How To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands Of Dollars [Paperback]

Jeri Goldstein (Author), Kari Estrin (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000 | ISBN-10: 096068302X | ISBN-13: 978-0960683024 | Edition: Updated

How To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands of Dollars- A Performing Artist's Guide To A Successful Performing Career

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...The resource listings at the end of each chapter have proved invaluable in finding the answers I need..." -- --Kellie Lin Knott, student, Berklee College of Music

"How To Be Your Own Booking Agent is one of our best selling entertainment business books." -- --Mike Robeson, Tower Records, New Orleans, LA

"How To Be Your Own Booking Agent is one of the most important music industry books on the market today..." -- ---Shawn Fields, CEO, Getsigned.com

"I use this book in the commercial music program at Cal State Los Angeles and the response from students has been tremendous...." -- --Deborah Holland Singer-Songwriter and Professor of Music, California State University, Los Angeles

"If you are going to buy one book about how to make money in the music business, buy it... -- -- Larry E. Wacholtz, Ph.D., School of Business, Belmont University author of Inside Country Music (Billboard Books and Star Tracks: Principle for Success in the Music and Entertainment Industry Thumbs Up Press

"This book delivers the knowledge and know-how for musician's to succeed at any level in the entertainment business." -- --Patrick F. Sullivan Teaching Fellow, Music Business Program, New York University

"This book is probably the best investment any performer may ever make...It is a guide to better booking health..." -- --Joe Grandwilliams, Good Times

"This is perhaps the most valuable book we have seen on getting your act together in a business sense." -- --Bill Evans, Gig Magazine

"Truly exceptional. I'm amazed at the depth and breadth of material Ms. Goldstein has compiled in one volume..." -- --Micah Solomon President, Oasis CD and Cassette Duplication

From the Back Cover

"If you're trying to do it on your own, this book is a must-have. Ms. Goldstein offers genuinely useful, concrete information in a readable, conversational style, never losing sight of the importance of honesty and ethics." --Scot Fisher,Manager, Ani DiFranco President, Righteous Babe Records

"I read Jeri Goldstein's book for business and for pleasure. I recommend it to performers who are just beginning a career on the road as well as to experienced performers who want a structured approach and new strategies for working in this business. The book is a major resource that needs to be in every performers library." --Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell -Singer, Composer, Member, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK

"Ms. Goldstein's book is an invaluable aid for the music business student. The text not only tells what to do when launching a music career, but describes in detail how to do it!" --Jeffrey Dorenfeld Assoc. Professor, Music Business/Management Berklee College of Music

Learn How To: Book tours creatively, make efficient cold calls, develop an effective press kit, sharpen your negotiation skills, find funding resources, access the media, maximize record company relationships, expand your audience. Find Out: Where to find gigs, what to include in your contract, which conferences to attend, which resources give you an edge, when to quit your day job. Plus: Get hot tips and advice from industry professionals.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 492 pages
• Publisher: New Music Times Inc; Updated edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096068302X
• ISBN-13: 978-0960683024
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,001,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

About Jeri Goldstein

Jeri Goldstein, former agent and manager for some of the top touring acoustic artists on the circuit. Goldstein has booked national and international tours for artists performing in country, folk, gospel, bluegrass, contemporary, classical and children's music. She has also booked tours for theater and dance.

After 20 years of working as an agent and manager, Goldstein authored the award-winning book, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent, The Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring. Her book is currently used as a text book in Music Business courses at Universities across the US and in Canada. Berklee College of Music, NYU, Belmont University, The Musician's Institute and the Harris Institute in Montreal are among them.

Articles for the self-managed artist can be found on Performingbiz.com, Getsigned.com, Onlinegigs.com, CASA.org newsletter and have been published in Indie Magazine, Music Biz Magazine and GiG Magazine.

Goldstein created a number of innovative programs as a resource for performing artists--Manager-In-A-Box, a consultation program, is designed to help performing artists, agents and managers enhance their career development. The Performing Biz is Goldstein's seminar that is presented at universities, festivals, conferences, and for art councils or to individual groups of performing artists.

Complimenting her 30 plus years as president of The New Music Times, Inc., Goldstein's background runs the gamut working inside the entertainment industry as concert promoter, tour coordinator, and commercial television production engineer for an NBC affiliate station, commercial country radio DJ, photographer and graphic artist. She has also served as President and member of the Board of Directors of the Folk Alliance. Goldstein coordinated the Folk Alliance's Booking Agent Training School for 4 annual conferences.
Goldstein also serves as consultant to the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

She conducts teleseminars, interviews industry professionals, offers weekly audio Biz Booster Hot Tips and an online course, to individual musicians, performing artists, arts groups, universities and arts councils: Booking & Touring Success Strategies & Secrets. The course and other resources are available at www.performingbiz.com

Goldstein has conducted seminars for:
Arts Councils:
Arts Council of the Blue Ridge
Arts Midwest
Arts North Carolina
Arts Northwest
British Columbia Touring Council, Canada
California Arts Council
Florida Division for Cultural Affairs
Indiana Arts Commission
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Mississippi Arts Commission
Missouri Folk Arts Program
New Orleans Arts Council
Ohio Arts Presenter's Network
Ontario Arts Council, Canada
Pennsylvania Arts Council, PennPat
Southern Arts Federation
Tennessee Arts Commission
Virginia Commission for the Arts

Organizations:
The Music Business Institute/Cutting Edge
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Folk Alliance
Independent Children's Artist Network
International Bluegrass Music Association
Louisiana Music New Orleans Pride-LMNOP
Music Entertainment Industry Educators Association-MEIEA

Schools:
Belmont University- School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Colorado University at Denver - Music Industry Loyola University - Music Business Department
Music Tech College
New York University - Music Department
University of Kansas - Music & Dance Department
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Music &
Continuing Professional Studies

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on Music Business, July 16, 2002

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Todd Johnson (Valencia, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands Of Dollars (Paperback)

Jeri Goldsteins book has replaced an entire shelf of other books for me. The information is accurate, concise and easy to understand. For me it's like taking the best chapters out of all the other music business books I own and putting them all together in one easy to digest presentation. For me it was inspiring. I'm planning on making it required reading for all my students. BUY THIS BOOK...NOW!

Todd Johnson
Instructor Cal Arts, College of the Canyons, The Masters College
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Bassist w/ The Ron Eschete trio
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book helped me get more gigs, August 15, 2003

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Ron Smith (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands Of Dollars (Paperback)

I really liked how indepth this book is. If you can stand to read it all (it is long), you will have a good understanding on how to approach club owners and others in the music business. I like this book and use it with the Guerrilla Marketing book by Bob Baker and $100,000 in Music by David Hooper to really make my gigs great. Club owners love my group because I come in professional and then go out and bring people in to the show. These three books will help you big time.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible For Independent Musicians!, January 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: How To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands Of Dollars (Paperback)

I have bought several books about the music industry, but not one has compared to the welth of information contained in this book. Ms. Goldstien tells you how to do everything from setting up your office to booking tours, and how to be effective in your marketing stragities. Before I bought this book all I knew was is that I wanted to play music for a living. I made a few costly mistakes and learned that I was going to have to do something to make my business succeed. After reading, and rereading "The Book" I now have the tools I need to develope a solid marketing plan, book tours that pay, promote my album, and create a buzz on a nation wide level. No other book out their even comes close to this one. Thank you Jeri Goldstien!