Customer Reviews

This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: "A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts"

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This book was a good compilation of facts to keep an
Indie band on track to be successful. Add Tour Smart by
Martin Atkins and you should avoid many pitfalls other
bands have faced in the past

THIS BUSINESS OF CONCERT PROMOTION AND TOURING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CREATING, SELLING, ORGANIZING AND STAGING CONCERTS provides new cutting-edge career paths in the notoriously difficult music industry, which has been virtually transformed by digitalization and online copying. Promoters of music have kept industry secrets to success tightly to themselves - until now. Here's a book for any looking to become involved in the music industry and for business pros seeking an edge: from ads and promotion to managing performers, gaining publicity and venue staffing, here are all the keys to industry success and the secrets which fuel such successes.

Finally there's a book that gives a complete and current look at the inner workings of the concert business. Barnet, Berry, and Waddell have filled a void - no, make that a chasm - of reliable, contemporary guidance to those either in or considering earning from the concerts and touring industry. The concert business requires as much planning and risk management as any enterprise, and This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring gives the tools and guidance to avoid the quicksand. My resume includes concert production and promotion but my personal library now includes this book. Thanks Rich, Jake, and Ray.

I am everything for the band and I find the information in this book very valuable depending on the role I play each day, either managing my self or preparing a set for a show, great material, I carry this book with me everyday hoping to have it all memorized.

This book doesn't provide any useful information. After reading it I find there is a huge disconnect from the authors and who the intended audience is. instead of telling you how to book a tour, they tell you to hire a tour manager. Instead of giving info on how to promote a show, they tell you to hire a promotor. etc

waste of paper.

It is important to understand that I ordered this book from Christchurch in New Zealand. Amazon handled the shipping as if I were living in an apartment just down the street from a local book store. In fact the local national retail book chain offered a delivery time substantially longer than Amazon. So the purchase experience from Amazon from order to delivery was superb.

The book itself has good information on the business of concert promotion and touring. That said, in a modern age I would value a resource kit (CD Rom) with templates for contracts and organisational documents. I highly recommend this book to anyone exploring the business of putting on concerts.

Unless you're rich don't bother buying this book. It only tells you things as if 1) you're a superstar or 2)rich. Its main focus is on how to put up big shows and which if you are already there (superstar) you don't need the book and even if you are rich you wont be putting up shows in arenas without being a superstar. I don't mean superstar as in someone who is "big" famous wise but has a great fan base.