Lessons from a Streetwise Professor: What You Won\'t Learn at Most Music Schools was first published in 2011.
Ray Ricker.
Here\'s hoping the pages in this second edition will help aspiring musicians and old pros alike do just that.
Get your message out and get noticed.
Do something you love and commit to quality; and 2.
In my mind, in order to find success in Music two conditions must dominate: 1.
That is really the essence of this book.
They appreciate and recognize excellence and quality.
They don\'t applaud their sound systems or playback devices.
Audiences still stand and applaud a performance.
What hasn\'t changed in the real-world Music industry is the human dynamic.
These subjects are all addressed in this second edition.
Then there is the manner in which musicians are compensated for their creative work--copyright, royalties and now-digital royalties are being reexamined.
Each individual\'s personal circumstance will answer that question.
Is it better or worse? The answer is, it depends.
Changes made by Congress have impacted health care and taxes.
And since this is the real world in which we live, we have to talk about money.
They connect with their fans and often use crowdfunding to raise money for projects.
It\'s pretty much a given that musicians who are building solo careers must have a strong web presence.
The Internet has made it possible for them to side-step the big publishing houses and record labels.
More and more musicians now publish their own Music and recordings.
What has changed in the last seven years that affects musicians? Certainly, the use of video has gone through the roof, not to mention social media, email marketing, Facebook ads, boosted posts, GoogleAdWords, and the list goes on.
He\'s also a fine composer whose career is blossoming now.
He\'s a former colleague at the Eastman School, and as a young person, he\'s up on all the latest and greatest happenings in the tech world.
For this edition, I asked Steve Danyew to contribute.
An update was needed, so voil --the second addition.
It\'s a book that discusses contemporary issues in the real world of music, and the fact is, much has changed since then.
Lessons from a Streetwise Professor: What You Won\'t Learn at Most Music Schools was first published in 2011
