bottom line: good info, quick read, but the book is out of date and its companion website nowhere to be found.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure chest of resources, April 29, 2002

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Nathan Aune (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry (Music Business) (Paperback)

Peter Spellman's book "The Musician's Internet" covers everything you need to know about successfully selling and promoting your music on the internet. The book includes chapters on "Getting Listed in the Free Search Engines and Directories", "Communicating via Email with Fans, Teammates and Customers", "Sharing, Selling and Licensing your music Online", "Webcasting your shows via virtual nightclubs and other online venues", "Broadcasting over Internet Radio", "Signing a deal with off-line and online record labels", "Using the net as a library of music career guidance", "Tips for expanding your onliine presence", etc.

The book is well researched and contains many excellent resources with commentary from musicians to back it up. Just the sites listed in Appendix B, "Resources: Further food to feed your internet intelligence," would take countless hours of surfing to uncover. Highly recommended!