Sell Your Music : How To Profitably Sell Your Own Recordings Online [Paperback]

Mark W. Curran (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2001

This book shows you in easy, step by step format, how to profitably sell your own recordings online. You'll read in-depth interviews, tips and tricks from independent musicians who have made thousands of dollars selling their music from home! Includes up to date lists and websites where you can promote your music for free, plus a bonus user guide on setting up your own home recording studio.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An astounding, must have book for musicians and songwriters who wish to take control of their own destiny." -- Songspyder.com

"This is a fantastic book I would recommend to any level of musician." -- Faith Rivera, Recording Artist

"Two thumbs up on an incredible book. Curran is a music marketing genius." -- Gary Roman, Rock Group Romulus

About the Author

Mark W. Curran is a recognized expert in online music marketing. he has extensive background as a professional musician, recording engineer, and marketing consulting.

He has authored many articles on the subject, and currently runs a music marketing consulting company in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Nmd Books (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970677359
• ISBN-13: 978-0970677358
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,606,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sell Your Music : How To Profitably Sell Your Own Recordings, May 14, 2001

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Joshua Logan (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sell Your Music : How To Profitably Sell Your Own Recordings Online (Paperback)

I would highly recommend this book for all musicians and songwriters. At first I was skeptical as I have read other books about marketing music on the internet. But this one was very detailed and showed all the steps involved, and pulled no punches about the need for discipline. Mark W. Curran covers all the bases, and even includes ways to promote your band offline and offline, so that your online sales will be increased. There are some great resources in the back, also, and the book includes detailed screen shots on how to perform marketing tasks and to set up a daily marketing schedule. Good show, very good book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sell Your Music : How To Profitably Sell Your Own Recordings Online, January 3, 2007

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Vincent Yarga "Empire-G.com" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sell Your Music : How To Profitably Sell Your Own Recordings Online (Paperback)

The book I purchased was printed in 2001, the beginning of the digital revolution, so there are some references here to dated technology such as cassette tape, but the info and "how to's" are excellent. This book is full of things you need to know and things you'd never consider without learning it the hard way with some trial and error. I have items highlighted on the majority of the pages. You might check for a newer edition, if not, I still recommend this book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide..., October 27, 2005

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A. Macdonald (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sell Your Music : How To Profitably Sell Your Own Recordings Online (Paperback)

Even if this book goes a little far with some of the marketing ideas, it doesn't matter; it's throwing ideas around that you CAN take on board rather than must. More importantly the book is inspiring - for an independent musician it can be a depressing thing to face the fact that it can be hard to get your music out and sold. This book firmly states that you can do it, and then goes about explaining how to do just that.

Being based around the Internet, some of the details are outdated, for example some web services the author recommends are no longer available, though this is not an issue as there are alternatives - you just have to do a bit of searching.

What matters about this book are the ideas it puts forward to help the indie musicians get their music out to the world, and it does this spectacularly. Highly recommended read.