As a musician, especially a new artist, there are so many things to learn in order to be successful and better yet, stay successful. Most musicians do not learn the ins and outs until late in their careers or after they’ve gone through something tragic.
Through higher education, it’s been proven to make for a better career. In today’s time people are learning more about a more popularized version of education, which happens to be self education. In most cases, new artists are usually not in the predicament to hire a well established team, which leads to a lot of mistakes down the line. Just as one practices their musical skills and style, it’s also important for artists to know how to properly handle everything else that comes with building a career centered around music.
Check out these five books that can help elevate music careers both new and seasoned, that every artist should be reading.
All You Need To Know About The Music Business by Donald S. Passman
As the book begins, Passman goes into detail about his life and what led him to become an entertainment lawyer. Readers will see the author describing all the things he has seen as being both a personal lawyer and cooperation law. Donald further alludes that many artists experience troubles because they are not knowledgeable of what contracts and record labels are saying. Passman breaks down everything needed from Choosing a Team down to licensing music for films.
Get Out Your Way by Russ
Performing and recording for many years, it took rapper Russ one song (Best On Earth featuring Bia) to create a new life for himself through music. In his self-help book Russ breaks down all of the emotions he has felt throughout his journey to stardom. Now headlining arena shows everywhere, Russ has created a book to help people understand. To understand that success starts within you once you start to see the bigger picture, and past one’s insecurities.
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk by Al Ries & Jack Trout
The 22 Immutable Laws tackles the ends and outs of becoming a CEO. As readers go through the book the authors express the importance of understanding how to successfully run one’s business regardless of the kind. Readers will be able to take examples from the book and apply them to their real life experiences. With the end goal being knowing how to properly use marketing to excel one’s business.
Decoded Shawn by “Jay-Z” Carter
For many years, hip-hop MC, producer, and entrepreneur, Jay-Z has given us timeless records with even greater lyrics, even noted to be the greatest rapper by Billboard. With his much succes,s Jay-Z had created a different type of book to tell his story. In this book, Hov utilizes well known song lyrics to explain different life experiences that many people experience daily. Here readers will be able to see how effective lyrics are to storytelling.
The 1% Rule: How To Fall In Love With The Process And Achieve Your Wildest Dreams by Tommy Baker
As any human being , we are guilty of a little self doubt, especially when it comes to our dreams and goals. In this book, author Tommy Baker breaks down the steps of how to fall in love with the different emotions humans experience as they are creating a new life. Musicians know a perfect melody can’t be rushed. Well, just like a song, people should not rush the process of being able to fully understand what goes into creating greatness. The steps in this book will teach people ways to fall in love with each piece of their journey.
Article by: Kerrington Dillion