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Crusade For Your Art: Best Practices for Fine Art Photographers gives you the tools to take your fine art photography career by the reins and thoughtfully and purposefully develop a plan to get you, where you want to go. Learn how to tighten your work, develop your brand, identify goals and a plan for your photography, and strategically launch your project. With insight and instruction on every aspect of the fine art photography world, as well as...
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The Artist As Brand Workbook is for serious creative individuals, students, professors, and professionals who want to manifest prosperity from their art on their own terms. This is the official digital textbook used by participants at colleges, universities and art institutions while taking the Artist As Brand Workshop. Become a confident, independent, prosperous artist regardless of economic slowdowns or other industry challenges by learning the...
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An easy-to-digest overview of the many free and low-cost ways independent musicians, managers and promoters can harness the Internet to gain widespread exposure, attract more fans, and make money with their music. Veteran author, speaker and teacher Bob Baker reveals guerrilla marketing tactics to build an effective artist website, make the most of social media sites, and use the latest digital music promotion tools. From Facebook, Twitter and YouTube...
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Finally, an easy to understand resource that gives musicians essential facts about intellectual property and residual income. In a matter of minutes, this book helps you to understand the technical aspects of music publishing that would otherwise take years to learn. It is pragmatic in its approach to inform the reader about each task and how to accomplish it. Anyone who takes the music business seriously must add this to his library. With the advent...
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Get the Summary of Miriam Schulman's Artpreneur in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Artpreneur" by Miriam Schulman is a guide for artists to transition into successful entrepreneurs. Schulman shares her journey from Wall Street to the art world, applying her business acumen to her creative passion. She introduces the Passion-to-Profit framework, which includes production, pricing, prospecting, promotion, and productivity,...
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Are you tired of writing poetry and not being able to get people to read it other than your family? Do you want to get more recognition for your writing and build deeper relationships with your peers? Would you like guidance on how to promote yourself better to get the audience you deserve?
My Marketing Workbook: Promotional Tips for Poets is a marketing guide like no other, lovingly crafted specifically for poets, by experienced poets.
This intuitive...
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PAVED in depth will grant a birds eye view for those who are in search of a successful direction or route within the Music Industry by minimizing the obstacles they may face. If there was a minimal amount of let downs that may arise to sway you from reaching your goals, your success ratio would continue to grow and prominence would be guaranteed. PAVED is the guide that the world had been waiting for.
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"A Crazy Journey" (And Finding My True Identity) is a journey of Doak Turner and his 40+ years of working in the entertainment and sports industry.
Doak met and worked with some of the biggest names in music and sports, actors and others building relationships in the industry, going for big dreams in life. Each story has a motivational quote to inspire the reader and a story behind the sotry of how Doak ended up in those situations on A Crazy Journey.
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In order to achieve success in today's music industry, artists must first do a great deal of work on their own. Learning the required skills can take years of real-life experience, and hiring personal coaches, studio professionals, and consultants can be costly. But now, for the first time, there's an invaluable resource to help you meet these challenges.
Five Star Music Makeover is an engaging all-in-one guide designed specifically for aspiring...
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• What is effective communication in today's media world? • How does the pervasive celebrity culture affect the situation of arts and culture? • How are social media affecting the way our media image is being formed? • What are the consequences of the massive emergence of communications channels, when it comes to the way we understand the arts and culture, our society, the world – and ourselves? In this book, communications expert Christian...
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Brian "Essince" Collins and Quincy "Big Heff" Taylor are two self-made music and media figures who have come together to share their experiences working with multi-platinum musicians, major record labels, and booking international tours to educate readers on how to Make It in the Midwest. Learn the basics of copyrights and royalties to advanced strategies on booking tours and generating income in the music industry from the Midwest all over the world...
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Passion. This is where it starts. Creativity captures the heart, and you must pursue it. Perhaps you're a singer trying to connect to the world with the sound of your voice. Maybe you're a filmmaker hoping to share a story visually with a camera. You could be a model attempting to convey an entire mood in one striking pose. Whatever your medium, as a creative, you have a deep longing to express yourself. It grows, becoming a part of your essence....
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Taking Aim! The Business of Being an Artist Today is a practical, affordable resource guide filled with invaluable advice for the emerging artist. The book is specially designed to aid visual artists in furthering their careers through unfiltered information about the business practices and idiosyncrasies of the contemporary art world. It demystifies often daunting and opaque practices through first-hand testimonials, interviews, and commentary from...
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The odds of building and sustaining a career as an independent musician are better today than ever before. But creating great music is just the beginning. In order to succeed, you've got to sell it, too. That requires a skill set that doesn't come naturally to many artists, some of whom waste thousands of dollars in expenses-and generate only frustration-because they lack the information they need to work smarter.
The good news is, you can learn...
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Even though Twitch is a livestream platform primarily for gamers, indie musicians are building real fanbases and making enough money for this to be a solid side hustle or even a full-time job. Artists on Twitch are supportive of each other. Viewers are looking for fun, new talent to hang out with online. The category is not over-saturated, so you can still get discovered. And the whole thing has monetization features that are fun for the viewers and...
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The Internet is an incredible promotional tool for musicians. You can get radio play, grow a fan base, create a distribution channel and sell CDs and music downloads all online. Imagine how much music you'd sell if *thousands* of people heard your music every day? Most musicians, however, have no idea where to begin when it comes to online promotion. Some get as far as putting up a web site, but stop there. That's where this book will help. David...
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Music 3.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age is a completely updated edition of the original best seller, featuring the latest music business and social media concepts as well as brand-new interviews with a variety of the industry's top movers and shakers.
The book not only takes a look at the music industry's evolution and how we got to Music 3.0, but provides the information that today's musician or music business executive...
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Want to know how to create a successful career in music? Follow The Fan Formula, a practical step-by-step guide to growing and keeping a large loyal fan base so you can get your music out there in a big way. Whether you're a seasoned musician, re-starting your career or just starting out, The Fan Formula looks at your success from a unique viewpoint – how to easily attract fans. As you go through The Fan Formula, you will become fully aligned with...
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The 2021 edition of the "Artist As Brand® Workbook" includes techniques to empower your authentic art spirit, art career direction, as well as strategies for finding your audience, product creation, and promotion. Includes interviews of successful artist entrepreneurs, and much more!
This book is for serious creative individuals, students, professors, and professionals who want a career from their art, on their own terms. Scores of successful artists...
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