Musikindustri

På drygt tio år har Spotify räddat skivbolagen från piraterna, ritat om musikindustrin och fått självaste Apple att byta affärsmodell. Spotify inifrån skildrar en värld av intriger, hemliga avtal och uppköpsbud från bolag som Microsoft, Google och...

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Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned...

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På drygt tio år har Spotify räddat skivbolagen från piraterna, ritat om musikindustrin och fått självaste Apple att byta affärsmodell. Spotify inifrån skildrar en värld av intriger, hemliga avtal och uppköpsbud från bolag som Microsoft, Google och...

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Innovative, practical and inspiring, "Six Steps to Songwriting Success" presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Jason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having ha...

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"These images are great and have been tucked away for years" RONNIE WOOD "The REAL Rolling Stones... Consider this your AAA pass to touring with Mick 'n' Keith 'n' co." THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Take a look inside rock 'n' roll hist...

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Whats the secret to writing a hit song? Its as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6! Innovative, practical, and inspiring, Six Steps to Songwriting Success presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Autho...

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The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parents divorced and his mother Patricia remarried a jazz musician. Flea's stepfather frequently invited musicians to his house for jam sessions which spa...

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From the cylinder to the download, the practice of music has been radically transformed by the development of recording and playback technologies. This Companion provides a detailed overview of the transformation, encompassing both classical and p...

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A 2019 Music Book of the Year, THE TIMES Out of print for several years, a comprehensive volume of Lou Reed's lyrics with brand new introductions, now updated in a new text design to include the lyrics from his final album with Metallica, Lulu. Th...

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The Music Industry Handbook, Second edition is an expert resource and guide for all those seeking an authoritative and user-friendly overview of the music industry today. The new edition includes coverage of the latest developments in music stream...

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FACTORY RECORDS' REPUTATION AND FORTUNE WERE FOUNDED ON TWO BANDS -JOY DIVISION AND NEW ORDER - AND ONE SINGLE-MINDED AND STUBBORN PERSONALITY: ITS MEDIA-FRIENDLY COMPANY DIRECTOR ANTHONY H. WILSON. AT THE HEIGHT OF IT'S SUCCESS IN THE LATE 1980S,...

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Rough Trade's Book of the Year Electronic Sound Magazine's Book of the Year Mute Records is one of the most revered and influential independent music labels of all time. Through the music of its tight-knit community of artists - ranging from Cabar...

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The Art of Music Production is the first book to comprehensively analyze and describe the role of the music producer in creating successful music recordings. Now in its fourth edition, it is the definitive guide to the art and business of music pr...

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To most people, the music industry represents a source of harmless fun and entertainment. Beneath the glossy veneer, however, lies the devastating truth of who really controls these institutions, and the deeply malevolent agendas for which they're...

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How Ruffhouse Records founder Chris Schwartz overcame poverty, abuse, and addiction to start one of the most pivotal labels in hip-hop history and launch the careers of some of music's biggest stars "All respect to Chris Schwartz. He is a gre...

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It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence's Lounge, in the heart of Chicago's South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chic...

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"Hitmaskinen är en av de bästa böckerna om 2000-talets populärkultur som jag har läst. Obligatorisk för den som vill förstå samtiden och dess musik." Markus Larsson, Aftonbladet Under de senaste två decennierna har en ny typ av hitlåtar ...

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The definitive, lavishly illustrated, history of one of the most iconic record labels of all time; Decca is one of the great global names in recorded music. From pioneering techniques that revolutionised classical recording, to the 1960s and 70s p...

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All You Need To Know About The Music Business - The new edition of 'the industry bible' (Los Angeles Times) by Donald S. Passman No one understands the music business and the changes it has undergone in recent years better than LA lawyer Donald Pa...

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Paperback edition of this history of Stax Records, a character-driven story of racial integration, black power, economic independence, music and musicians from Otis Redding to Booker T., a small independent company's struggle to survive, and of Me...

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Factory Records' fame and fortune were based on two bands - Joy Division and New Order - and one personality - that of its director, Tony Wilson. At the height of the label's success in the late 1980s, it ran its own club, the legendary Hacienda, ...

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Pop journalist mark Elliott has written the ultimate guide to one of the greatest independent success stories in music history: Stock, Aitken & Waterman. The Ministry of Pop is a lavish, full-colour book which tells the amazing story of 10 sen...

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The first full account of legendary music producer Neil Bogart's life and meteoric career Neil Bogart was the founder of Casablanca Records and made the top acts of all 70's music's defining genres: stadium rock with KISS, disco with Donna Summer ...

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An innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into streamed experience. Spotify provides a streaming service that has been welcomed as disrupting the world of music. Yet such disruption ...

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Veteran music lawyer Passman--dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times --addresses the biggest transformation of the music industry yet: streaming.streaming.

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The History of Music Production offers an authoritative, concise, and accessible overview of nearly 140 years of production of recorded music. It describes what role the music producer has played in shaping the creation, perception, propagation, b...

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All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Don Passmandubbed ';the industry bible' by the Los Angeles Timesis now updated to address the biggest transformation of the music industry yet: streaming.For more than twenty-fi...

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This is the full story of every single song that Michael Jackson recorded and released during his long and remarkable solo career. With fascinating stories and detailed information on every track - as well as key early songs with The Jackson Five ...

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How to Make It in the New Music Business has become the go-to resource for "do it yourself" musicians eager to make a living in a turbulent industry. Inspiring thousands to stop waiting around for that "big break", Ari Herstand...

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Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned...

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